Eastern Daily Press: Find out if you live in a house that once belonged to a First World War soldier. “A new website has been launched enabling people to search their postcode and find out if they live in or near a house that once belonged to a soldier from the First World War.” I briefly checked out the site, and while there were listings all over the world, most of them were in the UK and Europe.
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Missouri State Genealogical Association: NEHGS Offers FREE Access on American Ancestors Thru Tues!
Missouri State Genealogical Association: NEHGS Offers FREE Access on American Ancestors Thru Tues!. “To assist family historians of all levels with a great reason to fall back into research, American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) are granting FREE access to more than 1.4 billion names within its data-rich online records.” Apologies for posting this with little notice — I did not hear about it until late Saturday…
Genealogy’s Star: Ten Threats to the Future of Genealogical Research
Genealogy’s Star: Ten Threats to the Future of Genealogical Research. “As time passes, certain social, economic, and cultural factors do not bode well for the future of genealogical research. Because of the involvement of large, online genealogy companies, we are being led to believe that the “future” of genealogical research lies in their huge online collections of documents and the application of genealogical DNA testing, but despite these two greatly beneficial developments, we still have, at best, a murky genealogical future.”
ABC News (Australia): Grave enthusiasts unearth the forgotten history of Indonesia for Instagram community
ABC News (Australia): Grave enthusiasts unearth the forgotten history of Indonesia for Instagram community. “Ms [Ruri] Hargiyono is part of a new Instagram-based community in Jakarta, called Indonesia Graveyard, dedicated to exploring the nation’s past through its dead. She explores historical landmarks in and around the capital with her friend Deni Priya Prasetia, whom she met at a history club in Jakarta. Sharing each other’s passion for history and photography, they started documenting the untold stories of the city’s burial places and founded the Indonesian Graveyard group in 2016.”
Brownstoner: See What Your Home Once Looked Like With Newly Digitized 1940s Tax Photos
Brownstoner: See What Your Home Once Looked Like With Newly Digitized 1940s Tax Photos. “In a major boon for researchers, New York City history aficionados and old building lovers, the New York City Department of Records & Information Services has released a treasure trove of visual material online. The digitization of 720,000 images from the circa 1940 tax photo collection means a photograph of every building in the city at the time is now available to peruse online.”
DigitalNC: More additions to the R. Kelly Bryant Obituary Collection Now Online at DigitalNC
Digital NC: More additions to the R. Kelly Bryant Obituary Collection Now Online at DigitalNC. “More additions to the R. Kelly Bryant Obituary Collection, provided by our partner, the Durham County Library, are now online at DigitalNC. This collection of funeral programs and obituaries of African American residents of Durham was compiled by R. Kelly Bryant (1917-2015), a historian with an extensive knowledge of Durham, North Carolina.”
Fold3: Free Access to the Native American Collection
Fold3: Free Access to the Native American Collection . “November is National Native American Heritage month. To celebrate, we’re offering free access* to our Native American collection November 1-15.”
