Stephanie Kolonko-Weet
@stephaniekw.bsky.social
Professional genealogist. IHGS & RQG Student Member.
Married to @ckolonko.bsky.social. Cat mum. 🐾
Intersectional Feminist. Humanist. Socialist. Green.
EDS & POTS. Hard of Hearing (RSHL).
Norfolk, UK. She/Her. 🏳️🌈
Married to @ckolonko.bsky.social. Cat mum. 🐾
Intersectional Feminist. Humanist. Socialist. Green.
EDS & POTS. Hard of Hearing (RSHL).
Norfolk, UK. She/Her. 🏳️🌈
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#Lazyweb Does anyone have a good introductory reading on perspectives on disability in Victorian Britain? #HistMed #DisabilityHistory
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#Lazyweb Does anyone have a good introductory reading on perspectives on disability in Victorian Britain? #HistMed #DisabilityHistory
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I have never in my life encountered a more bespoke internet meme.
#CalvinAndHobbes #VoynichManuscript #Medievalsky
#CalvinAndHobbes #VoynichManuscript #Medievalsky
November 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I have never in my life encountered a more bespoke internet meme.
#CalvinAndHobbes #VoynichManuscript #Medievalsky
#CalvinAndHobbes #VoynichManuscript #Medievalsky
My birthday is sorted, I'm seeing Austentatious at Norwich Theatre Royal with the girls.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My birthday is sorted, I'm seeing Austentatious at Norwich Theatre Royal with the girls.
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Who else is scrambling to order England & Wales wills from Probate Search for their #OnePlaceStudy / #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory research ahead of the imminent price hike? How have you fared with finding the wills you want – any tips to pass on? A wee #OnePlaceWednesday wills thread here. 👇🏻
Another photo taken during my recent visit to Fawsley for #OnePlaceWednesday! With the cost of wills from Probate Search due to skyrocket next week (from £1.50 to £16 each) I've been ordering more wills relating to my Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy people. 35 so far with more to be ordered.
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Wherever you are and wherever you are researching, for your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy projects, we hope you’re having a great week. Use the hashtag to tell us about the places and communities you are studying, and to share your OPS news, pics, and chat.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Who else is scrambling to order England & Wales wills from Probate Search for their #OnePlaceStudy / #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory research ahead of the imminent price hike? How have you fared with finding the wills you want – any tips to pass on? A wee #OnePlaceWednesday wills thread here. 👇🏻
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» #MatildaEffect: The practice of ascribing women's accomplishments to men. An expert in x-ray crystallography, Rosalin Franklin led the team that created what has been called "arguably the most important photo ever taken," the celebrated Photo 51, which revealed the helical structure of #DNA.«
James Watson, der "Entdecker" der DNA, ist verstorben.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
Ein guter Anlass, um auf die Geschichte von Rosalin Franklin und auf den Matilda Effekt aufmerksam zu machen.
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
» #MatildaEffect: The practice of ascribing women's accomplishments to men. An expert in x-ray crystallography, Rosalin Franklin led the team that created what has been called "arguably the most important photo ever taken," the celebrated Photo 51, which revealed the helical structure of #DNA.«
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Well it is #Halloween today, so why shouldn't she get married 14 years after she died...? 🧟🧟♂️🧟♀️👻
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Well it is #Halloween today, so why shouldn't she get married 14 years after she died...? 🧟🧟♂️🧟♀️👻
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This Halloween, we delve into the tales of people who were considered 'real-life' witches. Grace Warren, alias Grace Wright faced accusations of sorcery and witchcraft for meeting with evil spirits. She was found guilty. #kingslynn #halloween #witchcraft
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This Halloween, we delve into the tales of people who were considered 'real-life' witches. Grace Warren, alias Grace Wright faced accusations of sorcery and witchcraft for meeting with evil spirits. She was found guilty. #kingslynn #halloween #witchcraft
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This isn’t available on our website yet, but you can request one via the email on our site.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This isn’t available on our website yet, but you can request one via the email on our site.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
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Save the date! APG is heading to Glasgow 24 June 2026 for the Professional Genealogy Symposium with the University of Strathclyde. Attend in person or online + stay for the SIGS conference 25–26 June .
Join our mailing list for details!
members.apgen.org/members/form...
Join our mailing list for details!
members.apgen.org/members/form...
September 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Save the date! APG is heading to Glasgow 24 June 2026 for the Professional Genealogy Symposium with the University of Strathclyde. Attend in person or online + stay for the SIGS conference 25–26 June .
Join our mailing list for details!
members.apgen.org/members/form...
Join our mailing list for details!
members.apgen.org/members/form...
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DNA has been used to identify a Jane Doe believed murdered in the early 1900s. The body of Alice Spence (nee Burke) was found in a well in Saskatoon in 2006. She left behind a young daughter, but apparently descendants had no idea of the drama in their family history. #Genealogy
Her name was Alice Spence: DNA identifies century-old Saskatoon body of 'woman in the well'
After a decades-long investigation into mysterious historical remains, 'the woman in the well' finally has her name again.
thestarphoenix.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
DNA has been used to identify a Jane Doe believed murdered in the early 1900s. The body of Alice Spence (nee Burke) was found in a well in Saskatoon in 2006. She left behind a young daughter, but apparently descendants had no idea of the drama in their family history. #Genealogy
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If you’re interested in old #Maps and how parish boundaries have changed over time you’ll want to bookmark this article. My own #FamilyHistory research has been complicated by a couple of these cases. Also of interest to those studying #LocalHistory.
This is - trust me - the sort of thing that I have to worry about as @vch-home.bsky.social editor. I have bookmarked this (absolutely brilliant, thank you to all concerned), Wikipedia page.
Please don’t ask *how* these exclaves existed, or *why*, I’ll get a headach.
Please don’t ask *how* these exclaves existed, or *why*, I’ll get a headach.
This is a delightful diversion - it turns out that one of my regular walks used to be an enclave. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countie...
September 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you’re interested in old #Maps and how parish boundaries have changed over time you’ll want to bookmark this article. My own #FamilyHistory research has been complicated by a couple of these cases. Also of interest to those studying #LocalHistory.
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Great piece from @chrismpaton.bsky.social on Ancestry taking the NRS to court because they don't wish to have their records on the Ancestry platform.
I'm backing the NRS all the way on this #genealogy #archives #FamilyHistory #history
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...
I'm backing the NRS all the way on this #genealogy #archives #FamilyHistory #history
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...
Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
scottishgenes.blogspot.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great piece from @chrismpaton.bsky.social on Ancestry taking the NRS to court because they don't wish to have their records on the Ancestry platform.
I'm backing the NRS all the way on this #genealogy #archives #FamilyHistory #history
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...
I'm backing the NRS all the way on this #genealogy #archives #FamilyHistory #history
scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...
I really enjoy that IHGS have a stock image of Hide the Pain Harold. #genealogy
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I really enjoy that IHGS have a stock image of Hide the Pain Harold. #genealogy
The latest addition to the Kolonko-Weet family! This is Pumpkin, a rescued four year old Scottish Fold.
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The latest addition to the Kolonko-Weet family! This is Pumpkin, a rescued four year old Scottish Fold.
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Just thinking about stuff. From a negative in my collection, no info/date.
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Just thinking about stuff. From a negative in my collection, no info/date.
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One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?
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Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history?
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop.
Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details!
www.historyworkshop....
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If we as a field cannot stand together to reject the use of our work as part of a genocidal complex, if we cannot stand up against our colleagues who are directly complicit or at the very least trying to whitewash the reputations of their complicit institutions, then our field has learned nothing.
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Poppy has since passed away. She was 15. I like to think she's on her blue blanket in the afterlife.
This is Poppy. She is our eldest. She enjoys food, naps, and anything warm. She is very attached to her blue blanket and looks sad whenever it goes in for a wash. #Cats #CatsofBluesky #CatSky
September 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Poppy has since passed away. She was 15. I like to think she's on her blue blanket in the afterlife.
I'm attending a conference this month at Cranfield University. I'm eager to learn more about how they are using genetic genealogy and biomolecular archaeological methods in conflict recovery and identification!
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I'm attending a conference this month at Cranfield University. I'm eager to learn more about how they are using genetic genealogy and biomolecular archaeological methods in conflict recovery and identification!
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This is my plea: stop using colourised photos in the news and in books. Don’t encourage ‘fun’ distortions of historical images that could produce confusion, for the sake of clicks/likes. Accept historical images with all their flaws and gaps: they don’t need ‘correction’, they need interpretation.
August 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is my plea: stop using colourised photos in the news and in books. Don’t encourage ‘fun’ distortions of historical images that could produce confusion, for the sake of clicks/likes. Accept historical images with all their flaws and gaps: they don’t need ‘correction’, they need interpretation.
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I’ve written lots about the problems with historical photo colourisation (which also uses forms of AI). This is an extension of this practice (an extreme one) reliant on the same logic of emotional ‘impact’ outweighing veracity, and ignoring or refusing to accept the historical limits of imagery.
"This is not a game. This is a real world, real suffering and real people that we want to and need to commemorate." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC reveals web of spammers profiting from AI Holocaust images
The BBC has found an international network of content creators profiting from AI generated posts on Facebook.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I’ve written lots about the problems with historical photo colourisation (which also uses forms of AI). This is an extension of this practice (an extreme one) reliant on the same logic of emotional ‘impact’ outweighing veracity, and ignoring or refusing to accept the historical limits of imagery.
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Mother and Baby Home archives to be digitised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #ancestry #genealogy #FamilyHistory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #ancestry #genealogy #FamilyHistory
Mother and baby home archives to become digitised
The records will be preserved in a permanent archive - aimed at providing relatives and survivors with the opportunity to research their past in a single location.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Mother and Baby Home archives to be digitised.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #ancestry #genealogy #FamilyHistory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #uk #ancestry #genealogy #FamilyHistory
"DNA doesn't lie" But like any other data, it can be misinterpreted. #genealogy
August 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"DNA doesn't lie" But like any other data, it can be misinterpreted. #genealogy
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New Documentary on DNA Doe Project. Disney has announced details on a new documentary from National Geographic, called “Naming The Dead.” It premieres on August 2, 2025, on the National Geographic channel. It will also stream on Disney+ and Hulu. buff.ly/URp164P #DNA #DNATesting #Genealogy
“Naming The Dead” Coming Soon To Disney+ & Hulu
Disney has announced details on a brand new documentary from National Geographic called
buff.ly
July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New Documentary on DNA Doe Project. Disney has announced details on a new documentary from National Geographic, called “Naming The Dead.” It premieres on August 2, 2025, on the National Geographic channel. It will also stream on Disney+ and Hulu. buff.ly/URp164P #DNA #DNATesting #Genealogy