Joy Collins
@joy-collins.bsky.social
My views might be different from yours - Imagine that!
Main interests - Family, Genealogy, History, Art and Photography, Reading, Writing, Travel
Believe, Live! But mostly be kind
Main interests - Family, Genealogy, History, Art and Photography, Reading, Writing, Travel
Believe, Live! But mostly be kind
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From tomorrow (28 Aug 2025), Full Text is moving out of FamilySearch labs to become a permanent feature - it will be available in the drop-down 'search' menu. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
August 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
From tomorrow (28 Aug 2025), Full Text is moving out of FamilySearch labs to become a permanent feature - it will be available in the drop-down 'search' menu. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Just updating - Mount Jerome burial records in Ireland are no longer Geo Blocked 😉 #Genealogy
www.mountjerome.ie genealogy enquiries
www.mountjerome.ie genealogy enquiries
Good news-ish about the parish registers. The link to the Mount Jerome burial search is on their website, if a little hidden www.mountjerome.ie/cemetery/gen...
Genealogy Enquiries - Mount Jerome
Please click on the green link button below to open a new web page with the map and burial records of Mount Jerome Cemetery. Use the search function in the top left hand corner to search our burial r...
www.mountjerome.ie
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just updating - Mount Jerome burial records in Ireland are no longer Geo Blocked 😉 #Genealogy
www.mountjerome.ie genealogy enquiries
www.mountjerome.ie genealogy enquiries
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Well, that didn't take long. And yes, I've poked around enough to see that Pope Leo XIV has got some serious Louisiana roots, so this rings true.
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...
White smoke, Black pope? Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff, has African roots
Previously unknown genealogy on the 69-year-old Chicago native was revealed by genealogists shortly after white smoke rose in St. Peter's Square.
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Well, that didn't take long. And yes, I've poked around enough to see that Pope Leo XIV has got some serious Louisiana roots, so this rings true.
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...
www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv...
Canadians vote Liberal! It has been called Liberals for the win.
April 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Canadians vote Liberal! It has been called Liberals for the win.
Maybe all the Democrats should consider taking turns once a week and hold the floor following Cory Booker’s example - a lot of people watched on YouTube (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett for example)!!
April 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Maybe all the Democrats should consider taking turns once a week and hold the floor following Cory Booker’s example - a lot of people watched on YouTube (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett for example)!!
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Hey Bluesky,
Please consider signing & sharing this. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. Every signature we get on this is a voice that we can take directly to politicians — urging them to take action, that it won’t go away quietly.
Let’s make it happen… ❤️
Encourage others to sign too!
Please consider signing & sharing this. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. Every signature we get on this is a voice that we can take directly to politicians — urging them to take action, that it won’t go away quietly.
Let’s make it happen… ❤️
Encourage others to sign too!
March 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey Bluesky,
Please consider signing & sharing this. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. Every signature we get on this is a voice that we can take directly to politicians — urging them to take action, that it won’t go away quietly.
Let’s make it happen… ❤️
Encourage others to sign too!
Please consider signing & sharing this. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world. Every signature we get on this is a voice that we can take directly to politicians — urging them to take action, that it won’t go away quietly.
Let’s make it happen… ❤️
Encourage others to sign too!
FOR THOSE WITH DUBLIN IRELAND CONNECTIONS
You may enjoy this website that features a street photographer from the 1930’s onwards. Best way to view photos is to use search and enter the surname you are looking for etc
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
manonbridge.ie
You may enjoy this website that features a street photographer from the 1930’s onwards. Best way to view photos is to use search and enter the surname you are looking for etc
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
manonbridge.ie
Man on Bridge – Collecting the photos and telling the story of legendary street photographer Arthur Fields
manonbridge.ie
February 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
FOR THOSE WITH DUBLIN IRELAND CONNECTIONS
You may enjoy this website that features a street photographer from the 1930’s onwards. Best way to view photos is to use search and enter the surname you are looking for etc
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
manonbridge.ie
You may enjoy this website that features a street photographer from the 1930’s onwards. Best way to view photos is to use search and enter the surname you are looking for etc
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory
manonbridge.ie
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OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY for "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island"! 😊🗽
(only took 22 years 😏)
All shares appreciated!
(only took 22 years 😏)
All shares appreciated!
February 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY for "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island"! 😊🗽
(only took 22 years 😏)
All shares appreciated!
(only took 22 years 😏)
All shares appreciated!
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Sold-out Toronto concert cancelled after Air Canada refuses seat for musician’s cello: Sibling duo’s show was cancelled after the airline would not provide a seat for the three-century-old cello, even though the pair had booked a seat for the instrument
Sold-out Toronto concert cancelled after Air Canada refuses seat for musician’s cello
Sibling duo’s show was cancelled after the airline would not provide a seat for the three-century-old cello, even though the pair had booked a seat for the instrument
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Sold-out Toronto concert cancelled after Air Canada refuses seat for musician’s cello: Sibling duo’s show was cancelled after the airline would not provide a seat for the three-century-old cello, even though the pair had booked a seat for the instrument
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Villa Borghese, before opening.
November 28, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Villa Borghese, before opening.
Just arrived at Bluesky - too cloudy at the other place.
November 15, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Just arrived at Bluesky - too cloudy at the other place.