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Jan Murphy
@packrat74.bsky.social
Enthusiastic family historian since 2006; moderator pro tempore at Genealogy & Family History Stack Exchange. http://genealogy.stackexchange.com Fan of F&SF, figure skating, baseball, equestrian sports, cycling. Former bookseller; book junkie.
Been there, seen that, swapped to drinking my tea out of a commuter mug with a lid.

So insouciant. 🐾
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The Kindle apps can be annoying, too. If I can buy wide, I'd much rather do that.

But I just got a new Fire Tablet because the old one refused to turn on. 🤷‍♀️ (I have Print Replica content in my library, technical books, which aren't available any other way, except in huge pbooks.)
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's funny how people who have lots and lots and lots of money never get accused of hoarding, though.
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#AncestryHour I just checked Ancestry for the UK. Not much marked as new for the UK. I suppose I should look at the Military Service records and the Legal Exam Records just to get a feel for what the records look like.

I could go to findmypast to review prior finds & use Workspaces. 🤷‍♀️
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#AncestryHour Yes that should have been *recordset or preferably record sets.

I have a very frustrating ebook from Thomas MacEntee talking about school records which has lots of examples from states in the USA where I don't have any research interests.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#AncestryHour If you prefer pbooks to digital downloads, here's the info on the Black Friday sale at Pen & Sword.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
That reminds me. I'm not sure if I've ever posted this to #AncestryHour, but people with Ag Labs in England in their family tree might want to follow @themerl.bsky.social because how can you resist content like this? 🐏
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#AncestryHour I am still puttering with cleanup tasks, looking at Ancestry hints, notifications from MyHeritage and Genealogy Bank and Newspapers-dot-com from saved searches, etc. And thinking about ways to clear out my computer. Need to look for storage during Black Friday sales.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#AncestryHour Take a screenshot of your home page every now and again so you'll have a visual reminder of what apps you have installed. More visually compact than the list of what apps Amazon (Google, Apple, etc.) says is in your app library.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#AncestryHour The annoying part: the old tablet was backed up, in the half-***ed manner that Amazon does automatic backups (of your Amazon content only). But you still have to go in and tell Amazon to redeliver the apps you already have in your library. Can't look at my old one. So my advice 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#AncestryHour I want some new and exciting record set. I'll have to make do with hints and notifications for now. I don't have any time or energy to embark on a big research project at this time of year anyway. Aren't we supposed to be resting and hibernating at this time of year, anyway? 💤
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I finally figured out how to search a single YouTube channel for videos so here's a search of On Ice Perspectives for "Brown", in case you missed any. Picks up Oona & Gage AND Jason Brown - what could be better? 😉
www.youtube.com/@OnIcePerspe...
On Ice Perspectives
On Ice Videography, created by Jordan Cowan, Team USA Figure Skater turned skating cinematographer. Instagram | http://instagram.com/oniceperspectives
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM