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Jennifer Mendelsohn
@jmendelsohn.bsky.social
The artist formerly known as @clevertitletk. Journalist turned genealogical sleuth.
Created #resistancegenealogy; co-founded the Holocaust Reunion Project. Lover of receipts. Recovering Long Islander.
"The genealogy burn is one of the rarest of them all."
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Hi Bluesky. I'm a blue check Twitter refuge looking for a home. You may know me from such hits as "finding the census record showing Stephen Miller's great grandmother never spoke English" and "finding the grand jury indictment for Tomi Lahren's second great-grandfather for immigration fraud."
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Well! Via @jmendelsohn.bsky.social (on Facebook), here's a case of working around record gaps for Jewish records in Galicia with notary records - something I'd love to do for a few of my ancestral sides.

Michael Moritz (otherwise of @reclaimtherecords.org) works his way around Łańcut's gaps here:
Polish Notary and Land Records: Hidden Gems to Unlocking the Past
After a multi-year blogging hiatus, I'm back to talk about Polish notary and land records. While here in the US, we think of a notary as any...
moritzresearch.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm sharing this on all my platforms because if you're not in the college parent FB groups, you may not be aware of this INSANE phenomenon. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
When Helicopter Parents Touch Down—At College
Hovering moms and dads are following their kids all the way to campus.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Timely: Co-sponsored by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, this episode of the Future of the Past traces U.S. deportation policies, from the Alien Friends Act of 1798 to today.
www.oah.org/2025/10/06/o...
OAH | October 30 Webinar: History of DeportationsOAH | October 30 Webinar: History of Deportations
www.oah.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
BTW, I never tire of Geni's ability to find a connection between any two people on the planet.

Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor of New York is your first cousin thrice removed's nephew's ex-wife's first cousin's husband's first cousin's niece's ex-husband.
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The bad guy in every mainstream movie set in the Civil Rights era
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I feel like the word "triggering" has been overused.
But what in the actual fuck.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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One year ago
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below.

If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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There's a lot of abstract talk about nazis right now and I just want to bring it back to concrete reality for a second:

Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Trump didn’t “change course.” He was always planning to demolish the entire East Wing.

He may end up demolishing the whole damned thing.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.
COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?

TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Need a boost? I got you. Reunion facilitated by my partner in the Holocaust Reunion Project, Dr. Adina Newman. ❤️
www.instagram.com/p/DQDZEZ8jH6r/
humansofjudaism on Instagram: "Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism fo…"
Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism for help locating her grandmother’s long-lost friend from the Holocaust, we posted the following plea for help: “This is my 90 year old grandmother, Henriette Glazer. She is a Holocaust survivor who has been trying for decades to find her best friend, whom she met in an orphanage in Caldas de Malavella, Spain. Her name is Bella and they tried to stay in touch but ultimately lost contact. My grandmother was around 6, so we assume Bella was 8-10. Here is a picture of the orphanage. My grandmother is in the black coat and Bella is wearing white with striped socks and a bow. Are you able to help?” Well, lucky for Jaycee, the post was viewed by genealogist Dr. Adina Newman @myfamilygenie, who also runs the Holocaust Reunion Project. And a reunion it was! She was able to track down Bella and connect the old friends, first via FaceTime, and in a few months, they will be meeting in person.  We’re so grateful to everyone who shared their story and helped bring these women back together. Here’s a glimpse of their first FaceTime call, after nearly a lifetime apart.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.
Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The WH steals people’s property constantly and never asks permission. Another example of Trump acting like a king.
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'll be going live on FB at noon EST today to talk about Jewish heritage travel and genealogy. Join me? fb.me/e/5WM9jdHJE
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October 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The last ten years have seen countless slights to dignity, truth, and justice.

And the one I will NEVER EVER get beyond is the commutation of George Santos' sentence.
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." -- John Winthrop, on his way to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630.

President Donald Trump, 2025: www.rawstory.com/trump-shocks...
rawstory.com/trump…
'Wildest part': Trump shocks experts with bizarre feces video response to protests
Donald Trump shocked political analysts and experts with an AI video he posted late Saturday.Trump late on Saturday night dropped a new Artificial Intelligence video in which "King Trump" is shown fly...
www.rawstory.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
So, uh, I just sent an inquiry about getting court records from a 1939 murder trial in Somerset County, PA.
Why?
Oh, no reason.
I have to get back to work but let me just tease that this one might be VERY interesting!
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
On it.
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Shutdown or not, federal funding decisions being made in Congress will impact the USA's record keeping for decades to come. substack.com/home/post/p-...
With NARA funding cuts, access to America’s memory is on the chopping block
The White House and Congress are proposing to fund record-keeping like it’s still 1999.
substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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September 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Uh, Eric Schmitt's grandmother was the daughter of an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1913.

This was published in 1911.

I'm so very very tired.
#resistancegenealogy
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM