Family Archeologist I've come across a new kinsman, a Mike Arbuthnot. In 2005, Mike went down in a Mir submersible seven times to explore the Titanic with director James Cameron. Mike, on the left is a DNA match from my paternal Gordon side of the family. He's an archeologist and professor and has done multiple TV documentaries such as "Last Mysteries of the Titanic" 2005, "Titanic Adventure" 2005, "Secret Worlds" 2010, "Found" 2017, and "America's Lost Vikings" 2019. Mike travels a lot for work, but we have managed to connect. Mike's aunt has also shown up as a DNA match.

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#geneadons #genealogy #archeologist #arbuthnot #tv #movies #titanic

A Christmas song I discovered yesterday by my kinsman Patty Gurdy feat. Fiddler's Green.
https://youtu.be/ZqesZeoiE6I?list=RDZqesZeoiE6I

#familyhistory #christmas #genealogy #musicvideo #dna #pattygurdy #geneadons

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One of the reasons I enjoy shows like "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Finding Your Roots" is watching people with no real interest in genealogy discover that meeting your ancestors is inexplicably moving. People are visibly embarrassed when they learn about the lives of distant relations […]

MapChart A useful tool for historians and genealogists?

Map Chart - a useful tool for historians and genealogists? https://open.substack.com/pub/edintone/p/mapchart #histodons #Geneadons #genealogy @genealogy @histodons

Fun with genealogy - just found a distant cousin called Freddy Krueger. #genealogy #geneadons #nightmareonelmstreet

#BIFHSGO conference begins tomorrow. The topic is research into ancestors affected by poor laws, #workhouses and pauperism. Most people have this in their background somewhere, so it's a great thing to learn about. #genealogy #geneadons

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About ten years ago I was accepted into the #UniversityOfStrathclyde #genealogicalstudies programme, which I really wanted to do. I didn't end up taking the course then because we didn't have the money, and I more or less gave up on it. Today one of my colleagues reawakened my interest, so I'm […]

Photo of a cemetery in Autumn, with lots of lovely fall colors in the leaves of the trees. Meme text reads, "My family wanted me to take a break from Genealogy today. So I said, 'Okay. I'll go look at the beautiful fall foliage and take in some fresh air'."

#Genealogists are a special kind of people.

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Autumn #Halloween #Cemetery #HalloweenMemes […]

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Genealogists may be familiar with the FANs technique (friends, associates and neighbours) for expanding research or perhaps breaking down a 'brick wall'. Has anyone found or used specific software for documenting this type of research? #genealogy #Geneadons #familyhistory #genchat

Genealogists may be familiar with the FANs technique (friends, associates and neighbours) for expanding research or perhaps breaking down a 'brick wall'. Has anyone found or used specific software for documenting this type of research? @genealogy #genealogy #Geneadons #familyhistory #genchat

If used to follow @genealogy@a.gup.pe or @geneadons you need to switch to @genealogy@fedigroups.social #genealogy #familyhistory #geneadons #genchat #AncestryHour #histodons

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My sister @Joyfuljan55 is a professional counsellor, and I'm a professional genealogist. We both have our own businesses, and we started talking about merging them. I think a great motto for the combined business would be: "Helping the Living, Finding the Dead". Yes? No? #genealogy
#geneadons […]

I finished three clients' projects over past few days. I feel a great sense of accomplishment. Of course, I'm now finding it impossible to get started on the projects still awaiting my attention. Sigh. #AuDHD #genealogy #geneadons

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Had a video-chat meeting with my fourth cousin once removed this morning. He contacted me for help with his #UELoyalist ancestry, not knowing that I've actually researched the same family. So I learned more about his branch and he learned more about the early ancestors. Really enjoyed that! […]

New on the British Newspaper archive this week: The Baptists Times www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/baptist-times #nonconformists #baptists #familyhistory #geneadons #genealogy @genealogy @geneadons

Alastair Mackenzie as Perrin Fertha in the series "Andor".

Discovered my maternal kinsman (a double connection) in the Star Wars series "Andor"! I'm enjoying the series even more now!

#Geneadons #genealogy #starwars #actor #andor

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Interesting discussion among the Canada branch of Association of Professional Genealogists - all of us seeing a surge of people living in the US hoping they qualify for Canadian citizenship through parents or grandparents. An immigration lawyer aquaintance of mine commented that every time […]

Early "in development" black and white sketches of both Clark Kent & Superman, drawn by #JoeShuster. Taken from the package of material he and #JerrySiegel sent to syndicates to try to get a newspaper comic strip picked up.

A lot of Jewish people hid their religion & their ethnicity after coming to the U.S. #AntiSemitism was not only in Germany, it was all over.

When you watch a #Superman movie or read the comics, you see a character created by two Jewish boys about a man from […]

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@reiver one of the problems we already have is there are too many social media platforms genealogists use. There are those left behind on FB, BlueSky where there is little real engagement, WikiTree not so much chat, still a few emails groups. Then there is #Mastodon with #hashtags #genealogy […]

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For those #Genealogists who are interested, this video shows you how to copy your 23&Me results to #GedMatch , after you DOWNLOAD them from #23andMe .

#GedMatch has a host of great tools that allow you to continue analyzing your DNA and build your #FamilyTree with #GeneticGenealogy .

Be aware […]

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It's official...
23&Me has filed for bankruptcy.

The company has been rejecting any buyout attempts, but their Board of Directors is now saying that a Court-supervised sale is the best path forward. Part of the reason for their financial troubles was a 2023 #DataBreach that affected millions of […]

A-Z Challenge 2025: March 23: Introduction This will my second participation in the #AtoZChallenge for bloggers. Starting Tuesday April 1st, readers will find daily posts (excluding Sundays) centered around my One Place Study of Cuckfield. My theme this year is "**People Connected with Cuckfield** " Each post will delve into the people who have connections with Cuckfield whether resident or visitor; law abiding or transgressor; notable figures or ordinary folk. I have used genealogy websites. newspaper articles and other online publications. Throughout the month, we will journey through the alphabet, starting with A on the 1st and concluding with Z on the 30th. Some letters are more challenging so stay tuned to see what I come up with. I hope you enjoy and learn from the posts. Please leave comments, follow my blog, and visit my website where I will be uploading much of this information. My blog: Cuckfield Compendium My website: Cuckfield Compendium

Today I have posted my reveal blog post about my participation in the #AtoZChallenge during April. Do follow along and see what I am sharing about my #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #Geneadons cuckfieldcompendium.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-z-challenge-20...

Promotional graphics created by the Newspapers-dot-com company and originally posted on Facebook. Color scheme is generally brown and images are generally faded and vague, to emulate old newspapers in the background. The main background image is from a newspaper about the sinking of the Titanic, and reads: "TITANIC SINKING Marine Disaster NOT ENOUGH BOATS ON THE TITANIC TO RESCUE ALL Heroes of Titanic" Below this are four photos of people who were on board the ship. Below that, the modern added text reads: "Real people. Real stories. Real history... Free Access [asterisk] this weekend Newspapers by ancestry" Asterisk leads to this footbote text: "[Asterisk] Free access ends 17 Feb 2025. Registration required. Terms apply."

FREE access to #NewspapersDotCom today and tomorrow ONLY (Feb.16-17, 2025), via the link below. Original Facebook post from the company's page (posted yesterday) read:

"FREE ACCESS* to the largest online newspaper archive now through Monday! Unlock 27,000+ […]

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#GenHour over on Bluesky today at 8pm UK time #Genealogy #Geneadons

Family tree grew a little this morning! A granddaughter born very early this morning, 4:47 am. Mother and daughter doing great and she's already in the tree 😊.
#Geneadons #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

The England and Wales1921 census is now live on #Ancestry :))

#FamilyHistory
#Geneadons
#Genchat

A title banner for the show 'Band of Brothers'.

A photo a Donald G. Malarkey.

In my tree I had a Donald Malarkey. I didn't know who he was until a DNA match showed up. Proud to find out he's one of the 'Band of Brothers' soldiers. He has a Canadian connection to my maternal side, a 5C2R. And yes, I proudly watched the series.

#Genealogy #WWII #Soldier #Military #Geneadons

A photo of model Nicole Trunfio.

I've discovered a connection to Australian Supermodel Nicole Trunfio! Nicole's aunt and her 1st cousins are also my DNA cousins.

#DNA #Genealogy #Discoveries #Supermodel #Geneadons

Mitochondrial DNA variants and their impact on epigenetic and biological aging in young adulthood The pace of biological aging varies between people independently of chronological age and mitochondria dysfunction is a key hallmark of biological aging. We hypothesized that higher functional impact ...

These findings suggest that elevated FI score of mtDNA variants might contribute to premature aging in young adulthood. (Preprint) #isogg #dna #mitochondrial #mtDNA #haplogroup #aging #geneadons #epigenetics #geneticgenealogy

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