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John Grenham.. What's new?
- August 5 2017: Added new (rough-and-ready) households by Catholic parish. E.g. Reynolds
- July 25 2017: Updated British Newspaper Archive listings. E.G. Sligo
Was he shot or did he fall? Lonely death a mystery | Northern Star
UPDATE #4: Facebook for Australian History and Genealogy Very helpful list Alona
Dictionary of Sydney has posted a new item, 'Sydney’s modernists'
Newspapers: a family album of stories Library Currants
NEWS FLASH..
Once again genealogists win! When working together we have an excellent record.
Yesterday, the IAJGS Records Access Alert posted about the precedent-setting practice, to begin later this month in the Northamptonshire Archives, charging £31.50 per hour for the public reading documents in the Archives when it is closed with its new limited hours. The charge was for those who were reading the documents on Tuesday-Thursday afternoons when the archives proposed to "close" at 1:00PM on those days. The archives are closed on Monday and Fridays.
I noted that there was a petition on change.org and that seemed to get the attention of the County Council. Reported today by the owner of the Change.org petition, " the Northamptonshire County Council has reviewed its decision to change opening hours at its archives and heritage center after listening to the views of its regular users and supporters. The Archives will now be open for free access Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9AM to 1PM and 2;00PM to 5:00PPM and the first Saturday of the month 9:00AM to 1:00PM."
Due to the continuing budgetary constraints, the Northamptonshire County Council will do a full review before the next financial year which will include a full consultation around any proposed changes. They did note there was a 50% decrease in number of researchers between 2006 and 2016. Therefore, we still need to be vigilant so that the charge per hour is not reinstated.
To read the change about the charge, go to:
Queensland State Archives (QSA) would like to invite you to join us for our upcoming event, The Prosecution Project: Queensland sources and Queensland stories, on 6 September 2017 at QSA at Runcorn from 10.30 am to 11.30 am.
Our guest speaker, Griffith University’s Professor of History in the School of Humanities and Director of the Prosecution Project Professor Mark Finnane, will discuss The Prosecution Project, the Queensland sources for the project and the stories about crime and justice they disclose.
The Prosecution Project is a national research project investigating the history of criminal prosecution in Australia. The project aims to document criminal trials in all Australian states from as early as 1824 to the 1960s.
Data entry on a web portal hosted at Griffith University is being carried out by the research team and by citizen historians, volunteers who have come forward to help with the project.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Tickets are available so please book through Eventbrite to reserve your place.
Our guest speaker, Griffith University’s Professor of History in the School of Humanities and Director of the Prosecution Project Professor Mark Finnane, will discuss The Prosecution Project, the Queensland sources for the project and the stories about crime and justice they disclose.
The Prosecution Project is a national research project investigating the history of criminal prosecution in Australia. The project aims to document criminal trials in all Australian states from as early as 1824 to the 1960s.
Data entry on a web portal hosted at Griffith University is being carried out by the research team and by citizen historians, volunteers who have come forward to help with the project.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Tickets are available so please book through Eventbrite to reserve your place.
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Oh Chris - how do you find all these things? I now have at least a dozen tabs open and the puppy will have to wait another hour for her walk. Can you hear the pathetic whining from where you are?
ReplyDeletePoor puppy, I wish I could hear the whining..
DeleteGlad you find these items of interest, Alex. The trick to saving them is to take notes of the date of publication, then they are easy to find again. You can also use the search bar at the bottom of the page.
I find myself publishing one week's collection and immediately adding to the list for the next week. Being a curious person, it's hard to decide what to leave out, rather than what to include.
PS Thank you for the shout out Chris !
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome, Alex.
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