Lina Goldberg
@thecuckootree.com
Glasgow. Semi-recent MA in History of Family. Social historian, genealogist, pressed penny collector, dog lover, Italian learner, gourmand. She/her.
I will never forgive LLMs for taking the em dash away from me
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I will never forgive LLMs for taking the em dash away from me
Today I made an appointment to apply for German citizenship under Article 116(2) of the Basic Law. This is the Reich newspaper that announced that my Jewish grandmother had been stripped of her citizenship.
July 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today I made an appointment to apply for German citizenship under Article 116(2) of the Basic Law. This is the Reich newspaper that announced that my Jewish grandmother had been stripped of her citizenship.
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Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
June 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
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Did you know the Glasgow Fire Brigade made a dog an accredited member in 1898? Wallace was a setter-collie cross and of "unusual intelligence". His dog license was paid by the Glasgow Corporation, a nod to his official role. He died in 1902 and was preserved and displayed at Central Headquarters.
May 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Did you know the Glasgow Fire Brigade made a dog an accredited member in 1898? Wallace was a setter-collie cross and of "unusual intelligence". His dog license was paid by the Glasgow Corporation, a nod to his official role. He died in 1902 and was preserved and displayed at Central Headquarters.
Just spoke Italian to a flight attendant on my flight to Italy. Absolutely killing it.
April 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just spoke Italian to a flight attendant on my flight to Italy. Absolutely killing it.
For Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) I wanted to memorialise some of the Goldbergs in my family who were murdered in the Holocaust.
April 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) I wanted to memorialise some of the Goldbergs in my family who were murdered in the Holocaust.
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Many family history researchers try to prove links to nobility. But our less well-off ancestors can be even more interesting, if sometimes difficult to research. In Glasgow around the turn of the century, much attention was given to the plight of mothers living in slums. #genealogy
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Many family history researchers try to prove links to nobility. But our less well-off ancestors can be even more interesting, if sometimes difficult to research. In Glasgow around the turn of the century, much attention was given to the plight of mothers living in slums. #genealogy
A few weeks ago I visited the archives at the Berlin Jewish Museum, where a lovely archivist showed me the collection from my grandmother's family. It was very powerful to see my family papers in a historical archive, and a reminder that everything is history. 🗃️
April 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A few weeks ago I visited the archives at the Berlin Jewish Museum, where a lovely archivist showed me the collection from my grandmother's family. It was very powerful to see my family papers in a historical archive, and a reminder that everything is history. 🗃️
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Most unhinged letter I've seen yet in my archival research😭 in YIVO's collection about the landsmanshaft mentioned in the letter. Undated.
March 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Most unhinged letter I've seen yet in my archival research😭 in YIVO's collection about the landsmanshaft mentioned in the letter. Undated.
This talk about a case study by @tammyhepps.bsky.social on the Chinese laundrymen of Homestead is going to be amazing.
Registration is now open for an unprecedented 18-part, online course on Chinese American genealogy. One of the parts will be my case study on the Chinese laundrymen of Homestead.
Read more/register here:
grip.ngsgenealogy.org/courses/chin...
And pls help spread the word!
Read more/register here:
grip.ngsgenealogy.org/courses/chin...
And pls help spread the word!
March 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This talk about a case study by @tammyhepps.bsky.social on the Chinese laundrymen of Homestead is going to be amazing.
Hannah Holtschneider's presentation was fascinating, drawing on the Oppenheim family archive held at the Scottish Jewish Archives Archives. I hope she finds a way to turn this into a larger work.
This talk tonight by Hannah Holtschneider, 'Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations: German Jewish refugee family correspondence in Holocaust historiography' looks really interesting (particularly as I have German Jewish refugee ancestors who were prolific correspondents). Anyone going?
Professor Hannah Holtschneider's Inaugural Lecture
Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations: German Jewish refugee family correspondence in Holocaust historiography
www.eventbrite.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hannah Holtschneider's presentation was fascinating, drawing on the Oppenheim family archive held at the Scottish Jewish Archives Archives. I hope she finds a way to turn this into a larger work.
Looking forward to this Rootstech panel 'Scottish and Irish Genealogical Connections' with @cbgenealogy.ie, a fellow UL History of Family grad! #genealogy #Rootstech
www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
March 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Looking forward to this Rootstech panel 'Scottish and Irish Genealogical Connections' with @cbgenealogy.ie, a fellow UL History of Family grad! #genealogy #Rootstech
www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
This talk tonight by Hannah Holtschneider, 'Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations: German Jewish refugee family correspondence in Holocaust historiography' looks really interesting (particularly as I have German Jewish refugee ancestors who were prolific correspondents). Anyone going?
Professor Hannah Holtschneider's Inaugural Lecture
Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations: German Jewish refugee family correspondence in Holocaust historiography
www.eventbrite.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This talk tonight by Hannah Holtschneider, 'Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations: German Jewish refugee family correspondence in Holocaust historiography' looks really interesting (particularly as I have German Jewish refugee ancestors who were prolific correspondents). Anyone going?
The Wiener Holocaust Library event at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre yesterday was great. I learned more about the International Tracing Service (ITS) and how to preserve my home archive. Plus a tour of the Scottish Jewish Archives and Garnethill Synagogue. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Wiener Holocaust Library event at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre yesterday was great. I learned more about the International Tracing Service (ITS) and how to preserve my home archive. Plus a tour of the Scottish Jewish Archives and Garnethill Synagogue. @wienerlibrary.bsky.social
The previous Wiener Holocaust Library event in Glasgow was excellent, and I'm sure this will be, too. It also includes a visit to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre. #genealogy
There's still time to join our family history research experts in Glasgow this weekend!
Join them at the Scottish Jewish heritage Centre to find out more about preserving your family histories... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...
Join them at the Scottish Jewish heritage Centre to find out more about preserving your family histories... wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...
February 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The previous Wiener Holocaust Library event in Glasgow was excellent, and I'm sure this will be, too. It also includes a visit to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre. #genealogy
Years ago I lived in Spitalfields and never knew any details about its Jewish past (apart from the bagels). This memory map of the Jewish history of London's East End is wonderful, with photos, essays, and recordings from former residents. h/t
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
jewisheastendmemorymap.org
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
jewisheastendmemorymap.org
A Memory Map of the Jewish East End
jewisheastendmemorymap.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Years ago I lived in Spitalfields and never knew any details about its Jewish past (apart from the bagels). This memory map of the Jewish history of London's East End is wonderful, with photos, essays, and recordings from former residents. h/t
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
jewisheastendmemorymap.org
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
jewisheastendmemorymap.org
I'm researching a Jewish woman who fled to the US in 1941. While examining her passenger manifest I noticed that her contact person in the US was no less than Margaret Sanger at 501 Madison Avenue, NYC, the Planned Parenthood headquarters!
February 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm researching a Jewish woman who fled to the US in 1941. While examining her passenger manifest I noticed that her contact person in the US was no less than Margaret Sanger at 501 Madison Avenue, NYC, the Planned Parenthood headquarters!
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This is a wonderful place to visit if you get the chance - so beautiful - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #orkney #chapel
The chapel that still links Orkney and Italy - 80 years after WW2
The Italian Chapel was built and decorated by prisoners of war during World War Two.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is a wonderful place to visit if you get the chance - so beautiful - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #orkney #chapel
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For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
I got my MA at University of Limerick in History of Family yesterday. So pleased to be done and very proud of all of my peers. Time to decide what's next!
January 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I got my MA at University of Limerick in History of Family yesterday. So pleased to be done and very proud of all of my peers. Time to decide what's next!
This is the energy that I'm looking to bring to 2025
January 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is the energy that I'm looking to bring to 2025
missing Italy, missing anchovies
In 2024 I left N Italy but Piemonte remains close to my heart. On NYE day, a recipe/backstory for one of the world’s great appetizers: Acciughe al Verde, preserved anchovies under a blanket of garlicky parsley sauce. Keeps forever. Recipe at bottom. Buon anno!
tastecooking.com/in-piemonte-...
tastecooking.com/in-piemonte-...
In Piemonte, the Anchovies Swim in a River of Green
It’s messy, it’s fishy, and it will give you disastrously bad breath, but it’s all worth it for this Italian anchovy snack.
tastecooking.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
missing Italy, missing anchovies
This brings back fond (terrible) memories from the Strathclyde #genealogy course.
Vert, a chef Azure fir-twigged, a dog statant Or and a sun in splendour Or
Vert, a chef Azure fir-twigged, a dog statant Or and a sun in splendour Or
December 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This brings back fond (terrible) memories from the Strathclyde #genealogy course.
Vert, a chef Azure fir-twigged, a dog statant Or and a sun in splendour Or
Vert, a chef Azure fir-twigged, a dog statant Or and a sun in splendour Or