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Buried Forest
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Genealogical and digitization services in southeast Michigan. Specializing in Northeast American and Southern Canadian genealogy; digital transfers of photos, slides, 8mm and Super 8 film, VHS, and mini-DV, more coming soon.
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In 1969, my mom and her sister had 3 kids each - this is what it looks like when you give them all a bunch of candy. Still.
#vintagehalloween #HalloweenHistory #Halloween #1960s #vintagecostume #costumes #shelbytownshipmi #Michigan
CD 1969 Halloween, Camp, and Christmas
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October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#Vintage costumes from about 1963 in Clinton Twp, Macomb, Michigan. It's not creepy - you're creepy.
🎃 Happy Halloween and be safe tomorrow!! 👻
#Halloween #Retro #Costumes #History
Black-and-white photo of two people standing indoors near a window with patterned curtains. On the left, a smiling child wears a pointed hat with a star, a sweater, and holds a small bag. On the right, an adult wears a patterned robe, head covering, and oversized glasses, suggesting a costume or festive disguise. A decorative wall hanging is visible beside the window.
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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#InternationalDayOfRuralWomen, I’m honoring the Dougherty women of Alpena, MI. Here's Mary (Hall) Dougherty with her descendants and their spouses in front of Greely Hall, 1941. #alpenamichigan #GreelyMi #Hillmanmi #MichiganHistory #buriedforestresearch #familyarchives #RuralRoots
Large black-and-white group photo from 1941 showing men, women, and children posed in rows outside Greely Hall, a white clapboard building with tall windows. The gathering includes members of the Dougherty family and extended relatives, dressed in early 20th-century attire. The photo captures a formal moment of reunion or celebration, reflecting the legacy of rural women and pioneer families in Alpena County.
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen, I’m honoring the Dougherty women of Alpena, MI-who built homes, raised families, and fed generations. Their legacy still warms our quilts and fills our jars. 💚 #alpenamichigan #GreelyMi #Hillmanmi #MichiganHistory #buriedforestresearch #familyarchives #RuralRoots
Black-and-white newspaper clipping from 1941 featuring Mary Hall, my great-great-grandmother, seated with her children around her. The caption identifies the Dougherty family of Greely as pioneer settlers in Alpena County, Michigan. The photo includes seven family members dressed formally, posed in front of a stone wall. Names listed are Mrs. Mary Dougherty (center), Mrs. Fred Beal (left), Mrs. Irwin Keegan (right), and standing behind them: John Dougherty, Esther O’Neil, Irene Cousineau, and Charles Dougherty.
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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🌾 Happy Farmer’s Day from Buried Forest Research! The Clark family’s farming legacy is stitched into Michigan soil-full of grit, growth, and a little mischief. A thread 🧵👇 #FarmersDay
October 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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For #WorldMentalHealthDay, here’s a quiet prompt: “I’ve been thinking about how our family handles stress. Would you be open to sharing any experiences that shaped how we talk about mental health?”
Even one honest moment can open a door. 💬 #BuriedForestResearch #FamilyHistory
A graphic slide advocating for researching family mental health history. It features a beige rectangle with rounded corners centered on a pale olive-green background. At the top is a dark green leafy branch icon. The main heading reads “Ask about family mental health history” in bold dark green text. Below is a centered prompt: “I’ve been thinking about how our family handles stress and emotions. Would you be open to sharing any experiences — your own or ones you've witnessed — that shaped how we talk about mental health?” At the bottom, a subheading reads “Family Mental Health Reflection Starter.”
October 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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For #WorldTeachersDay, meet the Mills sisters of New Baltimore, MI-Caroline, Susan & Jennie. All 3 became teachers before marriage. Their stories span classrooms, carpets, and California gardens. 🧵 #Genealogy #BFR #Millsfamily #NewBaltimoreMI
Vintage flyer for Western Reserve Normal School in Milan, Ohio, with ornate borders and stylized fonts. It notes the school’s origins as the Huron Institute in 1832 and its reorganization in 1858. Printed by Mowry & Brady, Milan, OH.
October 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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While archiving, I found animals all over my family’s history-dogs, rabbits, deer, goats, even bears. These snapshots reveal kindness, curiosity, and a little chaos. #WorldAnimalDay #BFRAnimalTales
A warm brown graphic with cream-colored text and animal silhouettes. The title reads “Animals in Our Family History” in large serif font. Below, the hashtag “#WorldAnimalDay” is written in cursive, followed by “Buried Forest Research” in uppercase sans-serif font. Surrounding the text are stylized cream-colored silhouettes of a dog, deer, goat, horse, and pig, arranged symmetrically around the title. The design evokes a nostalgic, archival feel and celebrates the role of animals in family history.
October 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Happy #NationalCustodianDay!
Celebrating my great-great-granduncle Festus E. Mills, who went from farmer to custodian at Royal Oak High School. His story, uncovered through #genealogy, shows how every life has rich, unexpected chapters.
#FamilyHistory #Ancestry #MichiganHistory #RoyalOak #Armada
Festus Mills and his family pose for a group picture on a porch in 1909. Festus is seated in a rocking chair, holding his daughter Delia.
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🍊 National Homemade Cookies Day 🍪 Grandaunt Ella May Bedell’s Orange Cookies weren’t just baked-they were remembered. Her handwritten recipe is a sensory time machine: citrus, sour milk, and love. #NationalHomemadeCookiesDay #familyrecipes #TasteOfHistory #vintagerecipes
A faded, handwritten recipe titled “Orange Cookies” by Grandma Ella. Written in cursive on aged paper, the recipe includes ingredients like orange rind, sour milk, and butter, with baking instructions. The creases and wear suggest it’s a cherished family heirloom.
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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I’ve been a #vegetarian since age 4-when I learned where meat came from and reacted like it was a horror plot twist. 🍅
Back then, it was weird. Now it’s everywhere.
From ration books to recipe cards, #plantbased choices run deep in my family archive. 🌿 #WorldVegetarianDay #simpleliving #foodhistory
Flat graphic illustration celebrating World Vegetarian Day on October 1. A beige background features bold green text reading 'World Vegetarian Day' and orange text below it saying 'October 1'. At the center is a plate with a tomato, pea pods, carrot, and broccoli. A green fork and knife flank the plate. At the bottom, a green banner reads 'Celebrate a Plant-Based Diet' in cream-colored capital letters.
October 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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☕️ #NationalCoffeeDay check-in from the BFR archives:
I used to wait until afternoon for my caffeine fix. Now it’s mid-morning. And sometimes again later. 😅
My family drinks it black. I treat it like dessert: toffee cappuccino, whipped cream, sprinkles… served in a floral “Mom” mug. #sprinklesquad
A white ceramic mug with floral designs and the word “MOM” printed on it, filled with a whipped cream-topped coffee. The whipped cream is decorated with red, white, and blue sprinkles. Surrounding the mug are containers of toppings, including Reddi Wip whipped cream and sprinkles - suggesting a festive, dessert-style coffee ritual.
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It’s #AskaStupidQuestionDay & I’m here to say: ASK.
Genealogy is built on questions-messy, curious, sometimes awkward.
I once asked about Bertha Clark’s dad.
Turns out her sister was actually her mother.
& I met Diane, my 3rd-something cousin & now dear friend.
Ask. Never know what you’ll find. 🌳
A warm-toned digital illustration featuring a stylized family tree with green heart-shaped leaves and beige name boxes, alongside a cartoon researcher in a turquoise sweater and brown hat examining the tree with a magnifying glass. Large brown question marks are scattered around the image. Bold text reads “ASK A STUPID QUESTION DAY” with the tagline “Your Curiosity Could Unlock a Family Mystery!” The background is beige with a subtle speckled texture, evoking a vintage archival feel.
September 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Who remembers???
#ThrowbackTrivia #RetroChallenge #TriviaTime #VintageVibes #old97s #history
A digital graphic features a navy blue vintage rotary telephone icon centered on a white background, surrounded by three large orange question marks. Below the phone, bold navy blue text reads: “If you rang 987-1212 in 1990, what name would be on the other end?” followed by “EMOJIS ONLY!” in all caps. The design uses a clean, flat style with a playful trivia theme.
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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📜 In 1971, Judy Brady wrote “I Want a Wife”- let it be your inspiration this Wife Appreciation Day.
#BuriedForestResearch #FamilyArchives #FeministHistory
www.thecut.com/2017/11/i-wa...
The ’70s Feminist Manifesto That’s Still a Must-Read Today
Judy Brady Syfers wrote ‘I Want a Wife’ in 1971. It holds up.
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September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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📝 Dear Diary Day Just inherited Grandma Dorothy’s journals and wow—she was a minimalist, a meteorologist, and a salad architect. #DearDiaryDay #BuriedForestResearch #FamilyArchives #ThriftQueen #EverydayHistory #SliceOfLife
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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1966: My sister Robin (5) & her friend Janice Steele in a photobooth. I’ve found more photos of her family & hope to reconnect. Tip: Share mystery faces-someone out there may hold the missing piece. #LocateAnOldFriendDay #vintagephotos #familyhistory
A black-and-white, close-up photo of two young girls. The girl on the left, with bangs and a slight smile, is wearing a fur-lined hood. Her right hand is on the shoulder of the girl on the right, who has a serious expression and is wearing a dark, furry jacket with a white stripe down the front.
September 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Yo ho ho and a hot glue gun! 🏴‍☠️
Before Buried Forest Research, I was part of a GISHWHES crew-15 creatives, 200+ wild prompts, 1 week of glorious chaos.
This pirate pic of my mom & me? A treasured memory. #TalkLikeAPirateDay #GISHWHES2016 #FamilyArchives #GISH #AhoyMatey
A smiling young person in a pirate costume with a bottle of Bacardi rum sits on a gray leather couch with an older woman wearing an eyepatch and a pirate hat. The older woman is holding a toy cutlass. A colorful blanket is draped over the back of the couch.
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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My grandma immigrated from Wallaceburg, Ontario to Mt Clemens, Michigan-just 20 miles apart. She arrived as an infant in 1923. Here she is in front of her home in #MtClemensMI #CitizenshipDay #FamilyHistory #BuriedForestResearch #Genealogy #CanadianAmerican
Black-and-white photograph dated June 6, 1937, showing Dorothy Fleming standing with hands behind her in front of a wooden house with a porch. She wears a patterned dress and faces the camera calmly. The porch features decorative columns and vertical slat railings, surrounded by bushes and garden plants. Handwritten text at the bottom reads “Dorothy Fleming Dougherty.”
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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#GrandparentsDay #Grandparents #Family #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree #Generations #FamilyArchive
A square graphic with a soft beige background and three white daisies placed in the top left, top right, and bottom right corners. Centered dark brown serif text reads: “Grandparents Day Tribute - Celebrating the roots of our family tree.” The design is warm and gentle, evoking affection and reverence for grandparents and their foundational role in family history.
September 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🗂️ It’s #FightProcrastinationDay (yesterday 😂) and I’m finally tackling my digital photo chaos. Chronological folders + names + keywords (like “dog”) = searchable gold. Start today-your future archive will thank you. 💪📸 #BuriedForestResearch #DigitalDeclutter #FamilyArchives #PreserveYourStory
Graphic for Fight Procrastination Day featuring a yellow folder overflowing with disorganized photos, bold text encouraging digital photo organization, and two tips: file recent photos chronologically, and include names plus keywords like 'dog'. A cartoon dog dressed as a detective holds a magnifying glass. Bottom text reads: 'Let’s fight procrastination one file name at a time.'
September 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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September is World Alzheimer’s Month.
My mom (left) with Aunt Jennie & Uncle Irvin at the Grand Canyon, 1985. Jennie had Alzheimer’s. She was sweet, funny, and fiercely loved. Her story is part of ours. 💜 #MemoryMatters #BuriedForestResearch #FamilyHistory #Alzheimers #WorldAlzheimersMonth
A color photo of two women and a man standing close together on a snow-covered lookout point, smiling. The man, with glasses, stands in the middle with his arms around the two women. The woman on the left is wearing a white sweater, and the woman on the right is wearing a blue jacket. In the background is a vast canyon landscape partially obscured by clouds.
September 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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📮 World Letter Writing Day
WWII, San Francisco: Jack writes to “Edd & Dort” with one sheet of paper, dreams of deer hunting with a Japanese rifle, and congrats on my mom’s birth.
Messy, zigzagging, unforgettable.
#BuriedForestResearch #LoveJack #WWIILetters #VintageLetters
A faded black and white photo of a soldier in uniform. He is standing on a set of concrete steps in front of a building, leaning against a railing. The soldier is holding his other hand on his hip and looking at the camera. The photo has a lot of dust and scratches on it.
September 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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🛠️ Labor Day 🛠️
1953 - My dad George (10) & his father in front of their work truck near Mt. Clemens, MI.
That trencher built neighborhoods-and later took my dad’s finger.
He kept working.
#LaborDay #BuriedForestResearch #FamilyHistory #GenerationalGrit #MtClemens #MichiganHistory
1953 near Mount Clemens, Michigan. A black and white photo shows a man and a young boy standing in front of a large work truck and heavy equipment. The man, who is older and wearing a cap, stands with his hand on the boy’s shoulder. The boy is looking towards the camera. The truck, which has a logo that reads "James H. Clark & Son Trenching and Laying Footing, Water, Gas," is towing a low trailer (called a lowboy) carrying a large piece of machinery, a Cleveland trenching machine with a huge circular digging apparatus.
September 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A roadside picnic near Bellaire, Michigan, circa 1937. Unnamed, but the feeling is universal: shared food tastes better outdoors.

Happy National Eat Outside Day! 🌳🥧

#EatOutsideDay #BuriedForestResearch #BellaireMI #PicnicHistory #VintageVibes
A grainy, black-and-white photo shows a family having a picnic next to an old sedan. A group of adults and children sit on the ground, leaning against the car's wheel and doors. They are holding bowls and plates, and one man holds a bottle. The setting appears to be outdoors on a sunny day with some shade provided by the car.
August 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM