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Did
you know that there is something called Library Company of Philadelphia? The Library Company of
Philadelphia is an independent research library specializing in American
history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Open
to the public free of charge, the Library Company houses an
extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides,
ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art. I learned about it through its Flickr page
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Ireland’s Memorial
Records are now digitized and online via the Flanders Fields Museum
project website. These records
represent the 49,000 names published in 1923 by The Committee of the Irish
National War Memorial and were originally alphabetically listed in eight
leather bound volumes.
AmericanAncestors.org (aka New England Historic
Genealogical Society, NEHGS) has a new blog, Vita Brevis designed
to offer the reader short essays by the Society’s expert staff on their own
research as well as news of the greater genealogical community.
Dick Eastman (EOGN) brought to our attention that there is a new
website, Tombo, with Information about 20+ District Archive Sites in Portugal. The
website is mostly in Portuguese and you can select an English interface, though
recognize that any records mentioned are listed in Portuguese.
Colorized
historic photos are just mesmerizing. Check out a video, Brief Moments in History, to see some stunning images of
what these photos might have looked like had color photography been invented
and in wide-spread use.
Families in British
India Society (FIBIS) has a new database, St. Helena, South Atlantic – Banns
of Marriage 1849-1924. Check out the full holdings of the FIBIS database here.
The MapLab of WIRED ran a piece, Maps
Reveal How Immigration Transformed Boston’s Neighborhoods. A new exhibit at the Boston Public Library uses
maps, modern and historic photos, and census data to illustrate how waves of
immigration shaped the city and its individual neighborhoods in the 20th
century — and continue to shape them today.
Another Irish
research resource! How to trace your
Ancestors in County Monaghan (Ireland
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