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Valorie
@valorie.bsky.social
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Family, PFLAG, genealogy, anthropology, history, gardens, KDE, Kubuntu,; lover of art, music, literature, books, film, nature, all things free and open. She/her
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Valorie @valorie.bsky.social · Sep 11
So much violence, hatred and pain in this world.

Aeschylus: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."

Peace is the only way to peace.
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michelemuse.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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mcphilbrick.bsky.social
www.geneamusings.com/2025/11/best...
Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 2 to 8 November 2025
Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their int...
www.geneamusings.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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ancestryaimee.bsky.social
Unlocking family history discoveries just got easier! FamilySearch’s new Full Text Search update lets you search every word in digitized records, making it simpler to find your ancestors. Watch my new YouTube video to see what’s changed and how to use it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf3E...
#genealogy
Unlocking New Discoveries in your Family History is now EASIER!
YouTube video by Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints
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November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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ancestralenq.bsky.social
A 9th century gold & crystal jar found in Galloway in 2014 by a metal dectectorist goes on display for the first time is at Kirkcudbright Galleries. 👇
BBC News - Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display in Kirkcudbright
It resembles a perfume bottle and a Latin inscription on it suggests it had a religious function.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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learndirt.bsky.social
🌱 "We are part of nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves." —Andy Goldsworthy
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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chiddickstree.bsky.social
One of the most remarkable examples of serendipity I’ve encountered in over thirty years of family history research. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Serendipity So sit back, relax, and let me tell you a story.....

chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/12/31/u...
Unearthing the Past: How an Old Ledger Revealed Hidden Family Secrets
Sometimes, we discover a story, and sometimes, the story discovers us. This is one of the most remarkable examples of serendipity I’ve encountered in over thirty years of family history research. S…
chiddicksfamilytree.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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ponzphoto.bsky.social
"Lots Of Leaves" - Photographed October 27, 2025, in Palmyra, Virginia. 📷
At least ten days' worth of leaves cover the entire floor of a wood deck.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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michelemuse.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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michelemuse.bsky.social
First snowfall.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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angelakingkuow.bsky.social
My granddaughter left this magnet "refrigerator message" for me the other day.

One of the sweetest I've ever read ♥️
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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ftsgenealogy.bsky.social
Who do you remember?
#FamilyResearch #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Ancestry #DNA #GeneticGenealogy
heather@familytreesearchers.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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simonsaidthis.bsky.social
Discover the story: Meet my parents vist.ly/4dpmk
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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melis-willis.bsky.social
Today’s reminder: “No.” is a full sentence.

#qotd
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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apgenealogists.bsky.social
Join APG on 10 December 2025 for a FREE webinar featuring experts from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. Presenters will discuss archival tragedy, reconstruction, and the many genealogical resources available on the free research platform. Sign up at www.apgen.org/news_manager...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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pattyhankins.bsky.social
Next set of family photos is up at pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/11/earl...

Photos are from 1911-1912 and include a photo of a 1912 Ladies' Aid Society meeting at the Mannix's in Stafford. My great grandmother Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call is 2nd from the right in the back row #Genealogy #Photography
Photo from 1912 - group of women some in chairs, some standing, some seated on the ground - most wearing white dresses
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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samuraigemini.bsky.social
As there are so many reasons to be disheartened, one big positive for OUR country! At least for now, the Supreme Court has decided to leave these rights intact.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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mandolinmama.bsky.social
Goats 'delight' at Hamilton property...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🥰🐐🌱🕊

#goats #gardening #organicgardening
Goats 'delight' at Hamilton property as they destroy invasive buckthorn one bite at a time | CBC News
Goats in the City arrived at the Flamborough home last week with a trailer of goats ready to bleat around the bush.
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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freddierose.bsky.social
29 Bells 🔔 ❤️
50 years on, Edmund Fitzgerald remembered through song and mystery | CBC News
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to honour the 29 crew members lost in Lake Superior sinking on Nov. 10, 1975
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors... contributing hundreds of billions of dollars to the federal deficit, on top of the trillions that the legislation signed by Trump in July is already adding to the deficit..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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maddow.msnbc.com
www.newsweek.com/vets-say-no-...
‘Vets Say No’: Veterans set to protest against Trump nationwide
A series of protests will take place on Veterans Day, November 11, in different cities in states across the country.
www.newsweek.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
valorie.bsky.social
On the Flip Side skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-flip-side.html

#Tactics #Strategies #Plans #Practice #Endogamy #DNA #Obits #Habits
Photo by Chris Hagerman: Two Face: The Flip Side roller coaster at Six Flags America. CC 3.0
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
valorie.bsky.social
I do publicity for my #GenSoc, South King County Genealogical Society skcgs.org, and recently opined that the genealogy / family history community was not very strong here. Today, I searched for genealogy, and gosh, was I wrong! #BlueskyGenealogy ! 😍
skcgs.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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tourscotland.bsky.social
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of the Palace Hotel in Aberfeldy, Perthshire. A small market town associated with Robert Burns, who mentioned it in his poem The Birks of Aberfeldy tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/09/old-...
Old Photograph Palace Hotel Aberfeldy Scotland
tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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outspoken1net.bsky.social
I also have a friend (who taught me everything about genealogy) who does professional genealogical research.
www.unravelingyourpast.net
www.unravelingyourpast.net
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM