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Brenda Leyndyke

@kzoobrenda.bsky.social

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Digging up family history one dusty record at a time 🧬📜 | Author & blogger at Journey to the Past | Fort Custer archivist | Great Lakes roots, Michigan pride 🌊 #Genealogy

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · 12d

Does anyone say no to this FOTUS?

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why every genealogist should atted #Gen-Fed.

Why Gen-Fed Belongs on Every Genealogist’s Bucket List

This will be one of many blog posts in the coming weeks about my bucket list attendance at the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Ge...

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · Jul 3

If "government can finally start living within its means again", as Speaker Johnson just said, then why did we have to raise the debt ceiling by 5 trillion dollars?

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jul 4

It's so hard to do these days, but I refuse to give up.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 3

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 30

Check out the historical Michigan photographs at michmemories.org

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 22

Then we'd be stuck with Speaker Johnson. There is no break.

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 21

Save the date! July 15th Fort Custer in the World Wars will be released. 200 historic photos and over 17,000 words on this historic training base.

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 21

Had a fantastic time at the IGGP conference and penned my thoughts here: buff.ly/nNSB08P. #IGGP #ConferenceExperience

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 20

In 1870, a widow in rural Indiana, caring for her eight children, carries on the legacy of her late husband, J. Caspar Graf. More details can be found at buff.ly/5ZTTkRZ.

A German Widow’s Story in 1870s America

(Image created through ChatGPT from description given by author) What was daily life like for a German immigrant widow raising eight childre...

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 12

I made it to Columbus for the IGGP Conference Tomorrow is the big day. Tonight is the Welcome Reception.

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Lucy Gray @lucymaygray.bsky.social · Jun 4

#booksky

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J. Paul Hawthorne @jphawthorne.bsky.social · Jun 3

Learn from Judy Nimer Muhn at the San Diego Genealogical Society on June 14th.
FREE webinar! casdgs.org/event-5943553
Session 1: You can take it with you! Mobile Technology for Genealogy.
Session 2: Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples.
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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · Jun 3

Seems like the Target boycott worked. Who is next?

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 30

My first book, Fort Custer in the World Wars, drops July 15! 📘
200 historic photos, 7 chapters, and every penny goes to Fort Custer Historical Society.
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#MilitaryHistory #FortCuster

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 28

Long before the casino, there were orchards. 🍏 Discover the story of Jebavy-Sorenson Orchard at US-31 & M-22—a once-bustling farm now full of quiet trees and memories. Featuring my Uncle Walter’s role as manager. Blog post here: buff.ly/bb4O7vo #OrchardHistory #ManisteeCounty

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · May 26

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 24

New post: Researching #LighthouseKeepers in federal records!
Find logs, job records & retirement cards at @USNatArchives + @FamilySearch.
Bring your ancestor's maritime story to light! 🌊
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#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 21

The gift of an autobiography-my parent's wedding day. buff.ly/i93FyXr

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 19

Textiles: Is it in the Genes? My connection to a mill worker in Methil, Fife, Scotland. #genealogy buff.ly/P4usGP2

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 16

I love records that lead me back one more generation! The death record of Jean Wilson Watt did just that. buff.ly/pxVXuxO #genealogy

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo @heatherrojo.bsky.social · May 2

Here are my ancestors on this monument: Tristam Coffin, John Emery, William Gerrish, Edmund Greenleaf, Robert Long, William Longfellow, and Percival Lowell.

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 2

My family connection to Newbury Massachusetts and its early settlement.

Honoring My Ancestors on Newbury’s First Settlers Monument

Photographs courtesy of Botteville , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Newbury, Massachusetts, was settled in 1635 by English colonists...

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 14

Family drama that led to an Illinois Supreme Court case. Kellan vs. Kellan in 1913 and lots of intriguing genealogy information . buff.ly/RhFWwzr #genealogy #contestedwills

Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 12

Every parent who doesn't vaccinate their child should have to watch a video of children with whooping cough, diphtheria, dieing from measles, or blind from it, in an iron long, etc. I will never understand why RFK Jr. Is so ignorant.

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Brenda Leyndyke @kzoobrenda.bsky.social · May 12

Vigilante or Patriot? Hopkins Rowley in the frontier of Vermont. buff.ly/S0BnyVC