Brenda Leyndyke
@kzoobrenda.bsky.social
Digging up family history one dusty record at a time 🧬📜 | Author & blogger at Journey to the Past | Fort Custer archivist | Great Lakes roots, Michigan pride 🌊 #Genealogy
Join Michigan Germanic Genealogical Society (MiGGS) for
“German Census Records, 1816–1916: The Where, When & How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource”
📅 Monday, Nov 10 2025
🕢 7:30 PM ET via Zoom
💬 by Roger P. Minert
📩 To receive the Zoom invite, email information@miggs.org
#Genealogy #GermanResearch
“German Census Records, 1816–1916: The Where, When & How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource”
📅 Monday, Nov 10 2025
🕢 7:30 PM ET via Zoom
💬 by Roger P. Minert
📩 To receive the Zoom invite, email information@miggs.org
#Genealogy #GermanResearch
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join Michigan Germanic Genealogical Society (MiGGS) for
“German Census Records, 1816–1916: The Where, When & How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource”
📅 Monday, Nov 10 2025
🕢 7:30 PM ET via Zoom
💬 by Roger P. Minert
📩 To receive the Zoom invite, email information@miggs.org
#Genealogy #GermanResearch
“German Census Records, 1816–1916: The Where, When & How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource”
📅 Monday, Nov 10 2025
🕢 7:30 PM ET via Zoom
💬 by Roger P. Minert
📩 To receive the Zoom invite, email information@miggs.org
#Genealogy #GermanResearch
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Looking for New England #maps? Here's a great (free) source for you! northeasthousehistorian.com/online-new-e... #genealogy #HouseHistory #History
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Looking for New England #maps? Here's a great (free) source for you! northeasthousehistorian.com/online-new-e... #genealogy #HouseHistory #History
Why every genealogist should atted #Gen-Fed.
Why Gen-Fed Belongs on Every Genealogist’s Bucket List
This will be one of many blog posts in the coming weeks about my bucket list attendance at the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Ge...
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August 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why every genealogist should atted #Gen-Fed.
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If "government can finally start living within its means again", as Speaker Johnson just said, then why did we have to raise the debt ceiling by 5 trillion dollars?
July 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If "government can finally start living within its means again", as Speaker Johnson just said, then why did we have to raise the debt ceiling by 5 trillion dollars?
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Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all
Check out the historical Michigan photographs at michmemories.org
memories.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Check out the historical Michigan photographs at michmemories.org
Save the date! July 15th Fort Custer in the World Wars will be released. 200 historic photos and over 17,000 words on this historic training base.
June 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Save the date! July 15th Fort Custer in the World Wars will be released. 200 historic photos and over 17,000 words on this historic training base.
Had a fantastic time at the IGGP conference and penned my thoughts here: buff.ly/nNSB08P. #IGGP #ConferenceExperience
June 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Had a fantastic time at the IGGP conference and penned my thoughts here: buff.ly/nNSB08P. #IGGP #ConferenceExperience
In 1870, a widow in rural Indiana, caring for her eight children, carries on the legacy of her late husband, J. Caspar Graf. More details can be found at buff.ly/5ZTTkRZ.
A German Widow’s Story in 1870s America
(Image created through ChatGPT from description given by author) What was daily life like for a German immigrant widow raising eight childre...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In 1870, a widow in rural Indiana, caring for her eight children, carries on the legacy of her late husband, J. Caspar Graf. More details can be found at buff.ly/5ZTTkRZ.
I made it to Columbus for the IGGP Conference Tomorrow is the big day. Tonight is the Welcome Reception.
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I made it to Columbus for the IGGP Conference Tomorrow is the big day. Tonight is the Welcome Reception.
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Learn from Judy Nimer Muhn at the San Diego Genealogical Society on June 14th.
FREE webinar! casdgs.org/event-5943553
Session 1: You can take it with you! Mobile Technology for Genealogy.
Session 2: Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples.
@jnmuhn.bsky.social
FREE webinar! casdgs.org/event-5943553
Session 1: You can take it with you! Mobile Technology for Genealogy.
Session 2: Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples.
@jnmuhn.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Learn from Judy Nimer Muhn at the San Diego Genealogical Society on June 14th.
FREE webinar! casdgs.org/event-5943553
Session 1: You can take it with you! Mobile Technology for Genealogy.
Session 2: Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples.
@jnmuhn.bsky.social
FREE webinar! casdgs.org/event-5943553
Session 1: You can take it with you! Mobile Technology for Genealogy.
Session 2: Native American, First Nations, Indian: Researching Indigenous Peoples.
@jnmuhn.bsky.social
Seems like the Target boycott worked. Who is next?
June 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Seems like the Target boycott worked. Who is next?
My first book, Fort Custer in the World Wars, drops July 15! 📘
200 historic photos, 7 chapters, and every penny goes to Fort Custer Historical Society.
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#MilitaryHistory #FortCuster
200 historic photos, 7 chapters, and every penny goes to Fort Custer Historical Society.
buff.ly/ySLgxPL
#MilitaryHistory #FortCuster
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My first book, Fort Custer in the World Wars, drops July 15! 📘
200 historic photos, 7 chapters, and every penny goes to Fort Custer Historical Society.
buff.ly/ySLgxPL
#MilitaryHistory #FortCuster
200 historic photos, 7 chapters, and every penny goes to Fort Custer Historical Society.
buff.ly/ySLgxPL
#MilitaryHistory #FortCuster
Long before the casino, there were orchards. 🍏 Discover the story of Jebavy-Sorenson Orchard at US-31 & M-22—a once-bustling farm now full of quiet trees and memories. Featuring my Uncle Walter’s role as manager. Blog post here: buff.ly/bb4O7vo #OrchardHistory #ManisteeCounty
May 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Long before the casino, there were orchards. 🍏 Discover the story of Jebavy-Sorenson Orchard at US-31 & M-22—a once-bustling farm now full of quiet trees and memories. Featuring my Uncle Walter’s role as manager. Blog post here: buff.ly/bb4O7vo #OrchardHistory #ManisteeCounty
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New post: Researching #LighthouseKeepers in federal records!
Find logs, job records & retirement cards at @USNatArchives + @FamilySearch.
Bring your ancestor's maritime story to light! 🌊
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#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA
Find logs, job records & retirement cards at @USNatArchives + @FamilySearch.
Bring your ancestor's maritime story to light! 🌊
buff.ly/CcgHGNt
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA
May 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New post: Researching #LighthouseKeepers in federal records!
Find logs, job records & retirement cards at @USNatArchives + @FamilySearch.
Bring your ancestor's maritime story to light! 🌊
buff.ly/CcgHGNt
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA
Find logs, job records & retirement cards at @USNatArchives + @FamilySearch.
Bring your ancestor's maritime story to light! 🌊
buff.ly/CcgHGNt
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NARA
The gift of an autobiography-my parent's wedding day. buff.ly/i93FyXr
May 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The gift of an autobiography-my parent's wedding day. buff.ly/i93FyXr
Textiles: Is it in the Genes? My connection to a mill worker in Methil, Fife, Scotland. #genealogy buff.ly/P4usGP2
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Textiles: Is it in the Genes? My connection to a mill worker in Methil, Fife, Scotland. #genealogy buff.ly/P4usGP2
I love records that lead me back one more generation! The death record of Jean Wilson Watt did just that. buff.ly/pxVXuxO #genealogy
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I love records that lead me back one more generation! The death record of Jean Wilson Watt did just that. buff.ly/pxVXuxO #genealogy
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Here are my ancestors on this monument: Tristam Coffin, John Emery, William Gerrish, Edmund Greenleaf, Robert Long, William Longfellow, and Percival Lowell.
My family connection to Newbury Massachusetts and its early settlement.
Honoring My Ancestors on Newbury’s First Settlers Monument
Photographs courtesy of Botteville , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Newbury, Massachusetts, was settled in 1635 by English colonists...
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May 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here are my ancestors on this monument: Tristam Coffin, John Emery, William Gerrish, Edmund Greenleaf, Robert Long, William Longfellow, and Percival Lowell.
Family drama that led to an Illinois Supreme Court case. Kellan vs. Kellan in 1913 and lots of intriguing genealogy information . buff.ly/RhFWwzr #genealogy #contestedwills
May 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Family drama that led to an Illinois Supreme Court case. Kellan vs. Kellan in 1913 and lots of intriguing genealogy information . buff.ly/RhFWwzr #genealogy #contestedwills
Every parent who doesn't vaccinate their child should have to watch a video of children with whooping cough, diphtheria, dieing from measles, or blind from it, in an iron long, etc. I will never understand why RFK Jr. Is so ignorant.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every parent who doesn't vaccinate their child should have to watch a video of children with whooping cough, diphtheria, dieing from measles, or blind from it, in an iron long, etc. I will never understand why RFK Jr. Is so ignorant.
Vigilante or Patriot? Hopkins Rowley in the frontier of Vermont. buff.ly/S0BnyVC
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Vigilante or Patriot? Hopkins Rowley in the frontier of Vermont. buff.ly/S0BnyVC
What the 1850 Agricultural Census tell me about my ancestors farm. #genealogy buff.ly/uRSETaF
May 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What the 1850 Agricultural Census tell me about my ancestors farm. #genealogy buff.ly/uRSETaF