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Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell and Tom Hanks, who plays Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995).

Jim Lovell and David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Jim Lovell.

RIP Jim Lovell.

One of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon in Apollo 8. Then he survived Apollo 13. . Prior, he flew on two Gemini missions (7 & 12).

He was 97.

☝️He played himself in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and the captain of the USS Iwo Jima in Apollo 13 (1995).

This reminds me of Bernard Cornwell's books about Richard Sharpe, where he says the Riflemen have two speeds, quicktime or dawdling.

I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that the Internet was designed and built entirely for the Museum of English Rural Life and the rest of us are just getting the benefits of its existence incidentally.

Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.

And *that* is a night! (But continue to #genchat if you will!)
Our next #genchat will be another Open Mic & the theme is Bunny Trails! When have you found something that took you off the beaten path? (Kind of like @amyjohnsoncrow.bsky.social 's WANDER method). Join us on August 22!

Thanks all for another lively #GenChat

The Family Tree Problem Solver by Marsha Hoffman Rising: 9781440300745 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Proven Solutions for Your Research Challenges Has your family history research hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's bestselling book The Family Tree Problem Solver has the solutions...

#GenChat Highly recommended for doing FAN club / cluster research: The Family Tree Problem Solver by Marsha Hoffman Rising. Available as pbook or ebook. One of my earliest (and best) #genealogy book purchases. Check your library's catalog.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/631070...

#GenChat Mapping the Freedmen's Bureau website

mappingthefreedmensbureau.com

Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal provides unprecedented opportunities for family historians and genealogists to search for their ancestors and for scholars to research a variety of topics related t...

#GenChat A5: Freedmen's Bureau portal at the Smithsonian

nmaahc.si.edu/explore/free...

#GenChat A5 Freedmen's Bureau website

www.freedmensbureau.com

Map of the Confederate States of America. "Confederate poetry and song" and "important events and battles of the Civil War" are printed on the verso. "Copyrighted 1910 Fitzhugh Lee, Atlanta, Ga." Description derived from published bibliograph...

#GenChat A5 As always, make sure you have good maps.

www.loc.gov/resource/glv...

#GenChat A3: Look for descriptive pamphlets at the beginning of NARA Microfilm rolls or as standalone PDFs available for download from NARA's microfilm catalog.

SCC Approved Claims for Georgia
www.archives.gov/files/dc-met...

#GenChat A3: Another neglected source: The Southern Claims Commission
www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Sout...

#GenChat A4: The FamilySearch Research Wiki's article on Confederate Service Records. www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Conf...

#GenChat A4: This question is ambiguous. I assume you mean records of individual soldiers? Generally you'll find pensions held at the state level. For records about military operations, see some of the links already posted (NARA, Cornell's collection).

Research Guides: Chronicling America: A Guide for Researchers: Introduction This guide provides an overview of Chronicling America, a searchable digital collection of historic newspapers published through 1963.

#GenChat A3: Speaking of newspapers, here's a link to the research guide for the newly-launched Chronicling America site at the Library of Congress

guides.loc.gov/chronicling-...

#GenChat A1: on my to-do list: exploring South Carolina records
scdah.sc.gov/research-and...

#GenChat A1: Georgia's Virtual Vault helped with pension records

georgiaarchives.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/corpo...

The Freedmen's Bureau The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105), also known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of Congress on March 3, 1865. The Bureau ...

#GenChat Don't forget the full title of the the Freedmen's Bureau:

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Record Group 105).

www.archives.gov/research/afr...

Florida Memory • A Guide to Civil War RecordsFlorida Memory A guide to Civil War records at the State Archives of Florida

#GenChat A1

www.floridamemory.com/learn/resear...

#GenChat A1:
The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (now on Hathi Trust)

collections.library.cornell.edu/moa_new/waro...

#GenChat There's a specific case I heard about, but I can't remember what states were involved.

#GenChat A2: The FamilySearch Research Wiki has advice for Burned Counties research here.

www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Burn...

#GenChat A1 Plus you never know what county had their records rescued by some damnyankees and taken back up North with them.

#GenChat A1: I'm always more interested in finding out which records still exist and where they might have moved to.

E.g. Don't forget there are captured Confederate records at NARA.

www.archives.gov/research/gui...

#GenChat A1: Research guides, I guess? The FamilySearch Research wiki, guides at each state's archives, etc.

#GenChat ICEBREAKER
This time I'll have to borrow my adoptive family.

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

Head of NASA Sean Duffy intends to destroy a satellite that collects key data on carbon dioxide and plant health, by causing it to burn up in the atmosphere. The U.S. Dept of Agriculture and private agriculture firms use the data to forecast crop yield, drought conditions and more.

As others have said: libraries.

Did you know that in addition to your local library, there are a number of libraries around the country that will give you a digital-only membership even if you don't live there?

Lots of stuff available in terms of eBooks / audiobooks. For free.