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Wendy Scalfaro
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US School librarian, writer, genealogist, APG member. (she/her) ❤️📚📽🏳️‍🌈ally
I follow back all genealogists, family historians, librarians, authors, and anyone I personally interact with elsewhere. Not here for politics or dating.
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You need documents from out of town. Or maybe you can retrieve & supply documents for someone out of town. Get matched up at Sourcery.
Ideal for historians, librarians, archivists, genealogists, grad students. I'm registered as someone who can source in #Buffalo.
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#genealogy
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Home - Sourcery
Open Source Not for Profit Community Driven Any archive, any time Get Started Request documents through Sourcery Need archival documents for your research but can’t make the trip? Want to streamline m...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Let us find that obituary or any other kind of newspaper article for you.
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#genealogy
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Obituary/Newspaper Search
Please click the link to complete this form.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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If you are missing the #Genealogy Feed, which seems to have disappeared, you might like to try the One-Place Studies Plus Feed. In addition to OPS posts, it also picks up those with hashtags including #FamilyHistory and, of course, #genealogy.
October 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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What #Buffalo history consulting services might you use? Three questions, two minutes, 100% anonymous. Please, no trolls or spam.
#genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#ArchitecturalHistory
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BuffaloResearch Consulting Service Survey
What kinds of local history expertise should we offer as fee-based services?
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October 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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nygenealogylinks.bsky.social
I recently added 10 more links to the New York #Genealogy Links website in the categories of military burials and vital records.

The website has 1,420 links to free New York genealogy websites.

To see all the updates to the website, check out my Updates page at: www.newyorkgenlinks.com/updates/
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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DNA Test Reveals Secret Egyptian Heritage. DNA forced a mother to confess that her daughter was fathered by an Egyptian man she had met in France 32 years ago. buff.ly/iuUjf0d #DNA #DNATesting #Genealogy
A DNA Match Revealed Her Secret Egyptian Heritage - MyHeritage Blog
A DNA match on MyHeritage unveiled a lifelong secret. Read all about Kate's incredible journey to embrace her newfound heritage and family!
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October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The Rochester Genealogical Society Technology Interest Group will welcome Thomas MacEntee as our guest speaker on 14 October 2025. Registration information is available on www.nyrgs.org.
#Genealogy
Registration information about webinar given by Thomas MacEntee.
September 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Elephind, the late great search engine for digitized newspapers, appears to be coming back! #genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Elephind is on Its Way Back! - The Ancestor Hunt
Remember Elephind? The “search many newspaper databases all at once” search engine for online newspapers? It was taken down in March 2024, and it is coming back. I am regularly in touch with DL Consul...
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September 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Join me in Central Massachusetts on Thurs, Sept 25 at 6pm. I'm presenting “10 Steps to Researching the History of Your House in Sterling.” There will be great resources to get started researching your own house.
Info sterlinglibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/hou... #genealogy #househistory
September 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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John Ramsey believes crucial progress is being made in the search for his six-year old daughter JonBenét's killer, almost 30 years after she was killed. #DNA #DNATip #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ancestry #DavisDNATip

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JonBenét Ramsey's father believes crucial progress being made to find daughter's killer
A new Fox Nation series investigates the JonBenét Ramsey murder as her father pushes for DNA testing of crucial untested evidence from the 1996 crime scene.
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September 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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FREE Virtual Program
Promised Land: How the Midwest was Won
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 at 2:30 pm Eastern US

Registration required and in the link
acpl.libnet.info/event/14083869
#LoveMyLibrary
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
Promised Land: How the Midwest was Won
Join us for a FREE virtual program on August 26 at 2:30 p.m. ET!
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August 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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There is a lot of confusion about what sources can be used for lineage society applications... #genealogy #lineagesocieties
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Can this source be used for a lineage society application?
As a professional genealogist who helps with lineage society applications, I often spend time sorting through an applicant’s prior research to determine what sources can or cannot be submitte…
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August 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
wscalfaro.bsky.social
I'd be honored if you'd check out my latest Substack article and let me know what you think. #genealogy #familyhistory

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Location, Location, Location?
The Importance of locations in your genealogy research.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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If you’re waiting on a FOIA request for your family history research, heads up. #genealogy
josephcox.bsky.social Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Aug 13
New from 404 Media: the Trump administration has outlined a plan to throw out all of an agency's FOIA requests made a ~year ago if people don't actively contact them. Experts say “insane,” “ludicrous,” a “attempt to close out as many FOIA requests as possible.”

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Trump Administration Outlines Plan to Throw Out an Agency's FOIA Requests En Masse
The Department of Energy said it will close FOIA requests from last year unless the requester emails the agency to say they are still interested. Experts say it's an "attempt to close out as many FOIA...
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August 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Many new issues of newspapers have recently been added to the New York State Historic Newspapers website.

To see all the new titles added, please check out my blog post about it at:
www.newyorkgenlinks.com/2025/08/14/m...

#genealogy #historicnewspapers
August 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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charteroakgen.bsky.social
And this one's back...
No, you don't need a court order to get a genealogical copy of a New York birth, death, or marriage record... provided you're a direct descendant. #genealogy #NewYork #lineagesocieties

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My lineage society says I need vital records from NY. Do I need a court order?
I’ve heard this come up as a point of confusion often recently… New York State has restrictions on the access to vital records. (NY City has its own records system.) A lineage society r…
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August 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
wscalfaro.bsky.social
I witnessed someone give blatantly wrong information on how to do #genealogy research in my county. I corrected them, but now I'm wondering how often this happens in these Facebook groups.
July 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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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
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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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A fun part of using newspapers for genealogy research is finding odd bits of news. Here, below mention of my Gx3 grandparents marriage in a Den Helder newspaper, is the statement, "The Governor of Egypt, Abbas Pacha, is totally insane." #genealogy #FamilyHistory
July 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Artificial Intelligence is already transforming the way we explore our ancestry – and many family historians believe its impact could be as groundbreaking as the arrival of the internet. Find out more here;
www.family-tree.co.uk/how-to-guide...
#NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy
How to use AI for genealogy
Artificial Intelligence is already transforming the way we explore our ancestry – and many family historians believe its impact could be as groundbreaking as the arrival of the internet. In this…
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July 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Good thread to follow
nightowlgenealogy.bsky.social Cristina @nightowlgenealogy.bsky.social · Jul 15
Has anyone heard about a fire that broke out at the NY State Capitol in Albany in 1911? This building housed the NY State Library. I heard that many BMD records were destroyed, but they're not on the list in this article: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/knowledgebas...
#AncestryHour
#Genealogy
The 1911 State Library Fire And Its Effect On New York Genealogy | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
The only picture in existence showing the whole [Capitol] building in flames.
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July 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave. #DNA #DNATip #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ancestry #DavisDNATip

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Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave
Excavators are to begin a full investigation at the site of a former children's home.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Your Brain On ChatGPT: Everything Educators Need To Know About MIT’s AI Study #EdTech
#edusky #TLSky #teachers #education #educators
Your Brain On ChatGPT: Everything Educators Need To Know About MIT’s AI Study
A recent study of ChatGPT’s use for writing essays does not paint a flattering picture of the tool. But some of the study’s findings have been misunderstood, says its lead author.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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#genealogy
arolsenarchives.bsky.social Arolsen Archives @arolsenarchives.bsky.social · Jul 18
68,000 #volunteers from around the world contributed to #everynamecounts in 2024, helping to build the largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazi persecution. Together they processed and digitized 650,000 documents. Be a part of it – join in now: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/
Two pupils working together on a tablet in class. Content from the #everynamecounts project can be seen on the tablet. Other pupils are sitting in the background.
July 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM