Holly Sammons
@hollys.bsky.social
Librarian who no longer works in a library. Professional genealogist. Intersectional feminist. 🏳️🌈 https://letterboxd.com/hollysammons/
It's Banned Books Week! To celebrate, from October 4th to October 18th, Bookshop is offering 15% off select banned and challenged books with the code BBW26! Dig in! bookshop.org/lists/banned... #affiliatelink #ReadBannedBooks
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Best Ancestry hint I've seen in a while. Searching for a young woman named Lavancha Smith. This hint suggests she's in the 1910 Syracuse Univ yearbook. Even has a matching photo. #genealogy #ancestry
There's so much creative genealogy going on at FindAGrave. Why connect people without records? Why assume lineage without records? Why not answer my messages asking you to show me the proof of familial connections? #genealogy #citeyoursources It's that simple.
This came to my local libraries a week ago. 2 million books gifted in just one county. Dolly Parton’s impact is astounding.
In a world that is filled with such bleakness Dolly was always a light and reminder of what was good in the world. Such a loss. www.instagram.com/reel/DceNXgP...
Dolly Parton on Instagram: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton."
458K likes, 30K comments - dollyparton on August 25, 2026: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton.".
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Rochester NY. Photo taken from in front of the George Eastman museum and House #steeplesaturday
There's some songs, some music, that, no matter when you listen to it, it pulls you back to a time and place that touches your heart in the most sensitive place(s). Tears. Goosebumps and a power that can not adequately be described.
New EU report: the multiple roles of public #libraries should be recognised and reinforced Investing in public libraries benefits society and democracy in the long run, study finds. culture.ec.europa.eu/node/4055
New EU report: the multiple roles of public libraries should be recognised and reinforced
Investing in public libraries benefits society and democracy in the long run, study finds.
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I've had an idea for some time now about a website I'd like to set up. This evening I spoke to Claude (AI) about it. I can't quote them exactly but they have concerns about me taking on another project and over extending myself. HELLO. This is what I do. Over extend. Claude's advice - noted.
I know it's Saturday. I'm old; I forget what day it is. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Burn After Reading (2008) My Brilliant Career (1979) 21 (2008) "Glen or Glenda" (1953)
When I look at my Letterboxd Watchlist I feel this odd happiness and an incredible urge to just watch more movies, right now. #film 📽️🎥
My library, Syracuse Public Library, had an amazing history. I just found this photo of President Herbert Hoover signing up for a library card. Sorry, don't know the date [n.d] and I assume it's a the Central Library. [n.p.] Fun photo. #library #HerbertHoover Is there really a hashtag for Hoover?
Family Search sent an email to tell me I'm related to Samuel Huntington, who signed the Declaration of Independence. He would be my 3rd cousin seven times removed. OK. 😒 I told my brother, he told his grandchildren we are related to Samuel Jackson. #genealogy surprises never cease
The scorching weather allows me to watch more films. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday The Wonder (2022) 52 Tuesdays (2013) Jimpa (2025) The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
It's been a good day. My friend delivered 2 dozen fresh eggs from her hens to my door bright and early this morning. My AC was fixed and I just got a notice from the library that a book is being held for me. #librarylove
That feeling, when you look in your library for a book and they only have the e-book edition. I want a hard copy. I want pages to turn, a spine to hold. #librarydisappointment
This is such good news. On every level. A society that was really founded on exclusivity has become just the opposite. Good for them.
Daughters of the American Revolution Live Up to Their Name by Rejecting Ban on Trans Women
“Transgender Americans are patriots, family members, volunteers, historians, and descendants of Revolutionary War ancestors just like anyone else.”
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Ancestry has yearbooks; while searching today for a client's ancestors photo I decided to look for my 11th grade French teacher. I wasn't clear on what she looked like. Found her photo; it made me smile. She was so much fun; an exemplary educator. Thank you Mrs. Anastasia Caiello.
Monday, June 22nd, the Conquest Centre One-Place Study project will do a short presentation and discussion for the Central New York Genealogical Society. It's open to all, let me know if you'd like to attend. I'm looking forward to it. #genealogy
It's been said a gazillion times before: why didn't anyone write on the back of the photo? Scanning my parents' pics, having no clue who people are, where photo was taken. It's painful. Someone would love this photo. My mother is in some of the pics. He was probably her friend... @genealogy
There's a lot of ads and deals to buy a DNA kit for someone for Father's Day. I did that twice for two different men in my life. Neither of them took the test. I no longer wonder why. #genealogy #dna
okay but what if a 10-year-old thinks moby dick is better than middlemarch, what then. where are they supposed to go
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 4mo agoBREAKING: The UK Government confirms that Bluesky will be INCLUDED in the ban on social media for under 16s. The government said it will be BANNED because it is a “user-to-user platform who purpose is to enable social interaction.”
Found this photo in my father's papers; on the back is written "Church in Wethersfield Springs, NY" There's no steeple on this one. Probably a Baptist Church. I'm hoping to donate it somewhere in that area. Probably taken about 1958. #steeplesaturday
