Graveyard Snoop
@graveyardsnoop.bsky.social
Deep-dive research into the people under the headstones. Interested in hidden & obscured histories. #genealogyforall #inclusivegenealogy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
New documentary idea/story prompt. I want to learn more about THIS funeral, because that is one hell of a pallbearer lineup.
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New documentary idea/story prompt. I want to learn more about THIS funeral, because that is one hell of a pallbearer lineup.
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
Story prompt/sweater scandal, 1920s style.
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Story prompt/sweater scandal, 1920s style.
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Doing some fascinating digging in the National Desertion Bureau Database, intended to keep track of those who abandoned their spouses. This guy must have been one hell of a smooth talker. 150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database #genealogy
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Doing some fascinating digging in the National Desertion Bureau Database, intended to keep track of those who abandoned their spouses. This guy must have been one hell of a smooth talker. 150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database #genealogy
July 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
86 years ago today, milkman Ernest Berry found a most surprising package on the doorstep. Records show how it turned out.
1--Chicago Tribune; Jun 23, 1939. 2--1940 census the next year, showing the newest Berry in the bunch.
1--Chicago Tribune; Jun 23, 1939. 2--1940 census the next year, showing the newest Berry in the bunch.
June 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
86 years ago today, milkman Ernest Berry found a most surprising package on the doorstep. Records show how it turned out.
1--Chicago Tribune; Jun 23, 1939. 2--1940 census the next year, showing the newest Berry in the bunch.
1--Chicago Tribune; Jun 23, 1939. 2--1940 census the next year, showing the newest Berry in the bunch.
This photographer ad gets weirdly ominous.
The Post (Big Stone Gap, VA) June 3, 1908
#oldnewspapers #history
The Post (Big Stone Gap, VA) June 3, 1908
#oldnewspapers #history
June 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This photographer ad gets weirdly ominous.
The Post (Big Stone Gap, VA) June 3, 1908
#oldnewspapers #history
The Post (Big Stone Gap, VA) June 3, 1908
#oldnewspapers #history
#Genealogy tip: Don't sleep on using Google Books as a possible source. The wealth of resources in there is astounding. I'm currently besotted w/ these notices from the American Bankers Assoc., which listed criminals to look out for. Names, signatures, even mugshots. ⬇️
May 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
#Genealogy tip: Don't sleep on using Google Books as a possible source. The wealth of resources in there is astounding. I'm currently besotted w/ these notices from the American Bankers Assoc., which listed criminals to look out for. Names, signatures, even mugshots. ⬇️
Here we go: Bicycle face. San Fran Chronicle July 21, 1895.
May 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here we go: Bicycle face. San Fran Chronicle July 21, 1895.
3.) Note: This is in the Lost & Found ads, between a lost package and a missing dog. #gildedage
May 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
3.) Note: This is in the Lost & Found ads, between a lost package and a missing dog. #gildedage
2.) I can hear the Joplin.
May 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
2.) I can hear the Joplin.
Writer's block? Need a #storyprompt or #writinginspo? The NY Evening World has it covered. All from Sept. 14, 1895.
May 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Writer's block? Need a #storyprompt or #writinginspo? The NY Evening World has it covered. All from Sept. 14, 1895.
I had to laugh. The Connellsville, PA, Daily Courier really **went there** when naming its obituary section. #genealogy
April 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I had to laugh. The Connellsville, PA, Daily Courier really **went there** when naming its obituary section. #genealogy
A village in Croatia called Čabar. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army sometime between 1902-1912.
I'll also be contacting the Croatian state archives.
I'll also be contacting the Croatian state archives.
April 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A village in Croatia called Čabar. He served in the Austro-Hungarian army sometime between 1902-1912.
I'll also be contacting the Croatian state archives.
I'll also be contacting the Croatian state archives.
I'm not selling this caterpillar ride to just any old carnival.
April 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm not selling this caterpillar ride to just any old carnival.
The best thing I've learned this week is that Billboard magazine used to have a "Carnivals" section.
It's hard to express the sheer delight I'm getting from the ads.
It's hard to express the sheer delight I'm getting from the ads.
April 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The best thing I've learned this week is that Billboard magazine used to have a "Carnivals" section.
It's hard to express the sheer delight I'm getting from the ads.
It's hard to express the sheer delight I'm getting from the ads.
Your reminder that when you see people in movies writing so elegantly with a quill pen... it didn't always go that smoothly.
April 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Your reminder that when you see people in movies writing so elegantly with a quill pen... it didn't always go that smoothly.
Ancestry has it all wrong. They should let us pay to block people.
For the love of god, don't do this. #genealogy
For the love of god, don't do this. #genealogy
April 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ancestry has it all wrong. They should let us pay to block people.
For the love of god, don't do this. #genealogy
For the love of god, don't do this. #genealogy
He made a very dashing soldier.
March 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
He made a very dashing soldier.
It's time to talk about my complicated, resilient, frustrating, singular great-grandmother Rose.
The third part of my ongoing series about my family's home at 17210 Hull St., Detroit: Rose's Story.
graveyardsnoop.com/2025/03/26/1...
#genealogy #detroit #history #FamilyHistory #blog #ancestry
The third part of my ongoing series about my family's home at 17210 Hull St., Detroit: Rose's Story.
graveyardsnoop.com/2025/03/26/1...
#genealogy #detroit #history #FamilyHistory #blog #ancestry
March 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's time to talk about my complicated, resilient, frustrating, singular great-grandmother Rose.
The third part of my ongoing series about my family's home at 17210 Hull St., Detroit: Rose's Story.
graveyardsnoop.com/2025/03/26/1...
#genealogy #detroit #history #FamilyHistory #blog #ancestry
The third part of my ongoing series about my family's home at 17210 Hull St., Detroit: Rose's Story.
graveyardsnoop.com/2025/03/26/1...
#genealogy #detroit #history #FamilyHistory #blog #ancestry
I made it to Brooklyn. #travel www.instagram.com/reel/DG1aYrl...
March 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I made it to Brooklyn. #travel www.instagram.com/reel/DG1aYrl...