The Allen Collection of Ship Photos
I stumbled across this British collection of about six thousand photos of ships over a period of 60 years. It’s in the Ships and Docks section of the unlikely-named Benjidog Historical Research Resources website.
The photo collection was by Mr. W. Allen and his son Frank, “now saved for posterity by a group of dedicated volunteers, who wanted to make it available to everyone with an interest in Merchant Navy history, is told on the Background to Collection page.”
If your family history includes a voyage in the period, there’s a good chance you’ll find a photo, and perhaps more. I searched for the Empress of Canada. Three ships carried that name for CP Ships. Along with the photo was basic information about the ship and its history.
Some of that information may be from Gery and Sue Swiggum’s late lamented “The Ships List”, now resurrected in the Ships and Docs section, as well as being available through the Internet Archive.
Hidden in the Newsprint: UK Edition
You likely didn’t get up for 5 am on Wednesday for this Legacy Family Tree Webinars Down Under series presentation. Mia Bennett is a favourite speaker, so you may want to take the time to review the presentation. It’s free to view until 10 June.
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The Old Farmer’s Almanac for April
This May, the mean temperature in Ottawa was 13.3C; the OFA prediction was 12C
FAIL
The OFA predicted 90 mm of total precipitation at Ottawa. The actual was 60.7 mm.
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Mia’s webinar was great – I picked up some tips from her! I loved her advice about just choosing an issue of a newspaper and reading it all the way through. You can learn so much about your ancestor’s world!
Thank you for bringing the Allen collection to our attention. I have done family members looking at their merchant navy heritage and are keen to learn more. This will certainly assist.