Sean Vanderfluit
@deckofancestors.bsky.social
I've been doing #genealogy since I was eight. I created this account along with "A Deck of Ancestors" blog, for participating in Amy Johnson Crow's #52Ancestors Challenge. (I'm also @vanderfluit.bsky.social)
Canada - https://deckofancestors.wordpress.com/
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I spent most of the year months behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge 2025, but suddenly seem to have gotten ahead of myself! So while it's not yet Week 49, I'm going to post about my Gx3 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, anyway. 😋 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I spent most of the year months behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge 2025, but suddenly seem to have gotten ahead of myself! So while it's not yet Week 49, I'm going to post about my Gx3 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, anyway. 😋 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/5...
More trying to "level up" my research as part of the #52Ancestors Challenge, this time with my Great x3 Grandmother, Margaretha Bechler. Not only is there much I don't know, some of what I did know was likely wrong. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/5...
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
More trying to "level up" my research as part of the #52Ancestors Challenge, this time with my Great x3 Grandmother, Margaretha Bechler. Not only is there much I don't know, some of what I did know was likely wrong. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/5...
Fewer kids makes it easier to identify the heir apparent. #genealogy #pun
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Fewer kids makes it easier to identify the heir apparent. #genealogy #pun
While I'm ostensibly doing @amyjohnsoncrow.bsky.social's #52Ancestors Challenge, this year it turned into @yhoitink.bsky.social's #LevelUp Challenge. For example, my Gx3 Grandfather, Valentine Schmidt, went from 1+ to a 2-. 🤣 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/5...
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
While I'm ostensibly doing @amyjohnsoncrow.bsky.social's #52Ancestors Challenge, this year it turned into @yhoitink.bsky.social's #LevelUp Challenge. For example, my Gx3 Grandfather, Valentine Schmidt, went from 1+ to a 2-. 🤣 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/5...
I just noticed that my blog (A Deck of Ancestors - deckofancestors.wordpress.com) has been featured the main page of the BCGS website! Thanks, @bcgs.bsky.social, I will enjoy my fleeting moment of fame as long as this is up. 😁 www.bcgs.ca #genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I just noticed that my blog (A Deck of Ancestors - deckofancestors.wordpress.com) has been featured the main page of the BCGS website! Thanks, @bcgs.bsky.social, I will enjoy my fleeting moment of fame as long as this is up. 😁 www.bcgs.ca #genealogy #FamilyHistory
The @bcgs.bsky.social participates in The Holten Project, writing biographies of Canadian soldiers with BC as their home province who are buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in The Netherlands. Here's a recent contribution by my son and me. Private Willard Ellison, RIP. #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The @bcgs.bsky.social participates in The Holten Project, writing biographies of Canadian soldiers with BC as their home province who are buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in The Netherlands. Here's a recent contribution by my son and me. Private Willard Ellison, RIP. #RemembranceDay
I agree with the sentiment, but they just gotta be done.
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I agree with the sentiment, but they just gotta be done.
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
My wife wore her great grandmother's veil from 1918. Years later, we learned it had previously belonged to my wife's great great great grandmother, who wore it in 1866!
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My wife wore her great grandmother's veil from 1918. Years later, we learned it had previously belonged to my wife's great great great grandmother, who wore it in 1866!
I was looking for this graphic the other day. Now that I no longer need it, I came across it. #Homestead #genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I was looking for this graphic the other day. Now that I no longer need it, I came across it. #Homestead #genealogy #FamilyHistory
Today would have been my grandparent's 77th wedding anniversary. So almost 40 years since the big surprise party we had for them for their 40th. 😬
Adrianus Joseph “Arie” van der Fluit (1923 – 2002) and Christina (“Tiny”) Komen (1923 – 2000)
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
Adrianus Joseph “Arie” van der Fluit (1923 – 2002) and Christina (“Tiny”) Komen (1923 – 2000)
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today would have been my grandparent's 77th wedding anniversary. So almost 40 years since the big surprise party we had for them for their 40th. 😬
Adrianus Joseph “Arie” van der Fluit (1923 – 2002) and Christina (“Tiny”) Komen (1923 – 2000)
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
Adrianus Joseph “Arie” van der Fluit (1923 – 2002) and Christina (“Tiny”) Komen (1923 – 2000)
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
Egad! After many months of being weeks behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge for 2025, I not only caught up, but I jumped the gun on Week 46, with my Gx3 Grandmother, Anastasia Wormsbecker #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/5...
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Egad! After many months of being weeks behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge for 2025, I not only caught up, but I jumped the gun on Week 46, with my Gx3 Grandmother, Anastasia Wormsbecker #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/5...
After months of being weeks behind, I've finally caught up with this year's #52Ancestors Challenge! I know so little about my maternal grandmother's great grandparents, it should be easy to keep up. I start with Franz Lerner. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/5...
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
After months of being weeks behind, I've finally caught up with this year's #52Ancestors Challenge! I know so little about my maternal grandmother's great grandparents, it should be easy to keep up. I start with Franz Lerner. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/5...
My Great Great Grandmother, Margaret Heck, was born on April 1. I doubt she had any idea of what that signified or that she would have cared. She certainly didn't sound like a fool. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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November 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
My Great Great Grandmother, Margaret Heck, was born on April 1. I doubt she had any idea of what that signified or that she would have cared. She certainly didn't sound like a fool. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/5...
My Gx2 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, left the Russian Empire for Canada in 1912. Four years later, he and his brother returned to sell land they still had there. They were lucky to get out before the Revolution. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/5...
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My Gx2 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, left the Russian Empire for Canada in 1912. Four years later, he and his brother returned to sell land they still had there. They were lucky to get out before the Revolution. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/5...
The beginning and end of the story of my Great x2 Grandmother, Barbara Schmidt is a big enigmatic, but the middle part is pretty clear. 😆 #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The beginning and end of the story of my Great x2 Grandmother, Barbara Schmidt is a big enigmatic, but the middle part is pretty clear. 😆 #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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This is associated with the same item 4/x
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is associated with the same item 4/x
Googling "ФОТОГРАФЪ ХАДАКЪ", I found another image with the same caption 3/x
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Googling "ФОТОГРАФЪ ХАДАКЪ", I found another image with the same caption 3/x
I'm trying to find out more about the person who took this photo, "ФОТОГРАФЪ ХАДАКЪ" ("Photographer Khadak" or "Hadak"). Probably around 1875. 1/x
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I'm trying to find out more about the person who took this photo, "ФОТОГРАФЪ ХАДАКЪ" ("Photographer Khadak" or "Hadak"). Probably around 1875. 1/x
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Happy Halloween!
My Great Grandfather Michael Lerner, who was of German heritage, emigrated twice - first from the Russian Empire to the United States, and later from the US to Canada. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/5...
October 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My Great Grandfather Michael Lerner, who was of German heritage, emigrated twice - first from the Russian Empire to the United States, and later from the US to Canada. #52Ancestors #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/5...
Coming into the home stretch of this year's #52Ancestors Challenge, I embark on the final suit of this year's deck, featuring my Great Grandparents, Jerome Lerner and Emelia Anton. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GermansFromRussia
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/5...
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Coming into the home stretch of this year's #52Ancestors Challenge, I embark on the final suit of this year's deck, featuring my Great Grandparents, Jerome Lerner and Emelia Anton. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GermansFromRussia
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/5...
We’ve reached the last card in the deck for my mother’s paternal line and the last of my Mormon ancestors who I’ll be looking at for this year’s #52Ancestors Challenge: Maria Hadlond. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/5...
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
We’ve reached the last card in the deck for my mother’s paternal line and the last of my Mormon ancestors who I’ll be looking at for this year’s #52Ancestors Challenge: Maria Hadlond. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/5...
TIL that my Great x 4 Grandmother is buried only a few hundred meters from Dred Scott and Adolphus Busch. Cool.
Sadly, she's also only a few hundred meters from Rush Limbaugh. 🤮 Well, there went the neighbourhood. 🙁
Sadly, she's also only a few hundred meters from Rush Limbaugh. 🤮 Well, there went the neighbourhood. 🙁
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
TIL that my Great x 4 Grandmother is buried only a few hundred meters from Dred Scott and Adolphus Busch. Cool.
Sadly, she's also only a few hundred meters from Rush Limbaugh. 🤮 Well, there went the neighbourhood. 🙁
Sadly, she's also only a few hundred meters from Rush Limbaugh. 🤮 Well, there went the neighbourhood. 🙁
TL;DR: My Gx3 Grandfather Preston Thomas was first a slave owner and later a polygamist. I don’t like him.
Of course, it's a longer story than that. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/5...
Of course, it's a longer story than that. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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October 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
TL;DR: My Gx3 Grandfather Preston Thomas was first a slave owner and later a polygamist. I don’t like him.
Of course, it's a longer story than that. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/5...
Of course, it's a longer story than that. #52Ancestors #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/5...
I regret that I'm a week late in posting this.
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I regret that I'm a week late in posting this.