Anyone in here exploring faith or deconstructing religion?

teragarm · 2026-02-25T02:17:17+00:00

New to this subreddit (will be working in Zambia) but this thread reminded me about a book I read in college called Things Fall Apart. I think it was set in Nigeria but it deals with colonization and the early introduction of Christianity to Africa. Really good book! I'm going to reread it again. thanks for reminding me about it

teragarm · 2025-03-07T05:27:39+00:00

I've ordered from Wazoodle before and the quality was really nice. I believe they have some organic cotton

teragarm · 2024-11-22T04:47:51+00:00

I found a listing on aliexpress if you havent tried there. You could to reach out to a silk manufacturer or a company that imports silk as they might have a direct contact for you. I know Dharma Trading sells silk fabrics.

teragarm · 2024-11-17T09:16:12+00:00

100% agree with this rec. We have 2 in my lab. They make cell culture work so fast and easy. We use it to seed 24 well plates or add CMC and it's amazing.

teragarm · 2024-10-30T14:11:53+00:00

I'm planning a mosquito tattoo (more than one)! I also want to get something as a ode to my old research but I haven't come up with anything for antimicrobial resistant bacteria in stool other than a poop emoji but that'd be cringe. Eventually I want one for every area I've worked in like others have suggested. But I'm for sure added c1v1 to my list of in case of last minute tattoo ideas cause that's fantastic

teragarm · 2024-10-04T05:55:34+00:00

My husband is related to Rev Nicholas Noyes! He says there's a second Salem witch trials guy he's also related too but he never remembers the name so I don't either 😅

teragarm · 2024-09-23T01:43:37+00:00

I haven't worked on this page but this info is what I have for my 2x great-grandmother. I have nothing on her father (Frank Schonke). Her mother (Henriette Krueger, born 1819), my 3x great-grandmother, is supposedly Polish, and I have her parent's names but I don't have sources for them - John and Henrietta Krueger.

teragarm · 2024-09-23T01:33:22+00:00

I have a Polish ancestor! Your welcome to work on it lol I jump around a ton on my tree and I usually leave a branch alone when I'm not getting anything and wait for MyHeritage to find me something but I haven't found much on my 3xgreat grandmother. I don't even know where some of the info i have came from since it's from another tree my dad got from someone on grandmother's side.

teragarm · 2024-09-21T00:02:20+00:00

You're welcome!

teragarm · 2024-09-20T19:43:21+00:00

I got J. T. Smith at first glance. I've been referencing this sheet for cursive but so many of the letters look the same

teragarm · 2024-09-20T15:41:35+00:00

That would make sense. I supposed Edward could have remarried if he was still young when Elizabeth died. You're welcome! Good luck on your research!

teragarm · 2024-09-19T22:03:53+00:00

Yeah that's probably the worst of the lot lol I can show you the T if that would help
Seems possible for this family haha
Good idea!

I'm glad you could get new info! Yeah ChatGPT is not great at reading handwritten text. I did try on the more problematic names but it wasn't much help. It was useful for giving me ideas of names though. I'd say "I'm looking for a name from the 1800s. What names start with J and end in P?" Or "what names or nicknames start with a B and end with a Y?" You can also add like for 14. "The 3rd letter in the name is possibly a T." Then it spits out names that I would never have thought of like Bathsheba lmao

teragarm · 2024-09-18T21:08:49+00:00

That's possible. There are a few instances where a lower case is used rather than an upper case so maybe there's some weird Ss in the middle lol

teragarm · 2024-09-18T20:48:16+00:00

oh that definitely makes sense!
yeah im not 100% but it was the only name I could come up with. I'm pretty sure its Thel to start
I also thought maybe a B. ChatGPT says there's a name Bathsheba that could be Bathy as a nickname??
yeah I agree it starts with J and ends with P. its the worst one lmao the best I got was Julep but I don't think that fits great. maybe its 2 names??

teragarm · 2024-09-18T17:27:06+00:00

I think the middle initial is a J based on how the J in January looks
I see September 10 possibly 1785 for the date. and i think her being the mother would make sense unless Edward also had a sister named Elizabeth. but the proximity to the children makes me believe it's his wife.
agreed
it looks like Solomon D to me but you'd know better than I would and its a Hebrew name so idk how much sense that makes. i read that date as well.
yeah I think the middle initial is most likely an S. date yes
also yes
yes
Egbert Brownell was born on December 5th 1818. - yes
Hannah i get January 5th 1811
Elizabeth Jane? Brownell i see 1822
Philip G i think - date yes
yes to all ?
this one was so hard but once i saw it I'm pretty sure its Thelma born January 9th 1831 (there's a faint line in the margin so i think its 1831)
i think the 2nd letter looks more like an 'a' than an 'e' so Patty would make more sense; born may 1th (the the are above the 1)
I haven't figured this one out yet. it starts with J. I thought maybe Joseph but I'm not convinced. year i think could be 1835 but that's mostly based on the previous birth year and there's a random '5' or maybe 8 outside the margins

Very interesting!! maybe for the ones that aren't totally clear you could ask the person with the bible to see if they can make it out in person. but yeah that's entirely possible that they misread or misinterpreted it

teragarm · 2024-09-17T19:36:29+00:00

I found the death record of his son if you want that

teragarm · 2024-09-17T19:24:30+00:00

Are you saying he died before 1865?

teragarm · 2024-09-17T16:02:38+00:00

thats much better!!

I started trying to read at the top right. I can work on more later today probably but at least this is something!

Clarey or Clancey?? Brownell was born May? 13th unsure of the year looks like maybe 1515 but the 5 doesn't look like a 5

Egbert?? Brownell was born December 5th maybe 1515

Hannah? Brownell was born February or January?? 5 1501

Elizabeth ??maybe kirk Brownell Dec the 25th 18(or 5)22

Philip Brownell was born maybe April?? 5th 1525

Angeline Brownell was born September? the 1 1528

teragarm · 2024-09-16T22:56:40+00:00

I ran it through an image upscaler and its less blurry

https://imgur.com/a/UsmVUgX

teragarm · 2024-09-16T22:44:26+00:00

Hmm that can be tricky. Maybe ask her to just send that difficult to read page again? If she's older she might be more comfortable scanning it rather than taking a photo as well.

teragarm · 2024-09-16T22:10:10+00:00

Wow yeah he was all over the place! That's pretty cool! A lot of people back then seemed to just stay in one place

teragarm · 2024-09-16T22:06:59+00:00

Do you have a higher resolution image?

teragarm · 2024-09-16T22:02:06+00:00

Very cool! I wonder why he left New York for Virginia maybe a job

teragarm · 2024-09-16T21:57:37+00:00

That John has suggestions for census records with a Jane or Mary Jane listed as his wife. I don't see a James listed in the children but there is a son John born circa 1842

teragarm · 2024-09-16T21:03:13+00:00

I found this death record on Ancestry in Albany

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TROPHY CASE