Stalker of the Dead
@stalkerofthedead.bsky.social
Finding out where the bodies were buried, among other things. Genealogy is weird, but the stuff you run across doing it is even weirder.
Now includes archived posts from deactivated @stalkerofthedead account on Twitter.
Now includes archived posts from deactivated @stalkerofthedead account on Twitter.
Brick-and-mortar retailers have been having to fight off competition for more than a century. This is from Cuba City, Wisconsin on April 17, 1914 and back then it was "Mail Order" instead of online retailers. I'd have to guess this was part of some national or regional campaign? #TheyWantTheEarth!
December 6, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Brick-and-mortar retailers have been having to fight off competition for more than a century. This is from Cuba City, Wisconsin on April 17, 1914 and back then it was "Mail Order" instead of online retailers. I'd have to guess this was part of some national or regional campaign? #TheyWantTheEarth!
Man, going through old newspapers is hilarious.
December 6, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Man, going through old newspapers is hilarious.
The "Joseph W. Earl" in both instances is the same person. Was just amused that obviously someone hadn't revised the second reference.
December 6, 2024 at 5:48 AM
The "Joseph W. Earl" in both instances is the same person. Was just amused that obviously someone hadn't revised the second reference.
I love the little moments of synchronicity that happen when doing genealogical research. Today, for the first time, I happened across a death record for my 3rd great-grandfather … exactly 130 years ago to the day after he passed.
December 6, 2024 at 5:48 AM
I love the little moments of synchronicity that happen when doing genealogical research. Today, for the first time, I happened across a death record for my 3rd great-grandfather … exactly 130 years ago to the day after he passed.
Not my relative, but happened across this going through some old newspapers. I’m wondering if I should start a series of #StupidPeopleInHistory
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Not my relative, but happened across this going through some old newspapers. I’m wondering if I should start a series of #StupidPeopleInHistory
Okay, I'm sure others have perhaps seen this before, but this was a new one on me: from a list of marriage license announcements in a Washington state newspaper in 1912 🧐 #HymensAltar
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Okay, I'm sure others have perhaps seen this before, but this was a new one on me: from a list of marriage license announcements in a Washington state newspaper in 1912 🧐 #HymensAltar
So… @Ancestry: Two weeks of the site being utterly useless - no communication, no fixes, no end in sight.
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
So… @Ancestry: Two weeks of the site being utterly useless - no communication, no fixes, no end in sight.
Love the fact the @Ancestry finally rolled out the updated DNA ethnicity reports to everyone. And very thankful for the comparison report between the old and the new. Very helpful
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Love the fact the @Ancestry finally rolled out the updated DNA ethnicity reports to everyone. And very thankful for the comparison report between the old and the new. Very helpful
Sometimes, names really are your destiny 🤣#MeetFarmerFarmerJohns
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Sometimes, names really are your destiny 🤣#MeetFarmerFarmerJohns
Saw this on a set of divorce papers. I guess after awhile you just stop keeping close track of that sort of thing? 🤣
December 6, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Saw this on a set of divorce papers. I guess after awhile you just stop keeping close track of that sort of thing? 🤣
.@Ancestry You know, you'd think with the amount of money I've paid you, you might be able to do something more useful than this…
December 6, 2024 at 5:46 AM
.@Ancestry You know, you'd think with the amount of money I've paid you, you might be able to do something more useful than this…
New goal: Pun people from beyond the grave (not even getting into how odd a first name "Print" is)
December 6, 2024 at 5:46 AM
New goal: Pun people from beyond the grave (not even getting into how odd a first name "Print" is)
"Who are you?"
"Joe" "Joe who?"
"Joe Surprise" ;)
"Joe" "Joe who?"
"Joe Surprise" ;)
December 6, 2024 at 5:45 AM
"Who are you?"
"Joe" "Joe who?"
"Joe Surprise" ;)
"Joe" "Joe who?"
"Joe Surprise" ;)
Most unusual cause of death yet: "'Fright' caused by being struck in the face by a hawk above uncle’s house" - 1885, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
December 6, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Most unusual cause of death yet: "'Fright' caused by being struck in the face by a hawk above uncle’s house" - 1885, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Well, you don't run across one of these every day…
December 6, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Well, you don't run across one of these every day…
Just discovered 5th g-gmother was, at age of 56, sentenced to 14yrs in Australia for "receiving stolen wheat" o_0
December 6, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Just discovered 5th g-gmother was, at age of 56, sentenced to 14yrs in Australia for "receiving stolen wheat" o_0
Wonder how bad child mortality was, even just at start of 20th century? Ran across this on a 1911 English Census…
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Wonder how bad child mortality was, even just at start of 20th century? Ran across this on a 1911 English Census…
Ooh, my favorite game! "Rorschach Test or Document?" #Genealogy
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Ooh, my favorite game! "Rorschach Test or Document?" #Genealogy
Looking at that same user's recently added media on Ancestry #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Looking at that same user's recently added media on Ancestry #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings
Okay, I've seen some BS images attached to trees on http://Ancestry.com, but this one has to be the strangest
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Okay, I've seen some BS images attached to trees on http://Ancestry.com, but this one has to be the strangest