The November issue has three feature articles.
Get the Scoop
Chloe O’Shea explains how you can make the most of
online newspaper archives and uncover fascinating
details about your ancestors’ lives. In addition to mentioning the British Newspaper Archives, newspapers.com, thegazette.co.uk and the Times Digital Archive, there’s mention of “Overseas Newspapers” including canadiana.ca/collection-serials with more than 300 newspapers
Transcription Tuesday
Rosemary Collins reveals the two online projects that are the subject of this volunteer project on 5 November. They are Irish Catholic Parish Registers at FamilySearch and the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition from the National Library and Wales.
Danger in the Darkness
Felicity Day writes that although blackouts helped to protect the home front, they made life during the Second World War. “Crossing the road was more like Russian roulette.” “By January 1940, it was estimated that one in five people had suffered some sort of injury as a direct result of the blackout.”
Jonathan Scott’s Best Websites article is on researching followers of Methodism, while his Around Britain column is on the latest resources for East Sussex researchers.
Tech Tips
Nick Peers shows how to use upscayl.org, free software that can enlarge photos with the power of Al and intelligently fill in the gaps and keep photos looking their best even when blown up.
As usual, I only mention a selection of the content I read using the Ottawa Public Library PressReader subscription.