Tad Callin
@tadmaster.bsky.social
Half a century of trying to figure out a good description; genealogy/family history stuff: https://mightieracorns.wordpress.com/
Assoc. Editor: @pseudopod.org
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Lives and Fortunes: Three Revolutionary War Americans
This story is part of the celebration of America's 250th birthday at Projectkin - Stories250. Look for more at
mightieracorns.com
This story is part of the Projectkin Stories250 timeline, celebrating America's 250th birthday.
All of those old local histories and genealogies out there are interesting, but what do you do with them once you find them?
The Publication Puzzle
All of those old local histories and genealogies out there are interesting, but what do you do with them once you find them?
mightieracorns.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
All of those old local histories and genealogies out there are interesting, but what do you do with them once you find them?
Like you, I'm heading into a busy holiday season and thinking "What next?"
I'm pretending this post is advice for you, but it's really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
I'm pretending this post is advice for you, but it's really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
Re-Finding Focus
Like you, I'm heading into a busy holiday season and thinking "What next?" I'm pretending this post is advice for you, but it's really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
mightieracorns.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Like you, I'm heading into a busy holiday season and thinking "What next?"
I'm pretending this post is advice for you, but it's really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
I'm pretending this post is advice for you, but it's really just me, talking myself into a sort of plan. I hope you get some benefit from that!
Andrew Johnson was impeached for making speeches “with a loud voice, certain intemperate, inflammatory, and scandalous harangues” intended to smear and debase Congress. Which sure seems like a precedent.
@nberlat.bsky.social
Just sayin'
@nberlat.bsky.social
Just sayin'
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Andrew Johnson was impeached for making speeches “with a loud voice, certain intemperate, inflammatory, and scandalous harangues” intended to smear and debase Congress. Which sure seems like a precedent.
@nberlat.bsky.social
Just sayin'
@nberlat.bsky.social
Just sayin'
The tools we have for tracking what we know (or think we know) about our ancestors can be great - but when we don't have information that can be fully supported with evidence, adding a new hypothetical relationship can be tricky.
Like this lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family...
Like this lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family...
A Sister for Abraham Witter
The tools we have for tracking what we know (or think we know) about our ancestors can be great - but when we don't have information that can be fully supported with evidence, adding a new hypothetical relationship can be tricky. I may have a lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family, but I hope that talking about the lead doesn't trick people into thinking this connection is "proven" yet.
mightieracorns.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The tools we have for tracking what we know (or think we know) about our ancestors can be great - but when we don't have information that can be fully supported with evidence, adding a new hypothetical relationship can be tricky.
Like this lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family...
Like this lead on a newly identified sister for my Witter family...
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
I can't stress this enough: we are still fighting this same battle. And I, for one, am on Douglass's side.
Remembering and Forgetting in Gettysburg
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Remembering and Forgetting in Gettysburg
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Remembering and Forgetting in Gettysburg
Frederick Douglass was unambiguous about the moral stakes of the American Civil War.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I can't stress this enough: we are still fighting this same battle. And I, for one, am on Douglass's side.
Remembering and Forgetting in Gettysburg
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Remembering and Forgetting in Gettysburg
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Americans celebrate 4 Jul 1776 as if we won Independence that day, but it really began an 8-year war that divided families and neighbors. Our "more perfect Union" began on June 21, 1788. Meanwhile...
The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
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The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
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The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
In the Revolutionary War, many members of the Society of Friends would be recognized as war veterans. My Coffin ancestors played their role as pacifists as the brutal war came to them.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Americans celebrate 4 Jul 1776 as if we won Independence that day, but it really began an 8-year war that divided families and neighbors. Our "more perfect Union" began on June 21, 1788. Meanwhile...
The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
A major addition to the Callin Family History project stemmed from the thinnest of clues. Thanks to random strangers on the Internet, I was able to build those clues into a tree with hundreds more cousins.
The Scott Family: Milton Township Diaspora
A major addition to the Callin Family History project stemmed from the thinnest of clues. Thanks to random strangers on the Internet, I was able to build those clues into a tree with hundreds more cousins.
mightieracorns.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A major addition to the Callin Family History project stemmed from the thinnest of clues. Thanks to random strangers on the Internet, I was able to build those clues into a tree with hundreds more cousins.
This story is part of the Projectkin Stories250 timeline, celebrating America's 250th birthday.
Lives and Fortunes: Three Revolutionary War Americans
This story is part of the celebration of America's 250th birthday at Projectkin - Stories250. Look for more at
mightieracorns.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This story is part of the Projectkin Stories250 timeline, celebrating America's 250th birthday.
Married after the end of the Second World war, my maternal grandparents embarked on a lengthy 50-year journey. Here's a taste of it!
Grandma Bert’s Travelogue
Married after the end of the Second World war, my maternal grandparents embarked on a lengthy 50-year journey. Here's a taste of it!
mightieracorns.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Married after the end of the Second World war, my maternal grandparents embarked on a lengthy 50-year journey. Here's a taste of it!
A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and "improved" their way to our modern world.
On Technological Disruptions
A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and "improved" their way to our modern world.
mightieracorns.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A simple system upgrade leads to a meditation on technological disruption, and consideration of ancestors who farmed, invented, and "improved" their way to our modern world.
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🎃👻 PseudoPod 1001: A Coven of Cats Under the Light of the Moon & The Halloween Parade
"On this night, we escaped from our homes"
Authors: M. Halstead & Alasdair Stuart
Narrators: Laura Pearlman & Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis
These pieces are PseudoPod originals
"On this night, we escaped from our homes"
Authors: M. Halstead & Alasdair Stuart
Narrators: Laura Pearlman & Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis
These pieces are PseudoPod originals
PseudoPod 1001: A Coven of Cats Under the Light of the Moon and The Halloween Parade
On this night, we escaped from our homes—we darted through the open doors, we leaped over the privacy fences, we fled under-bush to converge on this place. Some of us have traveled many miles…
pseudopod.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🎃👻 PseudoPod 1001: A Coven of Cats Under the Light of the Moon & The Halloween Parade
"On this night, we escaped from our homes"
Authors: M. Halstead & Alasdair Stuart
Narrators: Laura Pearlman & Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis
These pieces are PseudoPod originals
"On this night, we escaped from our homes"
Authors: M. Halstead & Alasdair Stuart
Narrators: Laura Pearlman & Alasdair Stuart
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Chelsea Davis
These pieces are PseudoPod originals
Learning about the beliefs of previous generations is never as easy as we want to think it is - and sometimes your ancestors' beliefs are critical to understanding them.
When Faith Divides
Learning about the beliefs of previous generations is never as easy as we want to think it is - and sometimes your ancestors' beliefs are critical to understanding them.
mightieracorns.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Learning about the beliefs of previous generations is never as easy as we want to think it is - and sometimes your ancestors' beliefs are critical to understanding them.
My friend Emlyn has a new album up - I am going to listen to it today.
You can, too:
emlynellisaddison.bandcamp.com/album/sunwar...
You can, too:
emlynellisaddison.bandcamp.com/album/sunwar...
Sunward Clear, by Emlyn Ellis Addison
11 track album
emlynellisaddison.bandcamp.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My friend Emlyn has a new album up - I am going to listen to it today.
You can, too:
emlynellisaddison.bandcamp.com/album/sunwar...
You can, too:
emlynellisaddison.bandcamp.com/album/sunwar...
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There are good people amongst us.
If you are a furloughed government worker
In the Baltimore area
This popular restaurant
EKIBEN is offering free meals just bring your government I.D.
Thank you
We're all in this together
If you are a furloughed government worker
In the Baltimore area
This popular restaurant
EKIBEN is offering free meals just bring your government I.D.
Thank you
We're all in this together
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There are good people amongst us.
If you are a furloughed government worker
In the Baltimore area
This popular restaurant
EKIBEN is offering free meals just bring your government I.D.
Thank you
We're all in this together
If you are a furloughed government worker
In the Baltimore area
This popular restaurant
EKIBEN is offering free meals just bring your government I.D.
Thank you
We're all in this together
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Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute
Photos: White House East Wing Demolished For Trump’s Ballroom
The privately funded ballroom will be approximately 90,000 square feet, much larger than the White House itself.
www.forbes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thinking a lot recently about the outrage over Lizzo playing James Madison's flute
Another case of chasing the records for a family that turns out not to be who I was looking for. But this time, I am left with a tiny sliver of progress, too!
Alexander Callin Buys Some Land
Another case of chasing the records for a family that turns out not to be who I was looking for. But this time, I am left with a tiny sliver of progress, too!
mightieracorns.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Another case of chasing the records for a family that turns out not to be who I was looking for. But this time, I am left with a tiny sliver of progress, too!
The No Kings event last Saturday wasn't just a demonstration of anger or outrage; it was a statement that, like our ancestors before us, we are not willing to have our power taken away by bullies.
No Kings: A Family Tradition
The No Kings event last Saturday wasn't just a demonstration of anger or outrage; it was a statement that, like our ancestors before us, we are not willing to have our power taken away by bullies.
mightieracorns.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The No Kings event last Saturday wasn't just a demonstration of anger or outrage; it was a statement that, like our ancestors before us, we are not willing to have our power taken away by bullies.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Despite unexpected time on my hands, I ran out of material! A bit about why, and some tips for not landing in this situation.
Planning Ahead
Despite unexpected time on my hands, I ran out of material! A bit about why, and some tips for not landing in this situation.
mightieracorns.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Despite unexpected time on my hands, I ran out of material! A bit about why, and some tips for not landing in this situation.
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contrary to redhats, no kings event is going on because we love our communities & country so much, we can't keep watching it get destroyed. bring joy & love & hope along with signs & noisemakers. find 1 of the 2k+ events near you. see you @ travis park satx from 4-6 pm. we have friends everywhere!!
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
contrary to redhats, no kings event is going on because we love our communities & country so much, we can't keep watching it get destroyed. bring joy & love & hope along with signs & noisemakers. find 1 of the 2k+ events near you. see you @ travis park satx from 4-6 pm. we have friends everywhere!!
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In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.
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www.patreon.com/posts/secret...
Secret Scratch Tracks and a Sunday Concert | Marian Call
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October 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In which I announce the title of my next album, which I head to Anchorage next week to work on. You can see the basics without having to pay, you can listen to some secret preview tracks and read fresh written-tonight lyrics if you're a backer.
www.patreon.com/posts/secret...
www.patreon.com/posts/secret...
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I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.
You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!
You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!
October 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.
You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!
You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!
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It’s about time some red state governors said this!
October 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s about time some red state governors said this!
Looking at the generation before The Ballad of Mrs. Steele - piecing together clues to answer the question, "Why?"
Raising the Rupes
We learned some tragic details in The Ballad of Mrs. Steele, but there are hints of other tragedies in her parents stories. Today we look at her mother's life and the people in it, hoping to figure out some answers.
mightieracorns.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Looking at the generation before The Ballad of Mrs. Steele - piecing together clues to answer the question, "Why?"