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@veranmiller.bsky.social

Genealogy, blogger (https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/), writer (Genealogy at a Glance: Ukrainian Genealogy Research & Genealogy at a Glance: Russian Genealogy Research), genealogy research speaker, https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-vera-miller

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2w ago

NARA's databases of A-Files have grown even bigger from last year. These files are genealogy gems of researching immigrant ancestors and relatives who are difficult to research. Search for people born in the 1870s to 1926 for free in the databases. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/n...

NARA quietly expands two databases of its most valuable immigration collections to 2.5 million files

The collection of the most valuable research gems that the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) holds on immigrants got a big boost in the past year. Just in the middle of last …

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 3w ago

I am counting down to RootsTech 2027. I will present, "Breaking Into Russian Genealogy Through Online Research." A big thank you to FamilySearch and everyone who supported my journey to reach this accomplishment. www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ #genealogy

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 3w ago

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WATCH: 6-year-old Chinese girl sets women’s Rubik’s Cube speed record

See video of 6-year-old Lian Yunzhi setting a new women's world record by solving Rubik’s cubes at an average pace of just over four seconds per cube.

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 4w ago

I finished my 5th language on Duolingo yesterday, Czech. Now I need to go back to German to finish three new units that Duolingo recently added. I so wish I could learn another Slavic language on Duolingo. #Duolingo

Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 4w ago

Now I feel weak… www.wtae.com/article/pitt...

Pittsburgh teacher breaks Guinness World Record with 1,826 pushups in an hour

She did 1,826 pushups in one hour. Now, a Pittsburgh physical education teacher is using her Guinness World Record to inspire students to do hard things.

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · last mo.

My blog crushed a brickwall in my family tree. I wrote about finding my ggg grandfather’s death record online 8 years ago. A woman from German who is a gg granddaughter of the same ancestor found my blog post. Now I need to solve a death mystery for the woman’s gfather. Hoping for more good news…

Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · last mo.

Search almost 24 million scanned pages of Russian archive records for free, thanks to AI scanning and indexing. Records coming from almost 30 archives throughout Russia. The database has records from the mid-18th century to the WWII era. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/a...

AI transcribes almost 24 million Russian archive record pages for free searching

Thanks to the efforts of a project through Russia’s version of Google, more than 20 million pages of Russian archive records are available to search for free. The Yandex Archive Search starte…

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now that is a remarkable career- www.wpxi.com/news/local/p... #teaching #education

Pittsburgh professor achieves Guinness World Record for longest career as male science instructor

At the time of the official designation, Francis Maxin had served 59 years and 245 days at CCAC’s Main Campus in Pittsburgh.

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DNA results got more comprehensive on MyHeritage with the release of Y-DNA results. Another reason to get a DNA test on MyHeritage...Learn more here- blog.myheritage.com/2026/08/new-...

New on MyHeritage: Trace Your Paternal Line Back Thousands of Years with Y-DNA - MyHeritage Blog

Your father inherited it from his father, who inherited it from his father, stretching back in an unbroken chain all the way back through history. Your

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Horrible… www.inc.com/georgia-fear...

Amazon Is Buying Up Older Books and Destroying Them After Scanning. The Orders Go Back to 2024

A new investigation traced a roughly 1,000-book order to an Amazon scanning operation. Inc. found unusual shipments were reaching the same Las Vegas warehouse back in 2024.

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What a surprise. Another success story from MyHeritage. A MyHeritage DNA test is now cheaper than a package of steak at Sam’s Club. Don’t miss out on your own success story… www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Childhood friends find ‘missing piece’ when DNA test reveals they’re sisters

The two girls, who grew up in different adoptive families in the Netherlands 100 miles apart, discovered they were sisters through a DNA test.

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan — Guardian US

The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen for 70 years

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Who wants this for $800,000 in Pittsburgh, Pa.? triblive.com/local/bloomf...

Bloomfield shipping container home offers cool digs, rooftop living

It’s big, blue and built to last. That’s just a few words that describe The Blue Pearl, a house built with shipping containers. The new-construction home is located on Pearl Street in Bloo...

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Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I lost a bunch of weight and here is the guilt trip from MyHeritage if I skip the gym for the day. Thanks, MyHeritage for your latest released DNA trait.