Pride and preservation of the language and history of Wales is important to the archives and library in that small country which is also one of the United Kingdom. However, currently if something you're interested is not digitalized, you cannot get an archivist to find it for you. The emphasis is on the digitalization.
23 November 2024
WALES : ARCHIVAL RESEARCH and NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES / ARCHIFAU CYMRU and LLFRGELL GENEDLAETHOL
20 November 2024
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA homepage
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AUSTRALIA - WHAT'S IN THE COLLECTION link here for list:
The National Archives' collection contains records about key events and decisions that have shaped Australian history.
With more than 45 million items, our collection mainly includes Australian Government records from Federation in 1901 to now.
Records come from Australian Government:
- departments
- statutory authorities
- royal commissions
- military units
- security and intelligence agencies
- diplomatic posts
- law enforcement agencies
- Cabinet
We hold some key records that document Australia's journey to Federation.
We have records about:
- immigration
- military service
- transport
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- the environment
- communications
- security and intelligence
- foreign affairs
- the arts
- many other topics
We also hold some important 19th-century records about colonial activities that were transferred to the Australian Government. These include:
- customs
- patents
- defence
- lighthouses
- naturalisation
- shipping
- postal and telegraphic services
We hold some High Court of Australia records and papers from high profile Australians.
Governors-general, prime ministers, ministers, High Court judges and senior public servants have sent records to the National Archives.
While most of our records are paper files, we also have:
- photographs
- audiovisual records
- sound recordings
- maps and plans
- posters
- objects
- digital records
Our collection is unique and cannot be replaced.
18 November 2024
16 November 2024
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND : GAELIC or ENGLISH LANGUAGE :
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND
13 November 2024
CANADA LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES NATIONAL ARCHIVES GENEALOGY OF OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBOR : CENSUS, VITAL RECORDS, IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, MILITARY
CANADA NATIONAL ARCHIVES - GENEALOGY
Canada's National Archives provides census history and a searchable database. Learn the history of census taking along with the history of the development of the country - what's missing - what's available.
The Canadian Confederation was organized in 1867. The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into the Dominion of Canada...
Census was conducted in some areas well before that. Some Census is missing.
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA - GENEALOGY Vital Records, Immigration, Citizenship, Military
As a note the UNITED STATES CENSUS is the same: If it was not a state, then it was not counted during the Federal Census. And if the population of a county was small, it might not have been included in the Federal Census either.
11 November 2024
NATIONAL ARCHIVES : DON'T FORGET TO USE THESE FANTASTIC RESOURCES
Back in the day, when I started teaching genealogy at my local public library, the Internet was fairly new. The newest computers had been installed and people were just learning to use the Internet and fewer people had purchased home computers so to the library they went. Fewer people had cell phones and those came with Internet capacity. I didn't. I actually resisted cell phones for some time for all the reasons people do to this day. At the time I provided students with lists of web sites and the actual http addresses.... I must've had a hundred or so bookmarked...
Today I think people do word searches to bring up web sites rather than the belabored input of the https. I've done genealogy research using a cell phone, especially during Covid-19 closures but I didn't print out and then the cell phone died...
Back in the day there were many genealogy oriented start ups. These days certain ones are dominating. So it's easy to feel compelled to use those one, two, or three or four. However, I think people are failing to consider where the ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL comes from that the databases use. These are usually governmental; federal, state, county, and city. Next come church or religious records.
I have an account with the NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES - NARA. (The Library of Congress is also helpful.) And the National Archives of few other countries.
Some countries are newer at having National Archive resources digitized. YOU WILL WANT TO INTERACT WITH THEIR ARCHIVISTS IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS and perhaps, the old fashioned way, send for copies or pay them to research for you. This is usually possible through e-mail. Some will ask you to set up an account, others not. (I know! More accounts and passwords to keep track of...)
For the next few weeks I'm going to link to some of the National Archives of other countries that you should consider when researching - especially when you find that the genealogy databases DO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING. And they do not.
C 2024 Ancestry Worship - Genealogy BlogSpot
10 November 2024
06 November 2024
SMITHSONIAN ON THE LATEST - NEANDERTHALS and DENISONVANS
SMITHSONIAN : HUMAN ORIGINS: NEANDERTHAL DNA a full and excellent article that provides information also on blood type evolution, the perception of bitter taste, dental enamel, immune response,
Excerpt:
Clotting, Depression, and Allergies
While many of the genes that we retain for generations are either beneficial or neutral, there are some that have become deleterious in our new, modern lives. There are several genes that our Neanderthal relatives have contributed to our genome that were once beneficial in the past but can now cause health-related problems (Simonti et al 2016). One of these genes allows our blood to coagulate (or clot) quickly, a useful adaptation in creatures who were often injured while hunting. However, in modern people who live longer lives, this same trait of quick-clotting blood can cause harmful blood clots to form in the body later in life. Researchers found another gene that can cause depression and other neurological disorders and is triggered by disturbances in circadian rhythms. Since it is unlikely that Neanderthals experienced such disturbances to their natural sleep cycles, they may never have expressed this gene, but in modern humans who can control our climate and for whom our lifestyle often disrupts our circadian rhythms, this gene is expressed more frequently.
05 November 2024
FALLEN
02 November 2024
AMAZING RECONSTUCTION OF SHANIDAR NEADERTHAL WOMAN'S FACE
BBC NEWS : FACE OF 75,000 YEAR OLD NEANDERTHAL WOMAN
The skull was smashed flat. In this story of cutting edge Archaeology and Science, despite the many pieces being soft, the skull was reconstructed, the "fat" and "muscles" added in the right places, and the face came forth.
Excerpt:
The rebuilt skull was then surface-scanned and a 3D print given to Dutch artists Adrie and Alfons Kennis, who are renowned for their skill in creating anatomically faithful representations of ancient people from their bone and fossil remains.