Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!
When doing genealogy there’s many different documents to look through my favorites to find are census records and death certificates because they provide a lot of info in very few documents. However there are a lot of other types including social security index records and tax records. Today I am asking what type of record or...
I’ve been looking for federated software for genealogy but it doesn’t seem anyone has made anything like that yet and also thanks for reminding me to check these before I post 😅
I’ve read The Two Georges by Turtledove and Dreyfuss, I enjoyed that but I was thinking of something more along the lines of like his Southern Victory series in structure.
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Hello everyone! As the previous mod of this community is no longer active I requested to be made mod and am very thankful to the admins to granting my request. Over the next week I will be attempting to revive this community so stay tuned!
alternate history for all your what ifs in history (lemmy.world)
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What do you all think of taking a DNA test for genealogy purposes?
I’d like to but the privacy problems are holding me back
What's some documents which are often over looked?
When doing genealogy there’s many different documents to look through my favorites to find are census records and death certificates because they provide a lot of info in very few documents. However there are a lot of other types including social security index records and tax records. Today I am asking what type of record or...
Has anyone ever made a graphic for your family tree?
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while something less complex than your normal chart. Something fun to look at like this...
Promt of the week what if Hitler was put on trail at Nuremberg trials?
Has anyone ever done a recorded interview with a family member?
This is something I’ve always wanted to do since I’ve started genealogy research for my family....
Have you Read any good stories you'd like to share?
Who's THAT person on your family tree?
The one who seemingly has no records or takes so much work to dig up one record...
What's your favorite alt history game?
Prompt of the week
What if world war 1 kept going? (for at least 5 more years or more)
Anyone have any interesting alternate history maps?
What's some early examples of alternate history
I’m aware of what many say is the first (I talked about it in an old alternate history of the day post) but what are some other examples?
At what point do you start calling someone a ancestor rather than a relative?
For me it’s my 5th great grandmother anyone further back in the tree is my ancestor because I think 6 greats is a bit much.
Another call for 2 mods
Pretty simple requirements...
How's your research gone this week?
My newest Peertube video about SCPs
spectra.video/w/8XPneYGeySBstuD5NnMvgf
Prompt of the week what if Texas remained a independent country?
What software do you use for your family tree?
I know folks here on Lemmy love FOSS so I’d suggest Gramps if you’re looking for suggestions!
Any recommendations for a book or series with the Point of Divergence being the Loyalists winning the Revolutionary War?
I’ve read The Two Georges by Turtledove and Dreyfuss, I enjoyed that but I was thinking of something more along the lines of like his Southern Victory series in structure.
I'll find something good just gotta keep looking (lemmy.world)