Map warping, layering historical and modern maps, open access at New York Public Library more
Category Archives: CENTURIES
Take time to examine marriage registration following Hardwick’s Marriage Act of 1754 and see what clues these documents can reveal about your family history more
Family historians should be aware of the change made from the Julian to the Gregorian Calender in 1751/52. An intriguing anomaly more
Just how important was the church to life in Medieval Britain and how were our ancestors lives affected? more
Highclere history highlights some intriguing connections after an enjoyable afternoon with Lady Carnarvon. Did the price of grain lead to a significant increase in Anglo-American Marriages amongst the British Aristocracy? Were the aristocratic marriages significant in the development of our society and what impact did they have subsequently through two world wars on the Special Relationship between two Nation-States. Amazing what you can learn from an intriguing lunch-time talk… more
Create a local or family history photo archive of the C21st that reflects the trivia of everyday life. Things that are often ignored because they seem so mundane and ordinary will be so valuable to future generations. Print and annotate your archives, carefully store away for someone to discover in the future. more
See this good example of just using google and images with simple captions to narrate a history project and projection of the future. Here is the challenge can looking at your history through the images of say a dozen objects attract new interest, communicate effectively, make new connections integrate with maps and timelines and with these new and intriguing connections can you gain some new insights? well worth a look tools tipsan technques to adapt for you and your history project. more
The great thing about new technology is not always about the technology itself, it’s also the applications that can be found for it. Facial recognition software, used to identify criminals, is going to be applied to historic portrait paintings. Who are the sitters for paintings such as Vermeer’s ‘Girl with The Pearl Earring’ or Leonardo’s… more
William Morgan’s Map of London 1682 and 1676 were key social history documents, they reveal much more than where and how London was organised in the post Great Fire era and at the dawn of the Enlightenment why is this document important for anyone wanting to understand the later history of London and it’s population. A series of intriguing connections with marvellous maps that illustrate why the mapped and geospatial perspective is compelling and vital in researching your history project. more
So yep you heard you can multi-video call within Google+ for free , which costs on Skype but did you know you can host and stream your hangout live to Youtube too. It’s fresh out of beta and invite only, so now why not try it, see demo video herein and links for industry review and Google How to and give it a go more
Munch sale captured on YouTube, art history and business in the making, digital transience what will happen to our archives, the equal and opposing forces of clamour for open data and archives and the need to profit to fund invention creativity and innovation. How can you secure your future archives and can we achieve a better balance, inspired by a 12 minute YouTube Moment… more
Steve Jobs honoured with Smithsonian Patent exhibition, what is the significance and resonance with you and your history project….what were the historic origins of intellectual property, copyright and licensing designs, so much of industry still relies on this protection what will happen going forward in an open world where everyone has access to the same knowledge, the start of a series of articles…. more
New investigation of the Virginia Pars Map reveals some intriguing new evidence for the ‘Lost Colony’ more
Fascinating Evesham Map c1400 more
Interactive mapping for local, social or family history projects can be easily learnt using our tool kits. Explore history through interactive maps more
Intriguing Arctic Sea Ice Maps, reveal historical data about the extent of Arctic sea ice over the last 70 years more
Family history toolkit to exploring British Population Reports, enrich your family history by looking at the derived information from census material in the C19th and C20th more
The work of engineering giants can be explored at the Network Rail online archive more
An extraordinary and intriguing artefact the Hereford Mappa Mundi dating back to circa 1300 the largest Mappa Mundi still in existence, see video an links to further intriguing resources. more
How can you build your own personal online art collection and maybe find some new and intriguing resources and information to enjoy and inform the research for your history project!. Automating some legwork sure worked for me, it is a bit like fishing you need to be patient but it yields results and does much more searching than you could do manually, take a look at the Painting I found for my One Name Study. more
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s excellent timeline for setting the context of art alongside your history project, helps you navigate and find a deeper reflection of the timeline that is relevant to you… more
Max Hastings was there and traveled out on the Canberra, established historian and authority on WWII his perspective and views are intriguing… more
So what are the connections between Angus Dundee and Captain Scott of the Antarctic and what resources are available for you to use… more
US National Archives 1940 Launch countdown, Inflection appointed and hosting the free service…Volunteers and collaboration we can all learn something from that. Lets not repeat the debacles we have seen over the 1911 Census….Come on UKNational archives lets lead the way in europe… more
How was it done, where is it going, how many pages are in the British Newspaper Archive and have you compared it to the National library of Australia’s free to use resource. Would you pay for it and given the OCR quality is it good enough… more
Timeline for Falklands War, 30 years on can you remember were you were and what were you doing? What was the impact on your family history, and in thirty years has very much changed or been learn’t from the lesson and losses of lives from the conflict… more
When searching in your family history for a missing child, consider looking at records for The British Home Children to Canada databases, or you can add your own data to an ever growing list of children more
Trying to track down and explore the lives of colonial ancestors? Use time lines to extend and enrich your family history project. more
Ancestry Android Iphone and Ipad where are they at and what are they doing, a video update and some resources to explore as alternatives Take a look at MyHeritage Ancestry BillionGraves and a great tool called Evernotes. Anytime anywhere its just great… more
BBC History of British Empire Timeline and the great insight of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire series. Offering further enlightenment and insight into what it is to be British and how a better grip of the past might shed further light on our future… more
Medieval Names 1450-1600
A look at a website drawing together a list of Medieval names, fascinating for the family historian
Human Genetics and Genomics: The Science for the 21st Century
A science spin for family historians looking at the next steps for the human genome project.
Interactive Map of Isabella Bird Explorer
Interactive mapping for local, social or family history projects can be easily learnt using our tool kits. Explore history through interactive maps