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April 26, 2006More Census and Genealogy Records Available for Scotland
Scotsman.com has the details about some new census/genealogy offerings from Scotlandspeople. New materials available on the site include censusrecords from Scotland from 1841 as well as other documents relevant to genealogy (birth and death records, etc.) Scotlandspeople is available at...
Continue reading "More Census and Genealogy Records Available for Scotland" » December 09, 2005Finding Your Ancestors In County Durham, England
This is a fairly narrowly-focused site but there's a lot here. If you're have ancestors in County Durham, England, and you want to do research on them, check out Durham Records Online at http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com . This site has several genealogical...
Continue reading "Finding Your Ancestors In County Durham, England" » August 04, 2005A Database of Welsh Place Names
The BBC is reporting on a new database of Welsh place names (their story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4732993.stm .) The project, from University of Wales, Bangor, is available at http://www.bangor.ac.uk/PlaceNames/English/index.html . Unfortunately it doesn't yet seem to be active. The site describes...
June 22, 2005Were Your Ancestors at the Battle of Trafalgar?
The National Archives in the UK have launched a new database for people to see if their ancestors were at the Battle of Trafalgar. It's called, strangely enough, Trafalgar Ancestors and it's available at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors . (Only those who served...
Continue reading "Were Your Ancestors at the Battle of Trafalgar?" » May 11, 2005Guardian Wants You To Ask Aristotle
The UK Guardian has a feature available called Ask Aristotle, which they describe as "a guide to who holds power across Britain." You can get a description and a search form (search form in the blue box on the left)...
December 30, 2004National Library of Scotland RSS Feed
The National Library of Scotland has an RSS Feed at http://www.nls.uk/news/feed.xml. Woooooooot....
December 01, 2004The Scotsman Launches a Digital Archive
The Scotsman has launched a digital archive of their newspaper going back to 1817 and going through 1900. Though it does cost to access articles, searching is fahree and there's a sample of content available. The archive's at http://tinyurl.com/5xjuo (sorry,...
Continue reading "The Scotsman Launches a Digital Archive" » Online Database of Scots Texts Available
It's called SCOTS, and it stands for Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech. It includes about 400 texts from Scots to Scottish English. It was assembled by the Arts and Humanities Research Board and it's available at http://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/ . The...
Continue reading "Online Database of Scots Texts Available" » September 01, 2004UK Immigrant Records to Go Online
Kablenet is reporting ( http://www.kablenet.com/kd.nsf/Frontpage/80F78772D6FA3CD780256F01003860A4?OpenDocument ) that the records of over 50,000 immigrants to the UK are going online by March 2005. The naturalizations listed will span from 1844-1930 and will include people like TS Eliot and Sir Henry Stanley....
August 16, 2004Web Site Lists British Births, Deaths, Marriages -- But You'll Pay
If you're looking for information on British war dead and you don't mind filling out a somewhat snarky registration and paying some moolah, you might be interested in the Web site 1837Online ( http://www.1837online.com ). (How is the registration snarky?...
Continue reading "Web Site Lists British Births, Deaths, Marriages -- But You'll Pay" » July 12, 2004Historical Directories in the UK
I'm not sure this is complete yet, but there's enough to be seen at the Digital Library of Historical Directories that you'll be browsing a while. It's available at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ . This site is a collection of historical local and...
June 01, 2004Library of Scotland Offers Broadsides From 17th to the 20th Century
The Library of Scotland has a new online exhibit available, a collection of almost 1800 broadsides dating from 1650 to 1910. The exhibit, called "The Word On the Street" is available now at http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/index.html . This is truly nifty; you...
Continue reading "Library of Scotland Offers Broadsides From 17th to the 20th Century" » March 29, 2004Online Scottish Dictionary Launched
Dundee University has launched a Scottish dictionary that incorporates both the twelve-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and the ten-volume Scottish National Dictionary. It's available at http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ . The dictionary is searchable by full-entry and "headword" ("searches for Scots...
November 10, 2003Archive For Films Shot In Scotland
I admit it, when I think of films, "Scotland" does not immediately pop into my mind. But there's enough of Scotland's national film archive to create an entire site, which is available at http://data.scottishscreen.com/home/ . You can do a simple...
October 13, 2003British Pathe Launches Photo Archive
Remember that British Pathe newsreel archive that was covered in ResearchBuzz not too long ago? Now from the same source comes a database of over 12 million historic photographs. The database was actually generated by scanning all of the newsreel...
September 25, 2003NLS Expands their Maps of Scotland Collection
The Nat. Library of Scotland has expanded their online Maps of Scotland collection to include another 500 zoomable map images. The new maps cover the period 1776-1928. Materials in the maps include Scotland's first road atlas (from 1776) and the...
Continue reading "NLS Expands their Maps of Scotland Collection" » UK Central Government Archives Launched
The National Archives of the UK launched the UK Central Government Web Archive on September 24th. Currently the site preserves fifty government Web sites (though they're not all available, and you'll see in a moment) and is located at http://www.pro.gov.uk/webarchive/...
Continue reading "UK Central Government Archives Launched" » August 15, 2003A Roundup of Cool Researchy Things
The National Library of Scotland now has an RSS feed for its news ( http://www.nls.uk/news/feed.xml )... Feedster now offers Sherlock support (you can get it from the front page: http://www.feedster.com/ ...) Mozilla's got 1.5 Alpha! Awesome! http://www.mozilla.org/ ... hey! Go...
August 06, 2003Survey Maps of Scotland Towns
The National Library of Scotland has released a digital library of over 1,900 sheets of surveys covering 62 towns surveyed between 1847 and 1895. It's available at http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/townplans/index.html . You may browse these surveys either from a map of Scotland...
June 17, 2003Playbills of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh
The National Library of Scotland is at it again! This time they've put together over 240 playbills from the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh between 1800-1850. This new collection is available at http://www.nls.uk/playbills/. From the main page you have the option...
Continue reading "Playbills of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh" » March 10, 2003Catalog of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence
Good morning, Library of Scotland! What do you have for us today? Why, it's the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence, a database cataloging the locations of the nearly 14,000 letters written to or from Sir Walter...
Continue reading "Catalog of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence" » January 28, 2003New Online Robert Burns Exhibit
Rockin' Sockin' Library of Scotland! They're at it again, this time with an online exhibit for poet Robert Burns. You can get it at http://www.nls.uk/burns/ . This site provides a narrative of Burns' life as well as information about...
November 20, 2002Pencils of Light -- Early Scotland Photography Collection
You know, I've always liked Scotland, but suddenly it's become really cool. First the New York Times announces that you can get vegetarian haggis (apologies to haggis purists), and now the N*tional Library of Scotland (name slightly altered as the...
Continue reading "Pencils of Light -- Early Scotland Photography Collection" » November 05, 2002National Library of Scotland Offers Ask-A-Librarian Service
After a six-month test run, the National Library of Scotland has started offering a new electronic reference service. Fill out the online form at http://www .nls.uk/info/readingrooms/askalibrarian.html and the librarians of the NLS will either get back to you or pass...
Continue reading "National Library of Scotland Offers Ask-A-Librarian Service" » September 24, 2002The History of Theatre In Southwest England
I don't spend enough time thinking about the history of theatre in southwest England. Now a new site can help me consider it. Applause South West, at http://www.applausesw.org.uk/ , will help me rectify that situation. ResearchBuzz readers will probably find...
Continue reading "The History of Theatre In Southwest England" » September 23, 2002More Scottish Genealogy Online
Last week new resources for Scottish genealogy were launched at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov .uk/ . First thing you'll need to do is register. Registration asks for your name, address, and phone number, and the announcement box is an "opt-out" box; ie, check...
September 09, 2002Database of British History Resources
A new resource for British history is now available at http://www.history.uk.com/ . This site contains a searchable directory of over 25,000 venues, organizations, and experts in the UK, as well as a browsable timeline of UK history from 10,000 BC...
July 22, 2002Scottish Research In One Place
The Scottish Research Information System ( http://www.scottishresearch.com/ ) provides a hub for information on academic and industry research in Scotland. The site offers several sections, including funding (with a search), a list of inventions (from Improvements in wheelchairs to A...
July 17, 2002Nat. Lib. of Scotland Adds Map Images
The National Library of Scotland has added 500 high-resolution, zoomable images to its map collection. The current map collection cover 1560-1750, while these new maps cover 1750-1928. (This collection is one of three collections that I reviewed in May.) The...
June 06, 2002Scots Dictionary to Go Online
The BBC is reporting ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_2022000/2022999.stm ) that a dictionary of what they call "Vernacular Scottish" is going online, with the expectation that it'll be complete by 2004. Researchers putting it together are going through 100,000 words, some over 800...
May 23, 2002Scottish Documents Offers Will Index
Scottish Documents ( http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp ) offers a searchable index of over 300,000 names in Scottish wills from 1500-1875. You can do a simple search (first name and surname) or an advanced search (first name, surname, date range, occupation). A search...
May 06, 2002Library of Scotland Updates Map Collection
The Library of Scotland Maps Collection ( http://www.nls.uk/maps/ ) is a wonder to behold. The online version comes in three main categories -- Maps of Scotland 1560-1769, Pont's Maps of Scotland, and Military Maps of Scotland from the 18th century....
Continue reading "Library of Scotland Updates Map Collection" » March 28, 2002The British Library Gets into Internet Archiving
The British Library, reports the BBC ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1896000/1896620.stm ) wants to expand its original project of archiving 100 UK Web sites. The project, Domain UK, could expand to 10,000 UK Web sites of "social and historical importance" depending on whether...
Continue reading "The British Library Gets into Internet Archiving" » March 21, 2002Metasearch Engine Focuses on UK Search Engines
AllSearchEngines ( http://www.allsearchengines.co.uk ) has started a metasearch engine that offers results from six UK- focused search engines -- Overture UK, Yahoo UK, Mirago UK, AltaVista UK and MSN UK. You have the option of waiting between 2 and 25...
Continue reading "Metasearch Engine Focuses on UK Search Engines" » January 08, 2001These Old Houses
Hey, neat! It's an attempt to list all the country houses every built in Britain or Ireland, standing or demolished. It's currently got over 6,000 listings and it's called the Database of Houses ( http://www.dicam illocompanion.com/Houses_database.html ). You can access...
December 28, 2000Find Plants in the UK -- By Postcode
The Postcode Plant Database ( http://www.nhm.ac.uk/scienc e/projects/fff/ ) was developed to find native plants and wildlife by postcode. The front page search interface is very simple; give the first part of a postcode. (I used KT22.) The resulting page --...
November 05, 1999Article on UK Resources
The latest issue of Free Pint has a good article on finding UK library and information science resources. Lots of links. http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/041199.htm#tips...
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