Homer Thiel
@homerthiel.bsky.social
My great-great grandfather David Chandler was the Sheriff of Grand Traverse County, Michigan around 1904. Here he is standing next to his son-in-law, Deputy Philip Feiger, in front of the jail. Philip lived on the top floor with his wife Grace and she gave birth to their son Byron there.
April 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My great-great grandfather David Chandler was the Sheriff of Grand Traverse County, Michigan around 1904. Here he is standing next to his son-in-law, Deputy Philip Feiger, in front of the jail. Philip lived on the top floor with his wife Grace and she gave birth to their son Byron there.
I buy photos from my hometown on Ebay. This photo is Harold Titus, who was a four-year-old in 1893. Later in the life he became an author and five of his books became movies from 1920 to 1941.
April 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I buy photos from my hometown on Ebay. This photo is Harold Titus, who was a four-year-old in 1893. Later in the life he became an author and five of his books became movies from 1920 to 1941.
One of these two is having his testicles removed today.
March 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One of these two is having his testicles removed today.
List of my direct female ancestors first names, going back to 2nd great grandparents:
Carolyn
Alice (twice)
Anna (twice)
Faith
Jennie
Grace
Maybelle
Margaret
Mary
Clara
Juliana
Sarah
Edna
Carolyn
Alice (twice)
Anna (twice)
Faith
Jennie
Grace
Maybelle
Margaret
Mary
Clara
Juliana
Sarah
Edna
March 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
List of my direct female ancestors first names, going back to 2nd great grandparents:
Carolyn
Alice (twice)
Anna (twice)
Faith
Jennie
Grace
Maybelle
Margaret
Mary
Clara
Juliana
Sarah
Edna
Carolyn
Alice (twice)
Anna (twice)
Faith
Jennie
Grace
Maybelle
Margaret
Mary
Clara
Juliana
Sarah
Edna
List of my direct male ancestors first names, going back to 2nd great grandparents:
Lee
Morrell
Harold
Sheldon
Ernest
Philip (twice)
Colonel
Elias
William
John
Isaiah
David
Elijah
Isaac
Lee
Morrell
Harold
Sheldon
Ernest
Philip (twice)
Colonel
Elias
William
John
Isaiah
David
Elijah
Isaac
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
List of my direct male ancestors first names, going back to 2nd great grandparents:
Lee
Morrell
Harold
Sheldon
Ernest
Philip (twice)
Colonel
Elias
William
John
Isaiah
David
Elijah
Isaac
Lee
Morrell
Harold
Sheldon
Ernest
Philip (twice)
Colonel
Elias
William
John
Isaiah
David
Elijah
Isaac
List of my direct ancestors surnames, going back to my 2nd great grandparents:
Cole (twice)
Feiger
Welborn
Ransom
Faunce
Chandler
Clawson
Klingensmith
Davis
Connor
Kreps
Krauth
Pierce
Fillmore
Rollenhagen
Cole (twice)
Feiger
Welborn
Ransom
Faunce
Chandler
Clawson
Klingensmith
Davis
Connor
Kreps
Krauth
Pierce
Fillmore
Rollenhagen
March 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
List of my direct ancestors surnames, going back to my 2nd great grandparents:
Cole (twice)
Feiger
Welborn
Ransom
Faunce
Chandler
Clawson
Klingensmith
Davis
Connor
Kreps
Krauth
Pierce
Fillmore
Rollenhagen
Cole (twice)
Feiger
Welborn
Ransom
Faunce
Chandler
Clawson
Klingensmith
Davis
Connor
Kreps
Krauth
Pierce
Fillmore
Rollenhagen
My husband and a big cock.
February 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My husband and a big cock.
One of my favorite artifacts that I have found during 38 years of archaeology, a mustache cup with "Think of me" on it. It dates to the 1890s. I could an almost duplicate one on Ebay. Mustache cups have a ceramic bridge that keeps your mustache out of the cup's contents.
February 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
One of my favorite artifacts that I have found during 38 years of archaeology, a mustache cup with "Think of me" on it. It dates to the 1890s. I could an almost duplicate one on Ebay. Mustache cups have a ceramic bridge that keeps your mustache out of the cup's contents.
A boy doll's head from a project in downtown Tucson (photo by Robert Ciaccio). It once had glass eyes and was sewn onto a cloth body.
February 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A boy doll's head from a project in downtown Tucson (photo by Robert Ciaccio). It once had glass eyes and was sewn onto a cloth body.
I buy old photos with names on the back, research them, and post them to a blog, Identifying Thrift Store Photographs (thriftstorephotographs.blogspot.com).
This is Reverend Charles A. Fellows (1856-1956). I bet the ladies and a few of the men swooned over him back in his prime.
This is Reverend Charles A. Fellows (1856-1956). I bet the ladies and a few of the men swooned over him back in his prime.
February 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I buy old photos with names on the back, research them, and post them to a blog, Identifying Thrift Store Photographs (thriftstorephotographs.blogspot.com).
This is Reverend Charles A. Fellows (1856-1956). I bet the ladies and a few of the men swooned over him back in his prime.
This is Reverend Charles A. Fellows (1856-1956). I bet the ladies and a few of the men swooned over him back in his prime.
I drove down to Bisbee to finish a survey today. One of my favorite places, but I could only stop for a photo.
February 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I drove down to Bisbee to finish a survey today. One of my favorite places, but I could only stop for a photo.
Elizabeth and Susan, September 1963.
February 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Elizabeth and Susan, September 1963.
Phillip, David, Carolyn, and Fred. My mother and her brothers. All gone now. I miss Mother so much.
January 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Phillip, David, Carolyn, and Fred. My mother and her brothers. All gone now. I miss Mother so much.
My great aunt Bessie Merle Feiger, on the left, in England around World War II. She served as a WAC in England during the war and in NATO afterwards in Brussels, Belgium. She didn't risk her life so that a bunch of Elon Musk Nazis would destroy our country in 2025.
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My great aunt Bessie Merle Feiger, on the left, in England around World War II. She served as a WAC in England during the war and in NATO afterwards in Brussels, Belgium. She didn't risk her life so that a bunch of Elon Musk Nazis would destroy our country in 2025.
An Ancestral Native American shell bracelet fragment I found in 2018 on an excavation. The birds are biting the feet of lizards.
January 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
An Ancestral Native American shell bracelet fragment I found in 2018 on an excavation. The birds are biting the feet of lizards.
First grade, 1970-1971. Edna Gray, the teacher, was a mean, nasty woman. I still remember the names of some of these kids.
January 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
First grade, 1970-1971. Edna Gray, the teacher, was a mean, nasty woman. I still remember the names of some of these kids.
My parents, circa 1967ish. I remember mother's dress, it was olive green and she wore it to weddings and funerals. She had a matching pillbox hat that went with it.
January 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
My parents, circa 1967ish. I remember mother's dress, it was olive green and she wore it to weddings and funerals. She had a matching pillbox hat that went with it.
Grandpa Feiger and Bub and I, 1965.
January 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Grandpa Feiger and Bub and I, 1965.
Back in 2009, Henny Penny showed up in my backyard. She was the best chicken, so much fun to have around.
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Back in 2009, Henny Penny showed up in my backyard. She was the best chicken, so much fun to have around.
That time I appeared in Arizona Highways.
January 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
That time I appeared in Arizona Highways.
One of the best artifacts I have found. A moustache cup from the 1890s with "Think of me" on it. On display at the Presidio Museum. I found a similar cup on Ebay, now in my secretary cabinet at home.
January 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One of the best artifacts I have found. A moustache cup from the 1890s with "Think of me" on it. On display at the Presidio Museum. I found a similar cup on Ebay, now in my secretary cabinet at home.
I was skinny and had hair in 1994 when we were working at the Santa Cruz Bend site.
January 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I was skinny and had hair in 1994 when we were working at the Santa Cruz Bend site.