Chronology and the sequence of the events and the relationship and dependencies and connections between them, all very intriguing. Lots of tools say they help you build custom timelines but after a lot of research we can show you the tools and techniques to get you going, up and running fast. So you can focus on what matters most to you, your project and your toolkit. Certainly a very interactive process productive focused and fun, why not take a look and consider what dates you have available…
Category Archives: Intriguing Blog
Hampshire History Project Live at HGS Open Day
HGS Open Day was a lively and engaging event, we were demonstrating this new and evolving project as an example of the tools, resources, techniques and approach we are taking to our workshops, projects and toolkit. Find out about the HGS and this new project for family local and social historians…
Mapping the London Blitz
Will the TNA JISC funded Mapping the Blitz Project help those of us that funded it with our hard earn’t tax payers money we do hope so….
Broadcast Your Event Live to Youtube Using Google+ Live
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
Intriguing Mapping a digital perspective
A short video from BBC Beauty of Maps, a glimpse at a digital perspective that underpins why we believe that digital maps combined with historic documents offer up an intriguing historical perspective and help us all connect and gain deeper insights in our history…
Intriguing Families and ‘Success is not Succession’
Power and Politics, what makes a Prime minister, White Heat as a Microcosm of recent social history, have we evolved or is the state of our political elite not really moved on at all…Intriguing Families Power and politics let’s find out more…
Google Extensions RootsTech Open and Micro Data
Open and Linked Data, Google and seamless structured query search between websites, apps and search engines…some Google extensions and an update on RootsTech from Louisa @GenealogyGems, check out the videos and update here…
Visualising Big History Explained Video
The originator of the BIG HISTORY Course at Berekely Professor Watler Alavarez introducing the subject itself…
Open Data for History in the Making…
Open Data, Linked Data accessible to all and able to be shared analysed and used by us all. Listen to short video from the excellent Nigel Shadbolt and you will soon see why this is relevant and important for anyone interested in history as well as just about every other aspect of life. This is not just blue sky thinking, it’s happening here and now and there are opportunities tog et involved…now
Titanic Mapping history with Sonar…100 years approaching
Exciting conclusion of the Sonar based Titanic Mapping Project during to be broadcast in April, some intriguing resources and a great clip of the lovely lady and last survivor of the Titanic. Mapping your history with more than 100,000+ photos this is a great application of mapping and large scale data visualisation, find out more and don’t miss the forthcoming broadcast…
Family History Books 40,000 Digitized Books
Try this free resource from Family Search, 40,000 digitized publications on genealogy and family history
Michael Stern Hart inspired to seek truth and question authority
How History is made, The Guttenberg Founder Michael Stern Hart quoting George Bernard Shaw and why preserving digital archives matters to us all…
E Reader brilliant resource for researching history topics…Kindle Sony whatever
Why my E Reader has converted me and how I have got on with this intriguing experiment.Lovin books and researching with my Kindle has been a great new experience. Find out why and how to get more IT help and views for your history project…
British Library Historical Map Project Get Involved and Take Part
The British Library has just launched a few days ago the BL historical map project an online 3D visualisation, using Google Earth, of 724 rare maps in order to be able to compare the past with the present…what an opportunity to join in and participate in this innovative project. The project involves 724 maps of England and Wales…
Video Games an intriguing use of UK Web Archive Project
When is an artefact of value? Would you think of your children’s discarded videogaming as ‘history in the making’ worthy of it’s own historic archive
Looking for German Ancestors @ WDYTYA 2012?
Intriguing Family History are very excited to be at the WDYTYA show 2012, so we thought as well as keeping you up to date with our own news over the next few weeks we would explore some of our fellow exhibitors sites and see if we can help you make connections……
About Us
Started this quest looking for better resources to take our own history projects forward, supplementing but not replacing our favourite family tree and research record systems, we couldnt find the right tools so we started researching and building some ourselves, here is how we hope to share the outcome of our labours, we aren’t historians and dont want to be, we are intrigued and fascinated aby the journey through history and the inspiring connections we have been finding…
Visualising history and health 200 countries 200 years 120,000 data points
Visualising history before and after technology John Snow, Florence Nightingale and Professor Rosling’s intriguing connections….all shared the same belief in the power of visualisation. Examples of visualising history and how it may inform the research and development of a toolkit for family social and local historians or those with a special interest project or collection they are researching and studying.
Why Mapping Your History Matters?
What do maps do? Why are they important in history projects? How can you Map your history and how will this process help you make new connections and gain new insights…for your family, social, local or special interest history project.
Life Events and Data Tags in the Family History Gedcom File format 5.5
Life events and data tags supported in the Gedcom file format determine what data you can extract from your family tree files, here are the standard tags established and supported in version 5.5 of the standard.This useful lists gives you an overview to the art of the possible for family tree data that might be creatively redeployed using different tools than just a timeline or hierarchical family tree…
Intriguing History
A free resource for family, local, social, collection and special interest history projects, find our now how and why Intriguing History can help you Map History, Make Connections and Gain New Insights into Your Hisotry Project…
WDYTYA Show Feedback Ideas Suggestions and Conumdrums Corner…
Conumdrums to ponder and help resolve…feedback ideas and suggestions, demos to convert to online videos, more to come from Intriguing History, Resources and some Intriguing Mapping tools n the making, we will be rolling out additional resources post WDYTYA and thanks to all who attended….
War Horse – Fact and Fiction Exhibition National Army Museum
The War Horse Exhibition at The National Army Museum tells the stories of real war horses in WWI, a very moving exhibition
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