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Jeanne Ruczhak Eckman

@ancestralpassages

Genealogist. Researcher. Writer. Ancestral witch. Helping people connect with their ancestors. You can also find me at AncestralPassages.com and at FB & IG @AncestralPassages.

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Latest posts by Jeanne Ruczhak Eckman @ancestralpassages

Attending (via zoom) “ the abolition of slavery in Revolutionary, Pennsylvania,” by Chester County Historical Society. #ChesterCountyPA #genealogy #abolitionofslavery

10.02.2026 23:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Attending (via zoom) “Land Records” by Chester County Historical Society. Great presentation & interaction! #ChesterCountyPA #LandRecords #genealogy

29.01.2026 17:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reading The Holocaust Papers by Avraham Linhart #booksky

13.01.2026 19:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Right there with you!

13.01.2026 19:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finished reading “Vigilance The Story of William Still and the Underground Railroad “ by Andrew Diemer #booksky #genealogy #history #AncestralPassages

08.01.2026 13:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reading “Vigilance The Story of William Still and the Underground Railroad “ by Andrew Diemer … great read! #booksky #genealogy #history #AncestralPassages

01.01.2026 16:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy New Year! What are your research goals this year? #familyhistory #genealogy #newyeargoals

01.01.2026 12:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Finished reading The First Witch of Boston. Based on the true story of Margaret “Maggie” Jones. Sad read. #booksky

01.10.2025 09:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finished Weyward by Emilia Hart today. What an argument for Ancestral Healing. Great story. #booksky #audiobooks

23.08.2025 20:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Adding to my “to read” list!

11.08.2025 02:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello August!
Do you have a specific ancestor or region you are seeking out this month?
#AncestralPassages #genealogy #genealogyresearch

01.08.2025 11:00 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Grateful for the Chester County History Center and for the young man who carried out my goodies yesterday ! #Genealogy #localhistory #bookwormproblems

29.06.2025 12:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Mother's Day. Remembering all the moms, aunts, grandmothers, and friends. #MothersDay

11.05.2025 10:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Baseball cards are a big collector item. Have been for ages. Just learned players of the Negro League did not have cards here in US like white counterparts. Their cards were made mostly in Cuba! #history #baseball #NegroLeague #ChesterCountyHistoryCenter

06.05.2025 23:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Zoomed into "When the Negro Leagues Came to Chester County", presented tonight by the Chester County History Center #ChesterCountyPA #history

06.05.2025 23:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. - Native American proverb.
#EarthDay #NativeAmericanProverb

22.04.2025 11:05 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you. Tho it will always be too short when #genealogists get chatting!

01.04.2025 18:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Schuylkill County Almshouse An almshouse is essentially a poorhouse, a house poor people went when no family would take them or if they had no one. The Schuylkill County Almshouse was established in 1811, built in 1833 in Schuyl...

An almshouse is essentially a poorhouse, a house poor people went when no family would take them. The Schuylkill County Almshouse wasbuilt in 1833 in Schuylkill Haven, and finally demolished in 2011. Read more at: ancestralpassages.com/f/schuylkill...
#localhistory #SchuylkillCountyPA

01.04.2025 18:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy birthday, Mary Theresa O'Flaherty As we close out Women’s History Month & Irish History Month, it seems only fitting to introduce you to Mary Theresa. Oh no – not my daughter! She is still alive and (mostly) well. My grandbabies, her ...

As we close out Women’s History Month & Irish History Month, it seems only fitting to introduce you to my great grandaunt Mary Theresa O’Flaherty Rogers. ancestralpassages.com/f/happy-birt... #OFlaherty #IrishHeritageMonth #WomensHistoryMonth

31.03.2025 00:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Attending "Pathfinder: How Chester County's Ann Preston Blazed the Trail for Woman Doctors". A webinar hosted by Chester County Historical Society. #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenDoctors #history

25.03.2025 23:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Attending" Start Your Family History Journey for Free with MyHeritage by Diane Henriks. ... not a fan of AI. To make someone nod or wink or whatever just seems ... made up. IMHO. #genealogy #familyhistory

25.03.2025 18:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Attending The Influence of Free and Cheap Land on Migration by Annette Burke Lyttle, CG - a BCG webinar hosted by MyHeritage. #colonialamerica #genealogy

19.03.2025 00:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Attending" Explore Your Ethnic Roots with MyHeritage's Improved DNA Ethnicity Model, v2.5 by Ethel Vol. You can attend these free webinars at www.Familytreewebinars.com
#geneaology #DNA #genetics

18.03.2025 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Coal Employment Records on Ancestry Ancestry.com has a great research tool called "Card Catalog." One of the documents included is the "Pennsylvania, US, Coal Employment Records, 1900-1954."

Ancestry has a great research tool called "Card Catalog." One of the documents included is the "Pennsylvania, US, Coal Employment Records, 1900-1954." Read the full article here: ancestralpassages.com/f/coal-emplo...
#coalminers #IrishHeritageMonth #genealogy

15.03.2025 14:53 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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My family has me beating my head against a wall. So, I wanted to research an Austrian immigrant named Julia Legeny. I first met Julia through her daughter, Rose Mary, who married Stephen Andrew Kaba. Read more at: ancestralpassages.com/f/julia-lege...
#immigration #WomensHistoryMonth

10.03.2025 21:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Katherine Dee and Her Sister Ellen Kathryn Dee was born in Ireland on 23 April 1869 to James and Mary Lommers Dee. She immigrated to America in 1884, when she was 15 years old.

Kathryn Dee was born in Ireland on 23 April 1869 to James and Mary Lommers Dee. Little is known of Kathryn. In looking thru the Chester County Archives and numerous other online resources, I found her sister! ancestralpassages.com/f/katherine-... #WomensHistoryMonth #IrishHeritageMonth #genealogy

05.03.2025 02:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Alice Kent Schooler was the first female architectural historian in Chester County, PA. She essentially developed the best practices standard for historic preservation. ancestralpassages.com/f/alice-kent...
#WomensHistoryMonth #chestercountypa #historicpreservation

03.03.2025 22:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nora Kilpatrick, Irish lass to servant to housewife to widow
ancestralpassages.com/f/nora-kilpa...
#WomensHistoryMonth #IrishHeritageMonth #kilpatrick #genealogy

03.03.2025 03:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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March is Women's History Month. Celebrate with us - Introduce us to your female ancestors! Below is my grandmother (far left), her mother, and my great great grandmothers. Meet a few of the Walsh, O'Flaherty & Durkin women. #genealogy #WomensHistoryMonth #IrishHeritageMonth

01.03.2025 11:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you

27.02.2025 07:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0