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Laura Mattingly
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Hobby family historian and historic preservationist. 🌳
Current President of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society NSGS.org
Oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com
DAR member
Doing my best to stay humble and kind in this world. ❤️🤍💙
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These pictures of my ancestors houses are all that is left of them. The photos will not last forever, either. #genealogy #familyhistory oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com/2025/07/hous...
House of Negley
A blog about family history research, family heirlooms, and creative ideas for genealogy related materials.
oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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shamrockgen.bsky.social
We are into class 2 of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society Annual Conference happening today and tomorrow (4/25 and 426). Tomorrow I present 3 lectures.

Details and registration at nsgs.org/cpage.php?pt...

#genealogy
Nebraska State Genealogical Society - 2025 NSGS Annual Conference
NSGS is a state wide genealogical organization located in Nebraska. If you are interested in genealogy or family history in Nebraska, please join us. We also have smaller societies within our group.
nsgs.org
April 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
nelauram.bsky.social
There are a few hours left to register for Nebraska’s virtual conference with a focus on military records. Great lectures from Brian Rhinehart, civilwarrecords.com & Melanie McComb, @shamrockgen.Baku.social of American Ancestors. You may learn how to find the answers you seek!! Join us!
April 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Impeach him
April 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Our health is important - I signed: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Restore funding for critical vaccine and infectious disease research!
The latest grants canceled by NIH represent millions of dollars in lost funding for projects aimed at improving vaccine access and educating communities. This research is essential to ensuring familie...
sign.moveon.org
April 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Still time to get registered for the NSGS virtual conference! Join us in Nebraska without driving thru cornfields 🌽 You don’t want to miss this chance to learn more about military records research. #genealogy #familyhistory
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
Screenshot of a reddit post on r/fednews that reads: DOGE is at the Institue of Museum and Library Services right now, AM 03/20, to shut down the agency The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and the new Acting Director (also somehow DepSec of Labor) Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down. Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby of the office building (955 L'Enfant Plaza) and they are proceeding with quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. There is no major reporting on the death of IMLS. There are Deparment of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries. IMLS offices are on the 4th floor of 955 L'Enfant. There is no media present to document this efficiency saving of .004% of the federal budget. Every library system in the country receives these grants. Museums in every state depend on them. Every penny disbursed is American tax dollars back in American communities. This is one of the 7 federal agencies offered up as a needless sacrificial lamb in the catastrophic resolution and last week's EO.
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL Americans who rely on library programs and services, from summer reading programs to library delivery services for older Americans. #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries

Take action: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Late Friday night, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to dismantle the institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. This order would harm communities across the country. Millions of people rely on library services and programs supported by IMLS.
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I signed the petition!
In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries
www.everylibrary.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Brushed the dust off my blog. Lots of new-to-me OLD photos to fill the internet with... or SHARE with the world. Imagine the parties in this old house! oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com/2025/03/hous... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
House in Harvard, NE... maybe
A blog about family history research, family heirlooms, and creative ideas for genealogy related materials.
oldtrunkintheattic.blogspot.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Has anyone read Gene Hackman’s book “Escape from Andersonville”? #familyhistory How do you rate it?
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Join APG on 2 March for a FREE webinar about the importance of the U.S. National Archives in our profession and how YOU can effectively engage with legislators to support archival access. Open to all; register at bit.ly/4hPJXRg. This presentation is underwritten by Civil War Records.
February 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I’m gonna be a while… #rootstech2025 #genealogy #familyhistory
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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dlgenealogist.bsky.social
Please estroy this myth and share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited. #Genealogy #History #Library
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
nelauram.bsky.social
Be sure to register for the NE State Genealogy conference held virtually in April! Our focus will be on military records research with Melanie McComb of American Ancestors & Brian Rhinehart of civilwarrecords .com #genealogy #familyhistory #militaryrecords
February 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
nelauram.bsky.social
Registration is now open for the Nebraska State Genealogical Society’s annual conference. Great speakers with a focus on military records. Virtual - no travel & lodging expense! Join us from wherever you are! NSGS.org #genealogy #familyhistory #ancestors #militaryrecords
February 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Betsey Hager Chapter, NSDAR is gearing up to celebrate our centennial in 2026. It will be the cats pajamas!!
December 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Representing the Nebraska State Genealogical Society NSGS.org. Everyone with #Ancestors who came thru Nebraska is invited to see what we have to offer. Information on the 2025 genealogy conference to be announced soon!
Welcome to the Nebraska State Genealogical Society Site!!
NSGS is a state wide genealogical organization located in Nebraska. If you are interested in genealogy or family history in Nebraska, please join us. We also have smaller societies within our group.
NSGS.org
December 8, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Giving a shout out to my local #genealogy society here in central Nebraska, Prairie Pioneer Genealogical Society. A friendly group of people interested in family history.
negenweb.net/NEHall/ppgs/
Prairie Pioneer Genealogical Sociaty of Grand Island, Nebraska
negenweb.net
December 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM