@amberoldenburg.bsky.social
📚Professional genealogist, 🗺️ constant traveler, and superior procrastibaker.🍪 www.onebranchatatime.com
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13.02.2026 18:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If a genealogist wrote candy hearts, they would be equal parts love language and research strategy. Sweet on the outside. Slightly obsessed on the inside
What would you add to a genealogist’s candy hearts?
#GenealogyHumor #FamilyHistoryFun #Genealogy
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
19.11.2025 23:11 — 👍 2693 🔁 345 💬 2795 📌 428Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools.
As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
Genealogy in early America wasn’t just about ancestry—it shaped freedom, power & identity.
Historian Karin Wulf joins us to explore how lineage helped early Americans define themselves.
🎧 Listen: benfranklinsworld.com/416
#History #Genealogy #USHistory #VastEarlyAmerica
Are you in Ohio by any chance? It looks very similar to the hotel I was at last week.
07.05.2025 02:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@apgenealogists.bsky.social spreading the word to save this resource.
25.03.2025 00:41 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
Indiana's HB 1148 could expand birth record restrictions from 75 to 99 years, making it one of the most restrictive states. It’s passed the House and heads to the Senate. Our work relies on record access—let’s fight to keep it! Learn more & take action: bit.ly/3DF53CZ
19.03.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations!!
12.03.2025 01:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Family history puzzles are tricky—especially with DNA! 🧩 Join Diahan as she pieces together a case study using records, genetic networks, and the What Are The Odds? tool.
FREE webinar: Thursday, March 13 at 2 pm ET. Don’t miss it! webinar.yourdnaguide.com/dna-case-stu...
#genealogy #DNA
RootsTech is officially in full swing, and thankfully, my new boots are up for the journey! #rootstech #rootstech2025
06.03.2025 19:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
❗GSI RootsTech Special Offer ❗
To celebrate RootsTech 2025, Diahan Southard and I are offering 20% off our two GSI (Genealogy Solves It) experiences, where YOU become the genetic detective.
Visit www.GSIEvents.com for more info.
#DNA #GeneticGenealogy #IGG #RootsTech #RootsTech2025 #ColdCases
Thank you!
22.02.2025 01:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
21.02.2025 21:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Are you a journalist, genealogist or historian who has ever used records from the National Archives? It's time to step up and take some simple steps to preserve federal records. And save our nation's history. Please visit this website. And share widely.
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APG is pleased to announce that @amberoldenburg.bsky.social has been named as Social Media Specialist for the Association. She is an experienced social media manager, speaker, and professional genealogist known for her engaging content. More: www.apgen.org/news_manager.php?page=39490
19.02.2025 18:15 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Valentine's Card for history addicts.
13.02.2025 23:25 — 👍 371 🔁 76 💬 9 📌 6
Love is at the core of family history, making Valentine’s Day the perfect time to research. In honor of the day, MyHeritage is offering free access to all 279 of their marriage record collections. That's over 881 million historical records. Now-2/16
#genealogy
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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Win a FREE RootsTech 3-day Pass! Giving away 2 passes (US residents 18+, excl. RI). Winners chosen Jan 31. Bonus: All entrants get my free "10 Tips for Better RootsTech" guide! Enter now to boost your genealogy skills!
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
The Frederick County [MD] Genealogical Society is in desperate need of volunteers. It’s so bad that the Board is contemplating shutting down the whole operation if we can’t find more help. So if you’re looking to volunteer in the new year, come join us! frecogs.org
#genealogy #familyhistory
My reading pie chart is the opposite of yours, but I like it that way.
31.12.2024 14:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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How about a little census chuckle? I came across this gem in the Wabash Weekly Intelligencer from the 17 May 1860 edition. It’s a witty take on the upcoming 1860 census questions. My favorite? How many times has your wife wished she were dead, and did you reciprocate the wish?Classic!
#Genealogy
RootsTech Giveaway!
Win 1 of 2 FREE 3-day passes to RootsTech 2025, the world’s largest family history conference!
Bonus: Enter & get my FREE handout “10 Tips for a Better RootsTech Experience!”
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Last Chance to Register!
Join me TOMORROW at 1 PM ET for my FREE live webinar:
"I Have a Civil War Ancestor... Now What?"
All attendees get a FREE handout to take your research further!
Don’t miss out—spots are filling up!
Register now: civilwarrecords.com/pages/live-free-webinar
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A quote from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich from the Q&A after the 2021 Juanita Brooks Lecture at Utah Tech. “I don’t trust family stories. But I love them.” https://library.utahtech.edu/special_collections/juanita_brooks.html
Class today:
• demographics as a genealogical tool
• using current language about slavery & enslaved people
• understanding the context of WPA slave narratives (they're accurate, but contain what an elderly person was comfortable telling an interviewer)
• assessing the reliability of family stories
