SAPW

Genealogist at Chronos Heritage Services | Sociocultural linguist by doctoral rigueur | Connoisseur of ales and porters | Friend of cats

[SAPW @chronosauro]

Very excited to have been interviewed for this podcast https://t.co/KwlyrRjApB

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Definitely hopes for progress over the holidays! I'm documenting several Irish families that worked in Pennsylvania coal mines in the late 1800s-early 1900s #AncestryHour

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Who has hopes of a bit of #familyhistory time during the holidays? And what research would you like to tackle? #AncestryHour

[SAPW @chronosauro]

I'm always struck by how far off self-reported arrival years are for immigrants. I'm considering making a graphic showing several data points: year of immigration vs. year(s) of reported immigration. I'll call it "how good is your family's memory?" #AncestryHour

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Picture this: 1910-1940s; a male boarder in a single female's Boston home for 3 decades until they both die of old age. How might you test the hypothesis that they were a couple? #AncestryHour

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So awful, you can feel it in your bones! #AncestryHour

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I'm creating a book (ancestor narrative) that I hand-bound for a client--has pockets/envelopes glued to interior pages to hold supporting docs. I'm writing the labels/citations in fancy cursive on the docs and feeling "stylistically antique". What's your mood? #AncestryHour

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This week, I'm back to working on my cemetery tour. Slowly, the web of connections between all these families engraved on the stones is forming. Hornung, Covell, Chiles, Oeste, Montgomery. It's as if a giant spider were spinning the history of #Davis. #AncestryHour

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I do the same using Zillow and Redfin in the US. Sometimes the dwelling is the same building from the time of the ancestor, which is really great fun. #AncestryHour

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Interesting snapshot of perspectives #AncestryHour

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Doing some cemetery research this week to add a couple stops to my walking tour in my humble town of #Davis. Has anyone else done cemetery research? What do you like about it? #AncestryHour

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3 DNA matches hint at 3 siblings of a man who may be the father of my husband's brick wall ancestor! Would have been pre/extramarital, right place, right time. The son knew his surname, so the mystery continues... #AncestryHour

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Have you made any exciting discoveries this week? Do share your discoveries and blogs with us. #AncestryHour

[SAPW @chronosauro]

I'm also in Irish records this week. Various maps on one screen, various records on another, notebook open on my desk :) #AncestryHour

[Green Dragon Genealogy @greendragongen1]

Bit late today! Been studying Irish records this week. There are so many more than I realised! #AncestryHour

[SAPW @chronosauro]

Pausing research to work on bookbinding by hand-- it will cover a few generations from Gothenburg to Boston (18th-19th centuries). So exciting to blend the analytical with the creative! #ancestryhour

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I love the iron stoves that were all the rage in Boston in the 19th century. Aside from directories and newspapers, how do you all come across consumer products from your ancestors' daily lives? #ancestryhour

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How do you motivate yourself when you have an ancestor with a common name and little to go on (born in Ireland, arrived in Boston), but a mountain of potential candidates (10+ in Boston with her name each year during 1880s!)? I little motivation to start... #ancestryhour

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Any suggestions for finding a list of cigar manufacturers near #Salford outside Manchester for 1891? #ancestryhour

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Coming to #ancestryhour in a California heat wave at 41 degrees over the last few days. The record in this area was 45.5 in 1925.

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My great grandmother moved out to California during the Great Depression with her 2nd husband. Her first? Died in the Great Pandemic in 1918 in the barracks in Louisville, KY. I'm such a descendant of the 20th century! #ancestryhour

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Today in History: Yosemite Valley Grant Act signed, setting aside lands for public use, 1864 @YosemiteNPS #otd #tih https://t.co/Smu95kzK46

[SAPW @chronosauro]

Oh boy, I both hate and love when something as seemingly simple as census records cause rabbit hole travel... #ancestryhour