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Gail Dever @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social · 1d

This week's crème de la crème - November 1, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsArchives of Ontario RG 1-100 Patent Plans Update by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. What’s new in the FamilySearch Full Text Search collection, ...

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 22h

Sports can break your heart... I speaking as an Expos fan still bitter about 1995...

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 23h

Not good for the Jays...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 23h

A lot can happen in one inning...trying not to get too excited...

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Halfacadian @halfacadian.bsky.social · 1d

📢 News Flash from @jkmorelli.bsky.socialQuébec Notarial Records are now available on FamilySearch Full Text Search. #NERGC
#genchat

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favourite Kate Bush songs!

Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social · 1d

#GPFigure You all know Kate Bush has other songs beside "Running up that hill", right?

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Kate Bush - Cloudbusting - Official Music Video

YouTube video by KateBushMusic

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 1d

I remember now why I don't watch baseball on TV... so painfully slow-moving! #letsgobluejays

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 7d

Schoolchildren at Grayrigg CofE school in Cumbria take on walking challenge to raise funds for a memorial at the grave of John Kent, 1805-1886, the UK's first black policeman who joined Maryport police in 1835. He was the son of Thomas Kent, a slave. /1 👇
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John Kent gravestone hopes for UK's first black policeman

John Kent, who lived and worked in Carlisle 1837, is buried in an unmarked grave.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Why is Trump celebrating in a foreign country while Americans are going without a paycheck and millions are on the verge of losing SNAP?

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 6d

Ready for my close-up!

#BlackCatDay This photograph from the Bristol Unity Players' Club shows the cast of 'On Guard For Spain' (1938) with an unamused black cat.
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Black and white photograph from the Bristol Unity Players' Club showing the cast of 'On Guard For Spain' with an unamused black cat.

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 6d

I have never read her books and, once I learned of her despicable campaign against the trans community, I vowed I never will...

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 6d

This is another great reminder that the whole idea that you can support an IP that comes from a toxic creator is nonsense. You might as well donate your money to your local hate group.

Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 8d

A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 6d

It's time to put Scotland's land in Scotland's hands

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 6d

Farage: epic grifter

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Marcia Crawford Philbrick @mcphilbrick.bsky.social · 8d

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This week's crème de la crème - October 25, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThe Latest in Franco-American History by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. LAC Celebrates Sir Arthur Doughty and MyHeritage adds 1921 England & Wa...

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Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social · 7d

You can use this site to find your local food bank! Please donate if you are able - our neighbors need us. www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 6d

Re the below skeet: visit your local museum! There are all sorts of museums, probably one in your town, keeping history alive. A few years ago I stumbled into the Biddeford (Maine) Mills Museum. It’s in what used to be the mill but is now apartments and shops. Loved talking with the volunteers!

Interior of the Biddeford Mills Museum in Biddeford, Maine

Display of flags from countries from which workers arrived to Biddeford Mills, which closed in 2002. “They came to work in the new industry—and built a city. Every brick has a story to tell.”

Exterior of the former smokestack and current buildings along the Saco River, where former mills in neighboring Biddeford and Saco, Maine are now apartments, restaurants and shops.

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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 7d

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

RFK Jr. must resign.

Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak

Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile, our PM just waits patiently for this storm to blow over to resume negotiations...he said something recently about not letting emotion rule the day.

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KWilde @flowerchildob1.bsky.social · 6d

This petulant moron destroyed part of the White House last week, all because he was mad we protested against him.

Now he refuses to speak to our neighbour bc they called him out. (Remember he was a democrat when Reagan was in ofc)

He is a danger to us all. So is his court of maniacal jesters.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, @jessicatarlov.bsky.social for saying what no one else will

“The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court, not a drone.”

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 6d

some of the errors do beggar belief...

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Teresa Eckford @tessaj65.bsky.social · 6d

old newspapers are a huge time-sink! I just love browsing through them and finding nuggets like this...

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Marcia Crawford Philbrick @mcphilbrick.bsky.social · 6d

Monday’s Diggings

Today’s record comes from my BRILES folder and includes both my original research notes and an image of a deed. I first located this record years ago while scrolling microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. At the time, those handwritten notes and photocopies…

Monday’s Diggings

Today’s record comes from my BRILES folder and includes both my original research notes and an image of a deed. I first located this record years ago while scrolling microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. At the time, those handwritten notes and photocopies were my only way to capture the information. Thanks to FamilySearch’s Full Text Search feature, I can now revisit this same deed from home—and even generate a full transcription with just a few keystrokes.

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