
South King County Genealogical Society 🌲🧬
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Reaching out to people of all ages, backgrounds and traditions as we help one another research our family histories
Auburn, Washington USA
Joined August 2018
Today's been mixed with the weather but got plenty of the path cut between the showers. Here's the view between Crosby and Wallhead #hadrianswall #nationaltrail in #cumbria
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The Art Nouveau Butterfly Brooch from the 1900s is a prime example of the Art Nouveau movement's distinct and revolutionary approach to jewelry design. This style, which flourished between 1890 and 1910, marked a significant departure from the rigid, traditional designs of the
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Bronze brush rest in the form of a praying mantis by Murata Seimin (Japanese, 1761–1837), Tokyo, c. 1800 AD (late Edo); cast copper alloy (bronze), L. 17.5 cm (ca. 7 in.). Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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6 Sept 1995: The #Baltimore Orioles' Cal #Ripken Jr. breaks New York #Yankee great Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak when he plays in his 2,131st #baseball game. #MLB #streak #history #ad
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This week's crème de la crème -- September 6, 2025 https://t.co/os92b7VlMN via @geneaalacarte
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Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to Access Chinese Case Files at LAC (2025) Linda Yip on Past Presence. Tracing the Irish Famine Generation in Government Transportation...
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Duddo Stone Circle in Northumberland. The circle is incomplete with a sixth stone now missing on the circle’s western side. Excavations in 2008 suggest a construction date during the early Bronze Age. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Northumberland
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Not all ancestors were model citizens. Illegitimate. Poor. Sick. Outcasts. Their stories matter too. 📺 Watch Janet Few’s Ancestors on the Margins: tracing misfortunate ancestors in Britain. FREE through Sept 10: https://t.co/rsfwm1n7N7
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A Pictish ring was found by volunteer John Ralph during a University of Aberdeen-led dig at Burghead, Moray, #OTD in 2023. Professor Gordon Noble said it further indicated 'the high-status production of metalwork' at the Pictish power centre. 📸National Museums Scotland
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From the Banks of the Thames to the Mud of Passchendaele read the story of Great Uncle Harry Keyes and my visit to the Western Front to retrace his footsteps. #WW1 #Genealogy #Ypres #Passchendaele #History #FamilyHistory
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From the Banks of the Thames to the Mud of Passchendaele: The Life and Loss of Harry Joseph Keyes Before the mud, the gunfire, and the chaos of the Western Front, before the thunder of artillery at…
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One of the most intriguing stories from Sumerian mythology centers around Enki, the god of wisdom, and Ninhursag, the goddess of fertility and healing. Their complex relationship illustrates themes of divine love, sexuality, and the constant balance of conflict and reconciliation
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Excavators in Iraq unearthed something unusual at the site of the Assyrian capital of Nineveh: a 7th-century B.C. monumental stone relief featuring the deities Ashur and Ishtar. The major gods have never been found in artwork at Nineveh before. https://t.co/ZvGj6CPqty
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Death entries of radicals Andrew Hardie and John Baird, executed in Stirling, 8 September 1820. The Radical Rising of 1820 was a week of strikes and civil unrest, resulting in trials of artisan workers. View court case papers from these trials online 👇 https://t.co/qbg9HwYSVN
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More International Institute of Genealogical Studies videos on YouTube https://t.co/SU9TiFkbj5 via @geneaalacarte
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The International Institute of Genealogical Studies continues to add videos to their YouTube channel. Within the last few days, they have posted three new videos, ranging in length from 35 to 55...
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"The little things aren't actually so little. "I'm getting married this year and have been looking for relationship advice. My grandpa told me about how when he got married, he was 22 and my grandma was 20. From the day they met, he always made a point to put gas in her car."
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An interesting attempt at an elephant from one ancient #Roman mosaic maker - not sure in this case that they had ever actually seen one before though... 🐘 #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
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Thrills and excitement at late medieval theme parks weren’t the result of fancy technology, but rather a complete lack of health and safety protocols - 15th century, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49, f. 113r
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C. Tucker Beckett was a veteran of both the Spanish-American War and World War I. He captured many iconic moments on film and is pictured here at his studio in the camp of the 16th Infantry in Texas in 1916: https://t.co/3XM44afSvp
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A charming little Neo-Gothic building where Alexandre Dumas would go to write or take a break. It stood on the grounds of his large suburban Paris estate (the Château de Monte-Cristo), where he lived in the late 1840s.
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Happy Monday! Here are two lovely little owls decorating an ancient Greek ceramic drinking cup made in Athens around 2,500 years ago! 🦉❤️ Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #Archaeology
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