Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
High days, hiring-days and holidays: the seasonality of marriage and birth. From the blog Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn’t know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages.
Ancestry Updates
Isle of Man, UK, Civil Birth Marriage & Death, 1849-2013, 379,142 records
Buckinghamshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1971, 12,602,814 records.
An Introduction to Irish Family History
A free online course on the basics of Irish genealogy.
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Normally, LAC would have announced the results of the 2025-26 annual call for proposals by now. Either the publication embargo around the election is still in place, or the program will not be funded this round.
The DIY guide to checking how well you’re ageing
Thanks to the following for comments and tips: Alison Hare, Ann Burns, Anonymous, Glenn Wright, Lolly Fullerton, Teresa, and Unknown.