Megan Smolenyak
@megansmolenyak.com
Lifelong genealogist & stubborn solver of history mysteries. Don't try to hide from me. I *will* find you.
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#genealogy #history #democracy
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Florida gulf coast
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Florida gulf coast
All genealogy is worthwhile!
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
All genealogy is worthwhile!
I'm 2 of the top 5, but no worries. 🫠
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I'm 2 of the top 5, but no worries. 🫠
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is Flambo. He's using his talking dog buttons to accuse his small foster brother of being a cat. Nothing can convince him otherwise. 13/10 for both (IG: flambothedog)
Just about everything I love about #genealogy can be found in this article. The world needs more people like John Mills!
www.courant.com/2026/02/10/c...
www.courant.com/2026/02/10/c...
CT man connects Black families with long-lost history. ‘The work he does is truly a blessing’
“We give people their history. Then we try to inject those stories and those people into the communities that they’re from,” the Bloomfield man said.
www.courant.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Just about everything I love about #genealogy can be found in this article. The world needs more people like John Mills!
www.courant.com/2026/02/10/c...
www.courant.com/2026/02/10/c...
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The Nerve's Carole Cadwalladr has written very powerfully on the state of our world, it's essential reading but difficult not to be depressed.
Jeffrey Epstein was a paedophile, and we all live in his world
In a week of grim revelations, perhaps the darkest of all is that the attitudes the dead millionaire represented – misogyny, control, abuse of girls – are embedded in power structures throughout our c...
www.thenerve.news
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Nerve's Carole Cadwalladr has written very powerfully on the state of our world, it's essential reading but difficult not to be depressed.
This happens a fair bit with my Army cases as well - when you almost accidentally reunite family members along the way. #genealogy (gift link)
How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA Connection
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How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA Connection
wapo.st/4bId60t
How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA connection
A detective investigating a killing stumbled onto a “case within a case,” as he called it, involving long-lost siblings who hadn’t seen each other for 62 years.
wapo.st
February 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This happens a fair bit with my Army cases as well - when you almost accidentally reunite family members along the way. #genealogy (gift link)
How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA Connection
wapo.st/4bId60t
How an unsolved 1971 homicide led to a surprise DNA Connection
wapo.st/4bId60t
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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
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Spent the best day with
super talented colleagues from various ethnic heritages, helping them achieve their potential despite the daily barriers they face
Here Leontia Flynn remembers a true hero, Frederick Douglass
Proud we have his statue in Belfast
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#blackhistorymonth
super talented colleagues from various ethnic heritages, helping them achieve their potential despite the daily barriers they face
Here Leontia Flynn remembers a true hero, Frederick Douglass
Proud we have his statue in Belfast
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#blackhistorymonth
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Spent the best day with
super talented colleagues from various ethnic heritages, helping them achieve their potential despite the daily barriers they face
Here Leontia Flynn remembers a true hero, Frederick Douglass
Proud we have his statue in Belfast
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#blackhistorymonth
super talented colleagues from various ethnic heritages, helping them achieve their potential despite the daily barriers they face
Here Leontia Flynn remembers a true hero, Frederick Douglass
Proud we have his statue in Belfast
#poetry
#poemoftheday
#blackhistorymonth
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Got a kick out of this mailer I received from Green-Wood suggesting cemetery-based Valentine's gifts. Speaking my language!🪦❤😊 #genealogy
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A Valentine’s Gift That Gives Back
mailchi.mp
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Got a kick out of this mailer I received from Green-Wood suggesting cemetery-based Valentine's gifts. Speaking my language!🪦❤😊 #genealogy
mailchi.mp/green-wood/m...
mailchi.mp/green-wood/m...
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Regina Jonas was the world’s first female rabbi. Born in Berlin in 1902, she fought to be ordained. Even when the Nazis came to power, she stayed in Germany. In 1944, the Nazis murdered Regina in Auschwitz. Her story wasn’t rediscovered until the 1990s. (1/2)
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Regina Jonas was the world’s first female rabbi. Born in Berlin in 1902, she fought to be ordained. Even when the Nazis came to power, she stayed in Germany. In 1944, the Nazis murdered Regina in Auschwitz. Her story wasn’t rediscovered until the 1990s. (1/2)
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Rest in Peace, one of Scotland's last D-Day veterans, Albert Lamond has died age 100. 👇
Thank you for your service.
BBC News - D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you for your service.
BBC News - D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
Lamond served during the Normandy landings and later helped rescue PoWs in the Pacific.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Rest in Peace, one of Scotland's last D-Day veterans, Albert Lamond has died age 100. 👇
Thank you for your service.
BBC News - D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thank you for your service.
BBC News - D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's just such a great topic for a book and Sunny's the perfect person to have written it!
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It's just such a great topic for a book and Sunny's the perfect person to have written it!
Yes! You'll find a number of examples of this in the book including one from yours truly!
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Yes! You'll find a number of examples of this in the book including one from yours truly!
Great topic, right?!
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Great topic, right?!
And if you want to learn more, there's a free webinar on Weds: familytreewebinars.com/webinar/sear...
Searching for Sisters? Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Catholic nuns and sisters ran some of the U.S.’s earliest schools, orphanages, and hospitals; nursed on Civil War battlefields and during disease outbreaks;...
familytreewebinars.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
And if you want to learn more, there's a free webinar on Weds: familytreewebinars.com/webinar/sear...
Anyone conducting Catholic research is going to want to snag this new book! Use code SFS15 for 15% off. #genealogy
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Searching for Sisters: A Guide to Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States
Who were the Catholic nuns on your family tree or in your community? Most families know precious little about the women on their family trees who joined religious life. Historians, too, have largely o...
genealogical.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Anyone conducting Catholic research is going to want to snag this new book! Use code SFS15 for 15% off. #genealogy
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genealogical.com/store/search...
I show here and "diverse international community builders."
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I show here and "diverse international community builders."
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Ossoff’s strategy of popping up every few weeks with an absolute banger of a speech is very smart: “This is the Epstein class ruling our country.”
Must watch 👇
Must watch 👇
February 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Ossoff’s strategy of popping up every few weeks with an absolute banger of a speech is very smart: “This is the Epstein class ruling our country.”
Must watch 👇
Must watch 👇