David Allen Lambert
Chief Genealogist, American Ancestors in Boston, Mass. Lecturer, author, genealogist and military historian.
- Please support and share for my daughter Brenda a special needs teacher as she takes part in the Polar Plunge to fundraise and support the @specialolympicstn.bsky.social ❤️ Click link below fundraise.specialolympicsma.org/participants...
- #NASA @nasaspaceflight.com might have been going about this the wrong way afterall. Ask a Carnie!
- Honored to see longtime friend Ben Edwards today at @americanancestors.bsky.social @bostonhistory.bsky.social - Ben and his family donated a bible over 300 years old, and funds to conserve it for future generations - Thank you Ben!
- Wishing everyone a very #MerryChristmas to all my family, friends and colleagues. Hope Santa was good to all you Boys & Girls young and old.
- Ira "Ike" Schab passes one of the last Pearl Harbor veterans #WWII www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/u... #PearlHarborSurvivor #PearlHarbor
- Seasons Greetings from my Adopted Pup (neighbors dog) - Honestly who doesn't love a @tonyhawk inspired #Christmas Elf ❤️❤️ Send some love for little Denali
- Do you love a specific local #library? Why not give them a shout out and help to destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. Please share and add your own library to the thread!
- In honor of my friends and family who celebrate Chanukah and in memory of those who were sadly lost in Australia this weekend #projectmenorah
- #DickVanDyke was born closer to when #ThomasJefferson and #JohnAdams were alive in 1826 then from his own birth In 1925 to today! #DickVanDyke100
- While decorating our #ChristmasTree we located this blast from my past. Yours truly in the First Grade age 6 from 1975 - 50 years ago! Great I am officially an antique to be sold on #eBay #HappyHolidays
- So thrilled to get another amazing license plate for my collection from a friend. I am trying to add places from all over the world. If you have an old plate you dont need I am willing to give it a good home forever!! Drop me a note and RT
- Explore a database of over 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals | Archaeology News Online Magazine #Genealogy share.google/gcIfJC1MoIej...
- Offering my hearty congratulations to my friend, colleague and author Melanie E. McComb @shamrockgen.bsky.social of @americanancestors.bsky.social on her contribution to the scholarship with her chapter in the Genealogica & Heraldica XXXVI just published.
- Spread the word about the exciting new website from @americanancestors.bsky.social to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the #RevolutionaryWar revolutionaryRoots.AmericanAncestors.org RT #RevWar
- #WWI medals among memorabilia stolen on Armistice Day in Carterton - BBC News share.google/W4HNHXyAob8A...
- Opening session of #NERGC 2025 in Manchester, N.H. #Genealogy with a keynote by Annette Burke Lyttle, CG
- A fallen D-Day soldier is 'finally home' in Houston after 81 years thanks to new DNA analysis www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
- The historic 17th century House of the Seven Gables in Salem is in possible peril insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
- Honored to be lecturing tomorrow 10/10 at the 46th Annual #AAHGS at Afro-American Revolutionary Wae Veterans: Finding Ancestors in Pension Files #Genealogy Charleston, SC for @americanancestors.bsky.social and #10MillionNames
- A New History Book Depicts One Vermonter’s Life as a Civil War Soldier www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
- Are you related directly, a niece or nephew or a first or second cousin of a United States commissioned Union #CivilWar Officer? Please contact me regarding a special project. RT
- Attending the Military Order of the Loyal Legion #MOLLUS 140th Congress held Philadelphia Oct. 3-5, 2025. Honored to be Vice Commander of Massachusetts MOLLUS.
- Do you or a friend have an old license plate you no longer need? For 25 years I have been gifted license plates from all over the globe which line the walls of my garage. Today someone hand delivered a 1976 Newfoundland plate! RT #LicensePlate
- Happy 100th Birthday today to @mlb.com player Bobby Shantz #BobbyShantz The last player from the 1940s, and last Philadelphia @athletics.com player. Also played for @yankees.com @pirates.com @cardinals.com @cubsbot.bsky.social @phillies.com and old Colt 45's
- #RootsTech Registration is now open for 2026! Attend this incredible conference on March 5-7, 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT. Register at familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ Attending from home and register for #FREE at familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ #FamilySearch #genealogy #familyhistory
- #Ancestry in a legal bid to access Scottish family records from @scotlandspeople.bsky.social #Scotland #Genealogy bbc.com/news/article...
- Exciting #Genealogy news! The War of 1812 pension files are for "U" and "V" are now digitized by #fold3 - As you may know these records are #FREE to use. They are now starting on "W" Thank you to all those from #FGS years ago who donated to make this happen.
- Can you relate?
- How many points do you have? And what is the most wild one you have done. RT
- RIP #RobertRedford (1936-2025) the true Hollywood Natural - What was your favorite Robert Redford movie? Mine has long been his portrayal of #RoyHobbs in #TheNatural - RT, Remember and share your favorite
- One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in #WWII www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
- Just saying... #Archivist #Genealogy
- How old were you on May 25, 1977 when #StarWars Episode IV - A New Hope was in the theatre? And did you see it that year?
- Archaeologists find remains of Isaac Newton's mother's 17th-century house | Fox News share.google/6AoH8ZRhzdbz...
- Cambridge historian seeks recognition for first English king - BBC News share.google/on2aYHdb7d6y...
- Technology reveals the stories erased from ancient manuscripts | Technology | EL PAÍS English #Genealogy share.google/QxJKZlbkGlWk...
- Iwo Jima #WWII Marine Reunites With Sherman Tank After 80 Years > #USMC United States Marine Corps Flagship > News Display www.marines.mil/News/News-Di...
- What is your earliest memory about attending school? #YourStoryGenealogy
- A Batch of Undelivered #WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families share.google/xDgDAyDfAo9B...
- Remains of Maryland Founding Family to be Reburied Along with Rare 17th-Century Lead Coffins #Genealogy www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/remains-of-m...
- Wreck of #WWI German U-Boat Raised From the Wadden Sea share.google/LyzBuGYaZgKQ...
- 80th Anniversary Commemoration of End of World War II www.c-span.org/program/publ...
- She Found a Tattered Logbook in the Trash. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Record From the 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack - #WWII www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s... @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
- Mother and baby home archives to become digitised - BBC News share.google/7KlsOU7dNhCT...
- #WWII @USNavy veteran, remaining survivor of U.S.S. Yorktown to celebrate 101st birthday in Polk County share.google/EGWK4HM7xXVv...
- Ancient #DNA finally solves the mystery of the world’s first pandemic www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
- 40 Cities That Had Different Names in Medieval Times - Medievalists.net share.google/Gg17Fu879Ahf...
- Join @americanancestors.bsky.social at our FREE open house tomorrow 8/29 in Boston. Learn more with my colleague @shamrockgen.bsky.social !! New Boston exhibit kickstarts journey to uncover family history #Genealogy www.wcvb.com/article/bost...
