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An archive of 10
million Scottish Gaelic words has been launched. The Digital
Archive of Scottish Gaelic (DASG) project is already the most
comprehensive publicly accessible reference point for the Gaelic language
and culture. The DASG project has two main outputs: 1. Corpas na Gàidhlig is a searchable online database bringing together full texts dating from the Twelfth Century to the present day. 2. The Fieldwork Archive contains over 22,000 headwords taken from speech recorded in Gaelic-speaking
Time Magazine has created an online
archive of its editions published since 1923, called The
Vault. You can browse by
year or subject or search. Some content
is available for FREE and the rest requires a subscription.
More and more
historical documentation centers in the Netherlands
New York City
Municipal Archives Digitizes Materials From Early Colonial “New Amsterdam”
(1647-1674) Collections. Ordinances drawn from the Records of New Amsterdam for the
period 1647-1661 and their corresponding translations are now available at archives.nyc
First
70 years of the Technician (publication of North Carolina State
University
Researching
Hebridean ancestors ? If so, check
out the Hebridean
Connections web site. On this website you will find thousands of records relating to the genealogy, history, traditions, culture and archaeology of the Western Isles (or Outer Hebrides), a chain of islands off the west coast of Scotland.
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