Newtown Genealogy

Deborah Barber is a genealogist living in Queens County, New York City. Main areas of research include NY back to New Netherlands and the New England coast.

[Lonnie G. Bunch III @SmithsonianSec]

This #Juneteenth, help reveal the stories of formerly enslaved people as they navigated the joys and challenges of freedom.

In just a few minutes, you can transcribe handwritten records from 1868 with our @TranscribeSI, making them accessible to all.

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@SuitcaseGen Majority potato, but 23&Me says there’s a dash of tomato mixed in.

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

From today's @AncestorExperts Weekly Genealogist newsletter #Maine

Did a young Maine farmer with ‘a good set of teeth’ really offer a ‘Chance for a Spinster’ to marry him? https://t.co/iP9TbXve7M

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@agordonreed I was just looking at the weather to see if a storm was coming! Nope, it's just haze.

[Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed]

One of the most amazing experiences of my career. Apply!

[Rich Mintz @richmintz]

lol imagine designing an enormous public destination so that it’s illegal and dangerous to walk to

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time https://t.co/NA2YzrSikI via @mcgillu

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@TFamilytreegirl Some of my 2nd line Barbers are buried there!

[genealogy.ie @Genealogydotie]

Did you know half of the Irish immigrants to the United States in its colonial-era (1607–1775) came from the Irish province of Ulster while the other half came from the other three provinces of Ireland? They were mainly male catholic indentured servants. #emigration #IrishRoots

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@waybackgen My diorama of the Niña, Pinta & Santa María was put in the school showcase- a highlight of my 5th grade year.

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

‘They died like flies’: Remembering tragic history of Irish famine immigrants on Staten Island https://t.co/0h97cWasI4

[Reclaim The Records @ReclaimTheRecs]

EXTRA, EXTRA! Front page news report in Albany about just how awful the New York State Dept of Health (@HealthNYGov) has been at fulfilling all of our records requests for years!

Oh, and the first public mention of RTR’s latest NY LAWSUIT WIN! 😁

https://t.co/OgY3zlEZwC

[Museum of the American Revolution @AmRevMuseum]

"...in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.”

#OnThisDay in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote her now-famous letter to her husband John Adams.

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

Teaching computers to decipher old newsprint - in Gaelic https://t.co/hKcVn2Rwjv

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@MyTrueRoots She belongs to my chapter! ❤️

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

I took a research trip last month to find information about my #Huguenot ancestor. https://t.co/I1zS1kbUQb

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@Free2BFreSpirit @Ancestry I get this in Firefox, but not in Safari

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

Ellis Island sheds light on untold stories of Caribbean immigrants https://t.co/faQ0HxcwWh via @CBSNewYork

[Newtown Genealogy @NewtownGen]

@CleverTitleTK My email said they found 47,376 of my cousins, so you can have some of mine.