Wendy
@wenplans.bsky.social
Retired librarian who loves reading, playing Minecraft, doing genealogy and planning in her A6 and pocket rings.
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Wendy
@wenplans.bsky.social
· Feb 17
Nice gem that I found today on Newspapers.com
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
1913 slang
Don’t know if it is about cotton prices going up or diseased cotton or something else.
(The Lexington Advertiser May 23 1913)
Don’t know if it is about cotton prices going up or diseased cotton or something else.
(The Lexington Advertiser May 23 1913)
March 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
1913 slang
Don’t know if it is about cotton prices going up or diseased cotton or something else.
(The Lexington Advertiser May 23 1913)
Don’t know if it is about cotton prices going up or diseased cotton or something else.
(The Lexington Advertiser May 23 1913)
Does this duck figure mean anything on Trump’s lapel or is it just bad AI?
This is from the “Long Live the King” Trump photo posted by The White House.
This is from the “Long Live the King” Trump photo posted by The White House.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Does this duck figure mean anything on Trump’s lapel or is it just bad AI?
This is from the “Long Live the King” Trump photo posted by The White House.
This is from the “Long Live the King” Trump photo posted by The White House.
Nice gem that I found today on Newspapers.com
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Nice gem that I found today on Newspapers.com
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
The McComb City Enterprise
McComb, Mississippi · Thursday, July 26, 1917
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February 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are there any genealogists using OpenStreetMap? Is it a good alternative for mapping historical rural United States locations?
#genealogy
#genealogy
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Are there any genealogists using OpenStreetMap? Is it a good alternative for mapping historical rural United States locations?
#genealogy
#genealogy
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I'd love to see all you genealogy bloggers including a "share" button for Bluesky! So many more platforms and hosting services are including it as an option. I added it to my blog - plus I ditched the one for that bird site!
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I'd love to see all you genealogy bloggers including a "share" button for Bluesky! So many more platforms and hosting services are including it as an option. I added it to my blog - plus I ditched the one for that bird site!
According to @motherjones.com, the Deputy (Acting) Archivist has been forced out of the National Archives #nara.
William Bosanko has been at NARA since 1993.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
William Bosanko has been at NARA since 1993.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
According to @motherjones.com, the Deputy (Acting) Archivist has been forced out of the National Archives #nara.
William Bosanko has been at NARA since 1993.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
William Bosanko has been at NARA since 1993.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I think Google AI is gaslighting me today.
February 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I think Google AI is gaslighting me today.
The two biggest hurdles for me to #degoogle:
Maps - I have several pins of cemeteries & ancestors’ locations #genealogy
YouTube - I watch several content creators (Minecraft, Genealogy and Tech Tutorials)
Maps - I have several pins of cemeteries & ancestors’ locations #genealogy
YouTube - I watch several content creators (Minecraft, Genealogy and Tech Tutorials)
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The two biggest hurdles for me to #degoogle:
Maps - I have several pins of cemeteries & ancestors’ locations #genealogy
YouTube - I watch several content creators (Minecraft, Genealogy and Tech Tutorials)
Maps - I have several pins of cemeteries & ancestors’ locations #genealogy
YouTube - I watch several content creators (Minecraft, Genealogy and Tech Tutorials)
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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.
-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
🧵⬇️
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Had to watch the Super Bowl half time show this morning because all the racist MAGA folks in my town are upset. 😂
February 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had to watch the Super Bowl half time show this morning because all the racist MAGA folks in my town are upset. 😂
How would the general public know if Congress was notified? Where do I need to look?
#nationalarchives #nara
44 USC 2103: Officers
Chapter 21
The Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.
#nationalarchives #nara
44 USC 2103: Officers
Chapter 21
The Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.
February 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How would the general public know if Congress was notified? Where do I need to look?
#nationalarchives #nara
44 USC 2103: Officers
Chapter 21
The Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.
#nationalarchives #nara
44 USC 2103: Officers
Chapter 21
The Archivist may be removed from office by the President. The President shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.
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Gaines County has one of the lowest rates of childhood vaccination in Texas. At a local public school district in the community of Loop, only 46% of kindergarten students have gotten vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella.
Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas’ Least Vaccinated Counties - KFF Health News
With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community with low vaccination.
kffhealthnews.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gaines County has one of the lowest rates of childhood vaccination in Texas. At a local public school district in the community of Loop, only 46% of kindergarten students have gotten vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella.
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New York was also the first stop for most US immigrants in the late 19th-20th centuries. Many of their grandchildren qualify for dual citizenship-by-descent, particularly for NY's large Italian and Irish populations. If those files proving descent become inaccessible... 😬
bsky.app/profile/btwn...
bsky.app/profile/btwn...
Ok so I know Genealogy people care about this BUT think about the current citizenship threats and that will give you another reason people may want to be able get their hands on birth certificates and proof of when their country came here. We can't cut off/make these things inaccessible now.
Have you checked out our brand new website, all about the AWFUL proposed legislation that got snuck into New York's proposed budget, which would destroy public access to birth, marriage, and death records -- and even the basic indices?
Well, you should.
www.nysvitalrecords.org
Well, you should.
www.nysvitalrecords.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New York was also the first stop for most US immigrants in the late 19th-20th centuries. Many of their grandchildren qualify for dual citizenship-by-descent, particularly for NY's large Italian and Irish populations. If those files proving descent become inaccessible... 😬
bsky.app/profile/btwn...
bsky.app/profile/btwn...
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Dark days coming for #genealogy in the U.S., part 2
February 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dark days coming for #genealogy in the U.S., part 2
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If you do New York #genealogy, you should read this. The State of New York wants to restrict access to viral records.
URGENT: New York Wants to Lock Up Vital Records — Again! 😫
A backdoor proposal to essentially ban public access to birth, marriage, and death records got snuck into their annual budget bill?!
And we have FIVE DAYS to do something about it?!
Here's how we can stop it:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
A backdoor proposal to essentially ban public access to birth, marriage, and death records got snuck into their annual budget bill?!
And we have FIVE DAYS to do something about it?!
Here's how we can stop it:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
Reclaim The Records
We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...
mailchi.mp
February 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
If you do New York #genealogy, you should read this. The State of New York wants to restrict access to viral records.
I miss Rootsweb.
Facebook groups aren’t as good. Wish an alternative was available. #genealogy
Facebook groups aren’t as good. Wish an alternative was available. #genealogy
February 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I miss Rootsweb.
Facebook groups aren’t as good. Wish an alternative was available. #genealogy
Facebook groups aren’t as good. Wish an alternative was available. #genealogy
National Archives
National Archives and Records Administration
archives.gov
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Emergency Video: Where are the Dems and what is the message?! Oppose this agenda now! Come back from vacation!
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Video (Extreme Emergency) Jan 2025
WHERE IS DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING AND FIGHT?!
adamkinzinger.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Emergency Video: Where are the Dems and what is the message?! Oppose this agenda now! Come back from vacation!
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
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Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
I thought the Trump honeymoon period would last longer than a week. #stockmarket
January 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I thought the Trump honeymoon period would last longer than a week. #stockmarket