Jared McBee
@huntinghistory.bsky.social
PhD in German History from TAMU. Otherwise I'm interested in Braves Baseball, FSU Football, Genealogy, and Sports Cards.
These are the moments that try writers souls. The editor on Word has gone insane and I'm stuck trying to remember how I fixed this last time. Writing in multiple languages is a struggle for Word.
September 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
These are the moments that try writers souls. The editor on Word has gone insane and I'm stuck trying to remember how I fixed this last time. Writing in multiple languages is a struggle for Word.
Culture moves in mysterious ways.
April 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Culture moves in mysterious ways.
Telling me that the article is more than 20 years old feels unnecessarily violent to my geriatric millennial self.
January 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Telling me that the article is more than 20 years old feels unnecessarily violent to my geriatric millennial self.
Sometimes the Universe just tells you it's time to take a break. If anyone needs me I'll just be in the corner crying.
January 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sometimes the Universe just tells you it's time to take a break. If anyone needs me I'll just be in the corner crying.
It's shaping up to be one of those days. Lots of books and lots of footnotes. 🗃️
December 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
It's shaping up to be one of those days. Lots of books and lots of footnotes. 🗃️
88 years ago, yesterday, my GG Grandfather, JD, made the trek from his farm into town to show the newspaper editor his collection of so called "Native American relics". The subsequent story they wove mixes genealogy and these "relics" to tell a wild story. #genealogy
December 27, 2024 at 4:44 PM
88 years ago, yesterday, my GG Grandfather, JD, made the trek from his farm into town to show the newspaper editor his collection of so called "Native American relics". The subsequent story they wove mixes genealogy and these "relics" to tell a wild story. #genealogy
This gets at the heart of the movie.
December 26, 2024 at 2:27 AM
This gets at the heart of the movie.
Part of my current research is looking at how elite German fighter pilots/aces were reported on during World War II. While this particular communique isn't directly relevant I know its author had fun composing it. 🗃️
November 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Part of my current research is looking at how elite German fighter pilots/aces were reported on during World War II. While this particular communique isn't directly relevant I know its author had fun composing it. 🗃️
Somehow I changed the editing language of my chapter from predominantly English with some German to all German. Just a few thousand errors to fix.
November 25, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Somehow I changed the editing language of my chapter from predominantly English with some German to all German. Just a few thousand errors to fix.
Steinhoff would end the War with 176 aerial victories and the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. In April 1945, in combat near Munich he was horrifically burned in the crash of his Me-262 jet fighter. Joining the Bundeswehr in 1956 he would retire as NATO CMC in 1974.
November 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Steinhoff would end the War with 176 aerial victories and the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. In April 1945, in combat near Munich he was horrifically burned in the crash of his Me-262 jet fighter. Joining the Bundeswehr in 1956 he would retire as NATO CMC in 1974.
Was in my archival files looking for a specific document and instead came across these really neat German military themed sketches from August 1939 presumably done by future Knights Cross recipient Johannes Steinhoff. 🗃️
November 24, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Was in my archival files looking for a specific document and instead came across these really neat German military themed sketches from August 1939 presumably done by future Knights Cross recipient Johannes Steinhoff. 🗃️
Picture 1 shows a few of my HoF cards. Picture 2 has some of my Braves autos.
November 21, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Picture 1 shows a few of my HoF cards. Picture 2 has some of my Braves autos.
Probably my Grandparents who lived into their 90s. The oldest picture I have though is a picture of one set of my GGG Grandparents circa 1860.
November 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Probably my Grandparents who lived into their 90s. The oldest picture I have though is a picture of one set of my GGG Grandparents circa 1860.
As I'm writing on what happened at Bitburg in 1985 this seemed appropriate.
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
As I'm writing on what happened at Bitburg in 1985 this seemed appropriate.
Articles like this reinforce why I consider old newspapers my favorite source base to mine. 🗃️Absolutely wild what you can find just poking around.
November 19, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Articles like this reinforce why I consider old newspapers my favorite source base to mine. 🗃️Absolutely wild what you can find just poking around.
I humbly offer up a self proclaimed Fascist to the #blocklists
November 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I humbly offer up a self proclaimed Fascist to the #blocklists
When I'm poking through old newspapers for #genealogy I like to note interesting oddities. This 1900 clipping from Kansas makes me curious how obnoxious the whistling must have been for the town to initiate a curfew.
November 14, 2024 at 4:02 AM
When I'm poking through old newspapers for #genealogy I like to note interesting oddities. This 1900 clipping from Kansas makes me curious how obnoxious the whistling must have been for the town to initiate a curfew.
As I've gone through various newspapers for #genealogy I've come across weird ads. This one from 1897 might be the weirdest.
November 13, 2024 at 3:38 AM
As I've gone through various newspapers for #genealogy I've come across weird ads. This one from 1897 might be the weirdest.
Hopefully, now all the people texting me multiple times a day will stop.
October 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Hopefully, now all the people texting me multiple times a day will stop.
Well this cartoon of Ronald Reagan from 1985 is my new nightmare fuel.
November 30, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Well this cartoon of Ronald Reagan from 1985 is my new nightmare fuel.
It's a party at the bird bath tonight.
October 27, 2023 at 10:40 PM
It's a party at the bird bath tonight.
This is the most vexing #genealogical source I've come across in a bit. This blurb notes the death of a GG Aunt in Feb 1908, yet the town her brother visited to see her doesn't seem to exist nor does a Mary Poe that passed away in this period either.
October 6, 2023 at 7:32 PM
This is the most vexing #genealogical source I've come across in a bit. This blurb notes the death of a GG Aunt in Feb 1908, yet the town her brother visited to see her doesn't seem to exist nor does a Mary Poe that passed away in this period either.
