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BlueSky account for #genchat , the #genealogy chat on social media since 2013. Every 2nd and 4th Friday at 7pm Pacific, 8pm Mountain, 9pm Central, 10pm Eastern, 11pm Atlantic. Hosted by Christine @geneapleau.bsky.social https://www.genchatgenealogy.com/

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#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · Dec 17

The 2025 #genchat schedule has been finalized and the website has been revised! www.genchatgenealogy.com/schedule.html

#genchat will be on the 2nd and 4th Friday on Bluesky, and on the following Saturday on Mastodon. Friday #genchat times (Bluesky): 10pm ET 9pm CT 8pm MT 7pm PT

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#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 1d

Friday’s #genchat should be interesting!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, we're winding down for the evening. Thanks for all your stories, shares, questions, etc. tonight. Next time (October 10) we'll be chatting about the Allen County Public Library. I'm really curious about it! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, we're winding down for the evening. Thanks for all your stories, shares, questions, etc. tonight. Next time (October 10) we'll be chatting about the Allen County Public Library. I'm really curious about it! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Here is the link regarding the #WikiTreeSymposium for your information! #genchat www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Wi...

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Riddle me this, #genchatters ... If one has a free Ancestry account, then shouldn't one be able to view "public trees"? Just a little rant... #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

It should be interesting to hear some of the stories. I'm so grateful for these Zoom meetings since 2020. I'd only been able to drive up maybe once a year to attend in-person. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

They suffered a lot of damage with all that rain they got last year. But things seem to be much better now. Probably not 100%, I imagine. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, here's a latest something in my #genealogy world: the genealogy society I belong to is celebrating its 50th anniversary. They're having their meeting on Zoom tomorrow. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

I'm not terribly well-versed in DNA, but if you have a preponderance of evidence... #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

You know, I've never been to Asheville. My FIL lived on Beech Mountain in Avery County in Elk Park. Very near Banner Elk & Boone. Beautiful area. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

@cferra1227.bsky.social Hey, since sign-up for the #WikiTreeSymposium is coming up, do you have any news about that? #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, the paternal grandfather ended up with a daughter-in-law, so that's something! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Oh, Michael! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

That is so funny! What a great story! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

That's a good question. My gut is saying it should just be "at sea". But there may be more to it than that. I could swear someone once wrote a blog post about that. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

That's such a sad story! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

What state? My father-in-law grew up in the mountains of NC. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Wait - any relation to Francis Ford Coppola? #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

That's great! Be sure to write things down! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Oh my goodness. It's wild finding out things after people die. After my grandfather died, we found out he was born with a different last name.
I did uncover the whole story behind that, but obviously, it's still too soon to make public. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, Heather! #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, you all kind of figured something like that would happen with them. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

I kind of had to do that with my mother-in-law & brother-in-law, too. I told my husband, if I don't do it, someone else will & I was probably the best person to get it done. He was OK with that. #genchat

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 13d

Well, it's #genchat time for Bluesky & we have Another Plain Old Open Mic. Anything #genealogy goes! What are you up to? Have you applied anything from past chats to your research? Any new discoveries?

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 16d

Hey, #genchat is this Friday!

#genchat 🦋 @genchat.bsky.social · 27d

We're going to have a lot of fun the next few weeks, aren't we? Perhaps we can talk about some of our finds at our next #genchat on Sept 26: Another Plain Old Open Mic!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 20d

When government records disappear, who protects our history?

James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster explain how to keep our history & democracy accessible in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm

Cover of the book Preserving Government Information: Past, Present & Future by James A. Jacobs & James R. Jacobs.

Podcast cover for Episode #9 of "Future Knowledge" titled "Preserving Government Information." The design features portraits of the three guests—James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs & Shari Laster—arranged in a grid. Surrounding them are collage-style retro-futuristic elements, including a classical statue head, a vintage computer with the word "NEW" on its screen, a modernist observation tower, and abstract architectural shapes. The title uses bold, blocky typography, giving the cover a vintage sci-fi aesthetic.