Vicki Entreken
@vicki-entreken.bsky.social
I research and write about family secrets and orphan heirlooms - SecretBoxes.org. I'm also a developmental editor and book coach for authors writing memoir and family histories - VickiEntreken.com.
#genealogy #FamilyHistory #Writing
#genealogy #FamilyHistory #Writing
Congrats Dave! I'm watching it now. 🙂
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Congrats Dave! I'm watching it now. 🙂
We've ben watching the Four Nations Face-Off. 🏒
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We've ben watching the Four Nations Face-Off. 🏒
Thanks everyone! Consider me inspired to pick up the research again! 💜
February 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Thanks everyone! Consider me inspired to pick up the research again! 💜
For projects where locating descendants was necessary, I used BeenVerified, but the data isn't necessarily accurate. Take it as a lead if anything. But it did get me the address for the package I mentioned, which was successful. Good luck! #GenHour
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For projects where locating descendants was necessary, I used BeenVerified, but the data isn't necessarily accurate. Take it as a lead if anything. But it did get me the address for the package I mentioned, which was successful. Good luck! #GenHour
Thanks Marian.
February 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks Marian.
Yes, this! And if you can include photos they'll relate to, even better. I found a woman on my mother's 1940 census. She's in her 90s now and phone calls didn't work at first. She was so happy to get my package full of pictures of people from her childhood.
February 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Yes, this! And if you can include photos they'll relate to, even better. I found a woman on my mother's 1940 census. She's in her 90s now and phone calls didn't work at first. She was so happy to get my package full of pictures of people from her childhood.
Exactly. Also, after asking her to look at the back of one of the photos, a sister Mom never told me about, I found an aunt. She was only four hours away (Tampa-Jax) all that time. We've been close ever since. 💜
February 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Exactly. Also, after asking her to look at the back of one of the photos, a sister Mom never told me about, I found an aunt. She was only four hours away (Tampa-Jax) all that time. We've been close ever since. 💜
If only I could keep my research mind shut for the duration, I might enjoy it. That's probably asking too much.
February 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If only I could keep my research mind shut for the duration, I might enjoy it. That's probably asking too much.
Thanks! I was trying to confirm if her "Geneva Barnett" was my grandmother. I didn't know. Then I saw a photo of her with my own mother holding my brother. Then I spent the rest of the week looking at images of a grandmother I'd never met. #GenHour
February 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Thanks! I was trying to confirm if her "Geneva Barnett" was my grandmother. I didn't know. Then I saw a photo of her with my own mother holding my brother. Then I spent the rest of the week looking at images of a grandmother I'd never met. #GenHour
Same here in NC mountains. 🥶
February 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Same here in NC mountains. 🥶
I messaged a potential family member on Ancestry with no answer. It was a Mary Jones (not looking that up!) Then on a forum/board, I found she'd left a link to her fb page. She had 365 "ancestor photos!" That's where everything I researched was confirmed. I cried. My own mother was on there.
February 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I messaged a potential family member on Ancestry with no answer. It was a Mary Jones (not looking that up!) Then on a forum/board, I found she'd left a link to her fb page. She had 365 "ancestor photos!" That's where everything I researched was confirmed. I cried. My own mother was on there.
Hello! Thanks!
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hello! Thanks!
That's good news.
February 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
That's good news.
Congratulations!
February 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congratulations!
Distractions? What could possibly be going on? 🙄
Seriously though, I'm right there with you. I've had zero focus.
Seriously though, I'm right there with you. I've had zero focus.
February 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Distractions? What could possibly be going on? 🙄
Seriously though, I'm right there with you. I've had zero focus.
Seriously though, I'm right there with you. I've had zero focus.
Oh my. Thanks for this information! Seems like we're doing a ton of backing up lately. Nothing online remains dependable.
February 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Oh my. Thanks for this information! Seems like we're doing a ton of backing up lately. Nothing online remains dependable.
Haven't been researching lately, but I'm hoping #GenHour will inspire me enough to tear away from the politics. I did celebrate a birthday though. Yay me!
Looking forward to reading what everyone else has been doing. 🙂
Looking forward to reading what everyone else has been doing. 🙂
February 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Haven't been researching lately, but I'm hoping #GenHour will inspire me enough to tear away from the politics. I did celebrate a birthday though. Yay me!
Looking forward to reading what everyone else has been doing. 🙂
Looking forward to reading what everyone else has been doing. 🙂
Congratulations!
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Congratulations!
Nope. Not related.
February 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Nope. Not related.
That is a great screen shot. After watching, we talked about (wondered) how researchers get tapped for a project like Finding Your Roots. Did you find the newspaper story about the machine gun! He loved that. Nice work.
February 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
That is a great screen shot. After watching, we talked about (wondered) how researchers get tapped for a project like Finding Your Roots. Did you find the newspaper story about the machine gun! He loved that. Nice work.