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Visualising history and health 200 countries 200 years 120,000 data points
Visualising history before and after technology John Snow, Florence Nightingale and Professor Rosling’s intriguing connections….all shared the same belief in the power of visualisation. Examples of visualising history and how it may inform the research and development of a toolkit for family social and local historians or those with a special interest project or collection they are researching and studying.
Read MoreWhy Mapping Your History Matters?
What do maps do? Why are they important in history projects? How can you Map your history and how will this process help you make new connections and gain new insights…for your family, social, local or special interest history project.
Read MoreLife Events and Data Tags in the Family History Gedcom File format 5.5
Life events and data tags supported in the Gedcom file format determine what data you can extract from your family tree files, here are the standard tags established and supported in version 5.5 of the standard.This useful lists gives you an overview to the art of the possible for family tree data that might be creatively redeployed using different tools than just a timeline or hierarchical family tree…
Read MoreIntriguing Resources
Specialist resources for you and your history project, curated collections and archives, catalogued and focused on our historical themes, mapping resources, tools and techniques for family, social, local and special interest history projects. Collaborative tools and techniques to collect, curate, share,research and analyse your historical data and the ability to build your own rubic cube of historical data. Find out more and register for free email updates…
Read MoreCheshire Regiment Cap Badge 1922 – 1958
The Cheshire Regiment cap badge 1922 – 1958, a chance to find out more about the history of the Cheshire Regiment
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20th and 21st century tests
Read MoreDerwent Dam and the Dam Busters
What is the intriguing connection between Derwent Dam and 617 Squadron?
Read MoreLondon Waterloo Station opened 1848
Repeal of the Corn Laws 1846
The impact of the Corn Laws and the significance in terms of the history of reform and social justice is open to a loy of debate but the Acts were finally repealed in 1846, when Sir Robert Peel was Prime Minister. Take a look at our Reform and Radicals series and the history of Poor…
Read MorePortsmouth branch National union of women’s suffrage 1909-1913
PWS Records of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies: Portsmouth Branch (1913) The Portsmouth branch of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (1909-1913) was established in 1909 with Miss Nora O’Shea as secretary and was a member of the Surrey, Sussex and Hants Federation of the NUWSS. It seems to have ceased work…
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