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Stephen J Caraccia

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Professional genealogist and CPA with extensive genealogy experience in USA, Italy, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Scotland & England. CPA for performing artists, licensed professionals & related SMBs. APGen member. Dead bird refugee. TaxTwitter. New York, USA

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‘I found a sense of identity’: Tracing genealogy through generations The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center is available year-round to help people find their history.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LoveMyLibrary

05.03.2026 00:39 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The 1926 census? Wait ’till you see the redaction! – John Grenham – Irish Roots

#IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #1926Census

07.03.2026 16:52 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Are you ready for the 1926 census release? I've got you covered with a prep article. #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #FamilyHistory
cbgenealogy.ie/preparing-fo...

07.03.2026 20:35 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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When Elkton Was the Quickie-Wedding Capitol of the Country - Secrets of the Eastern Shore In all of 1912, Elkton issued 18 marriage licenses.. By 1936, the town was churning out 11,791 marriage licenses, an average of 32 nuptials every day ...

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GretnaGreen
For searchers of eloping couples, #MyHeritage has over 600K marriage licenses from Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland.
www.myheritage.com/research/col...

07.03.2026 01:51 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Genealogy Roundup, March 4 - Megan Smolenyak In this week’s roundup, a book for Irish American Heritage and Women’s History Month, a touching reunion story about inherited traits, and more!

In this week’s roundup, a book for Irish American Heritage and Women’s History Month, a touching reunion story about inherited traits, and more!
megansmolenyak.com/genealogy-ro...

04.03.2026 22:47 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

#Genearosity #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
I'm at my #FamilySearch Center this afternoon if any genies need restricted record copies.
#PayItForward #SpreadTheWord
@sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social @atcherleyons.bsky.social @allthosebefore.bsky.social @shamrockgen.bsky.social

04.03.2026 19:40 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Events from November 4, 2023 – March 16, 2024 – International Society for British Genealogy and Family History

#MilitaryGenealogy #FamilyHistory #RoyalNavy

isbgfh.com/events/

Saturday, 7 March

Winter Webinar – Jen Baldwin – The Royal Navy in Family History: Sailors, Ships and Submarines

28.02.2026 22:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Love it. ❤️

Reminds me of this placque we have, "Lord keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth."

16.02.2026 18:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Picture of quote from Lord of the Rings that reads: "For many years, at days end, I would look up … wondering what might he think if he were watching me. Would he be proud of what I’ve accomplished with his legacy? Or disappointed by the countless ways I’d failed to live up to it? But then, one night, it struck me that I would be only too happy to hear any judgment, so long as it granted me the opportunity to have but one more conversation with my father. Do not waste what time you have left with yours.”

Picture of quote from Lord of the Rings that reads: "For many years, at days end, I would look up … wondering what might he think if he were watching me. Would he be proud of what I’ve accomplished with his legacy? Or disappointed by the countless ways I’d failed to live up to it? But then, one night, it struck me that I would be only too happy to hear any judgment, so long as it granted me the opportunity to have but one more conversation with my father. Do not waste what time you have left with yours.”

About 4 years ago, I was quite moved by a scene and a quote on the last episode of Lord of the Rings: TheRingsofPower.

Over the weekend we had a near tragedy with my FIL, and I think perhaps it's a good time to revisit this. Time is precious. #Family #Genealogy

16.02.2026 18:09 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

not really - certainly not as metaphorical.
'fare un casino' is to make a mess. So, one would say, "Allora, come siano riusciti a fare un casino di tutti cose non lo so davvero."

16.02.2026 02:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I thank you in return, as the expression "make such a dog’s breakfast of it" was new to me, until today. 😂

15.02.2026 18:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Do you mean a tool that helps create a clickable picture slideshow and imbed it in a webpage? Top tools to create embedded, clickable picture slideshows include Genially, Interacty, and Canva, which allow you to create, customize, and generate embed codes for websites.

15.02.2026 18:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree with Áine. Probably AI transcription error (which often fails with even the best writing). To be clear, passenger manifests were created and written out at the point of departure, not arrival. All immigration officials did were to check off the passengers against that list.

15.02.2026 17:55 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow. Very sad.

11.02.2026 19:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#Genearosity #FamilyHistory
I'm at my #FamilySearch Center this afternoon if any genies need restricted record copies.
#PayItForward #PassTheWord
@atcherleyons.bsky.social @sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social @shamrockgen.bsky.social @climbingfamilytree.bsky.social

03.02.2026 17:49 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
AFTER - showing the line returns resulting in a neat description.

AFTER - showing the line returns resulting in a neat description.

BEFORE - no formatting possible. Punctuation required to separate elements.

BEFORE - no formatting possible. Punctuation required to separate elements.

#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Equal time - something good from #Ancestry

Text in the Description section in a fact box can now be formatted.
Previously, text was just run-on. Punctuation was needed to separate.

03.02.2026 13:54 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Brenda Lambert A fundraising page for Brenda Lambert

Please support and share for my daughter Brenda a special needs teacher as she takes part in the Polar Plunge to fundraise and support the @specialolympicstn.bsky.social ❤️ Click link below fundraise.specialolympicsma.org/participants...

31.01.2026 04:20 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

In the highly-likely case that Ancestry ignores our negative feedback, I've found a workaround to avoid that awful display.
In search results, instead of clicking the URL, hover over the URL until a thumbnail appears and then click the thumbnail.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

29.01.2026 15:17 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" YouTube video by Marsh Family

We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️

youtu.be/BRHxXHZmVAM

28.01.2026 00:21 👍 723 🔁 396 💬 52 📌 125
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To go to the main LostCousins website click the logo at the top of this newsletter. If you're not already a member, do join - it's FREE, and you'll get an email to alert you whenever there's a new edition of this newsletter available!

Rest in Peace Peter Calver. My prayers and condolences to his entire family and Sian. #genealogy #LostCousins

www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2...

23.01.2026 19:17 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

#Genearosity #FamilyHistory #PayItForward #SpreadTheWord
I'm at my FamilySearch Center this afternoon if any genies need restricted record copies.
@sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social @atcherleyons.bsky.social @allthosebefore.bsky.social @shamrockgen.bsky.social @tlodge60.bsky.social

20.01.2026 19:43 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
FamilySearch Full Text Search - Game Changer! by Michael Kearney - Online The FamilySearch website has an incredible new capability, Full Text Search. See examples and ask questions in this online-only workshop.

Main Line Genealogy Online Workshop Tuesday, 20 Jan 2026 at 7:30 pm US Eastern
You must pre-register to receive the Zoom link.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

19.01.2026 22:41 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My first CD was, well, the first CD...

19.01.2026 22:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Gotta be two - it was the one-two punch of Bonham then Lennon - broke me.

19.01.2026 22:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Jane @allthosebefore.bsky.social
Let me know how I can help - feel free to DM me any details (time period, etc...) and I can at least let you know how hard or easy that research will be.

19.01.2026 21:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Verizon to Issue $20 Credit for Yesterday's Major Outage. How to Get It Subscribers will get a text message when the credit is available. They'll then need to redeem the credit in the My Verizon app; it won't be automatically applied to a future bill.

Verizon will be issuing a rebate. They will send notification via text!

Use caution! Malicious actors may exploit this.

If you get a text from Verizon, close your texts, and then independently go into your MyVerizon app and look for the credit to accept it.

www.pcmag.com/news/verizon...

15.01.2026 18:26 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
FREE Virtual Program - Food of My Forefathers: Applied Genealogy: The Cultural Context of Traditional & Ethnic Foods

#LoveMyLibrary #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Thursday 15 Jan 2026 at 6:30 pm Eastern US

Registration in the link.

14.01.2026 13:21 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

In his introduction to De Ente et Essentia, St. Thomas Aquinas remarks that “a little error in the beginning leads to a great one in the end.” He was paraphrasing Aristotle who wrote: “The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”

#Genealogy

11.09.2023 12:53 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Going home, going home
By the waterside, I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Fare you well, fare you well

#RIPBobWeir

11.01.2026 02:51 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

12 maternal, 10 paternal = 22 total from same grandparents
plus 4 maternal from mother's 1/2 sibling

09.01.2026 00:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0