Valorie
@valorie.bsky.social
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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.
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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Christmas gift from a friend. Another friend laughed at the "slightly" which is a fair point. #genealogy
December 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Christmas gift from a friend. Another friend laughed at the "slightly" which is a fair point. #genealogy
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spent a while looking at genealogy stuff, seeing once again that I must be related to like everyone in northwest Germany
December 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
spent a while looking at genealogy stuff, seeing once again that I must be related to like everyone in northwest Germany
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I think this is especially true of people doing #OnePlaceStudies & #OneNameStudies, as we collect data on many people, not just our own ancestors
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I think this is especially true of people doing #OnePlaceStudies & #OneNameStudies, as we collect data on many people, not just our own ancestors
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
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If you keep at it enough a brick wall will fall sometimes when you research the children. 😎#Genealogy
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you keep at it enough a brick wall will fall sometimes when you research the children. 😎#Genealogy
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‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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My grandad was an Armourer with 129 squadron, 1942-1946. I don't think he's in this photo, but he would have known the pilot involved #genealogy
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My grandad was an Armourer with 129 squadron, 1942-1946. I don't think he's in this photo, but he would have known the pilot involved #genealogy
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December 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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🚨A 2025 Feel Good Story🚨
A Black Family Now Owns the Site in Louisiana, America’s Largest Slave Revolt.
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried or Erased 🤷🏽♀️ capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
A Black Family Now Owns the Site in Louisiana, America’s Largest Slave Revolt.
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried or Erased 🤷🏽♀️ capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again.
capitalbnews.org
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
🚨A 2025 Feel Good Story🚨
A Black Family Now Owns the Site in Louisiana, America’s Largest Slave Revolt.
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried or Erased 🤷🏽♀️ capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
A Black Family Now Owns the Site in Louisiana, America’s Largest Slave Revolt.
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried or Erased 🤷🏽♀️ capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
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I like to share a family tradition in which we save parts of old Christmas trees and then talk about family history on Christmas Eve.
This year, I learned that my grandmother liked to share that tradition, too.
This year, I learned that my grandmother liked to share that tradition, too.
Finding a tradition inside of a tradition
Every so often, I Google the names of my grandparents. The internet keeps expanding backward as more pre-internet information is digitized so it's interesting to see if anything else has surfaced. I w...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I like to share a family tradition in which we save parts of old Christmas trees and then talk about family history on Christmas Eve.
This year, I learned that my grandmother liked to share that tradition, too.
This year, I learned that my grandmother liked to share that tradition, too.
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I’m a new fan…
One of the most improbable stories in classical music history: not because they are Black, but because they are seven siblings in one family of virtuosos.
The parents of the award winning Kanneh-Masons deserve an award too.
One of the most improbable stories in classical music history: not because they are Black, but because they are seven siblings in one family of virtuosos.
The parents of the award winning Kanneh-Masons deserve an award too.
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m a new fan…
One of the most improbable stories in classical music history: not because they are Black, but because they are seven siblings in one family of virtuosos.
The parents of the award winning Kanneh-Masons deserve an award too.
One of the most improbable stories in classical music history: not because they are Black, but because they are seven siblings in one family of virtuosos.
The parents of the award winning Kanneh-Masons deserve an award too.
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Roberta Cowell might have been born into a strict, religious family - but her history is one with many lessons.
This is how a transgender pilot survived the Nazis and set racing records 🏳️⚧️🧵
This is how a transgender pilot survived the Nazis and set racing records 🏳️⚧️🧵
The transgender pilot who survived the Nazis and set racing records
The complex legacy of Roberta Cowell - a pioneering figure in motorsports and the first UK trans woman to get gender affirming surgery
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Roberta Cowell might have been born into a strict, religious family - but her history is one with many lessons.
This is how a transgender pilot survived the Nazis and set racing records 🏳️⚧️🧵
This is how a transgender pilot survived the Nazis and set racing records 🏳️⚧️🧵
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HISTORY REPEATS…👇
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
HISTORY REPEATS…👇
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
“It was not Hitler or Himmler who abducted me, beat me and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who received a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
~ Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
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I reading Stephen Miller’s family history and am so very sad for the ancestors he has betrayed.
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I reading Stephen Miller’s family history and am so very sad for the ancestors he has betrayed.
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"People are still valuable even after they're done having children or doing heavy labor" and "my understanding of family is so expansive that it includes other species" are incredibly rare in the animal kingdom, and people who forget that deny our history and our inheritance.
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"People are still valuable even after they're done having children or doing heavy labor" and "my understanding of family is so expansive that it includes other species" are incredibly rare in the animal kingdom, and people who forget that deny our history and our inheritance.
025: What Happened skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025-what-happened.html
#Education #Outreach #Study #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Volunteer #Free #ecords #FamilyTreeMaker #Wikitree #Tech @KCLS #Libraries
#Education #Outreach #Study #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Volunteer #Free #ecords #FamilyTreeMaker #Wikitree #Tech @KCLS #Libraries
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Join Kyla Bayang and me on Substack Live as we take a look at the sessions and fun activities that will take place at RootsTech 2026. #Genealogy
December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Join Kyla Bayang and me on Substack Live as we take a look at the sessions and fun activities that will take place at RootsTech 2026. #Genealogy
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“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
A fun #FamilyHistory story for me to explore and an eye-opener too. #Genealogy
#Stories250
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
A fun #FamilyHistory story for me to explore and an eye-opener too. #Genealogy
#Stories250
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
In the Revolutionary War, many members of the Society of Friends would be recognized as war veterans. My Coffin ancestors played their role as pacifists as the brutal war came to them.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War
A fun #FamilyHistory story for me to explore and an eye-opener too. #Genealogy
#Stories250
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
A fun #FamilyHistory story for me to explore and an eye-opener too. #Genealogy
#Stories250
open.substack.com/pub/projectk...
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I was dabbling around with a Christmas poem.
1-The meaning glows in quiet candlelight, hope stitched on frosted glass, in a quilt of stories we cast. Excitement buzzes like tinsel in the air, the tree hums with promises, bright bells never fade.
1-The meaning glows in quiet candlelight, hope stitched on frosted glass, in a quilt of stories we cast. Excitement buzzes like tinsel in the air, the tree hums with promises, bright bells never fade.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I was dabbling around with a Christmas poem.
1-The meaning glows in quiet candlelight, hope stitched on frosted glass, in a quilt of stories we cast. Excitement buzzes like tinsel in the air, the tree hums with promises, bright bells never fade.
1-The meaning glows in quiet candlelight, hope stitched on frosted glass, in a quilt of stories we cast. Excitement buzzes like tinsel in the air, the tree hums with promises, bright bells never fade.
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2-Anxiety threads through the stockings,nerves thaw in the chorus of cheeks, as courage grows. Anticipation stands at a doorway,waiting for dawns we haven’t met;between gifts and greetings, hope listens. Love wraps us in warmth,family threads through dawn to dusk; laughter spills in the kitchen air.
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
2-Anxiety threads through the stockings,nerves thaw in the chorus of cheeks, as courage grows. Anticipation stands at a doorway,waiting for dawns we haven’t met;between gifts and greetings, hope listens. Love wraps us in warmth,family threads through dawn to dusk; laughter spills in the kitchen air.
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3-Disappointments ring softly,
they fade in forgiving hands,
and in togetherness, we find grace. We gather, bright and imperfect, choosing to remember: love is the answer, again and again.
they fade in forgiving hands,
and in togetherness, we find grace. We gather, bright and imperfect, choosing to remember: love is the answer, again and again.
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
3-Disappointments ring softly,
they fade in forgiving hands,
and in togetherness, we find grace. We gather, bright and imperfect, choosing to remember: love is the answer, again and again.
they fade in forgiving hands,
and in togetherness, we find grace. We gather, bright and imperfect, choosing to remember: love is the answer, again and again.
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RIP Betty.
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
RIP Betty.
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The latest Really Useful Bulletin is out now, full of the latest #FamilyHistory news and information! www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1066-1...
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The latest Really Useful Bulletin is out now, full of the latest #FamilyHistory news and information! www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1066-1...
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War memorial organ. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Madley, Herefordshire. A thank offering for victory in the 1914-1918 war. First World War. #LestWeForget
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
War memorial organ. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Madley, Herefordshire. A thank offering for victory in the 1914-1918 war. First World War. #LestWeForget
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This account will be taking a break until the New Year. We wish you all the very best for 2026, from the Family History Federation!
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This account will be taking a break until the New Year. We wish you all the very best for 2026, from the Family History Federation!