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
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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
Repositories of Primary Sources, an excellent index for world wide primary source material more
Use the historical census data to derive new material that will enrich your family history and hopefully, reveal new, hitherto unseen, intriguing connections more
How do family historians sort out the gold nuggets from the fools gold? Primary, secondary source material and family history 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
News: Ancestry launches new DNA Service see details with over 700,000 marker locations…ideal for family historians…tell us what you think when you have seen the update you can read here… more
Interactive mapping for local, social or family history projects can be easily learnt using our tool kits. Explore history through interactive maps 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
Historical texts have long been the subject of critical analysis from the writings of the Venerable Bede to the latest releases from the National Archives. Maps too have been analyzed in great depth. We explore what they can reveal to us about the world in which they were created, from the Mappa Mundi, through the… more
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… more
Dan Snow British pathe and an interactive app with 10,000 events interactive maps and video, an interesting attempt at curating a timeline for the whole of WWII. (For IOS iphone, Mac and Ipad 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
Derived data from historical census material can open up a whole new avenue of research for family historians. The US Immigration Explorer gives an interesting perspective on foreign born individuals from 1880 to 2000 more
Research for your project, easily, quickly and share the results, an interesting new tool with Tech Savvy Supporters, well worth a look more
Great service Livestream applied at the Guild of one-Name Studies #GOON2012 conference, find how it is done… more
A fusion of history science and geography…Bill Gates on Why Big History Matters to him. 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
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
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… more
BBC British History Timeline, an overview and starting point, see screencast YouTube Video and links as a baseline example for Historic timelines… more
The originator of the BIG HISTORY Course at Berekely Professor Watler Alavarez introducing the subject itself… more
History of the Universe, Earth History and Microsoft backed ChronoZoom intriguing history and IT for historians as good as it currently gets, take a look Videos and links… more
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 more
What is ‘Linked Data’ why is open data relevant to anyone with an interest in history…listen to Tim Berners Lee web pioneer telling us all about it, tap into to some intriguingly linked resources and help change the world… 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