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Thanks, Marcia Watson, for alerting us to the GLAM Workbench. It’s revealed that my paternal great-grandfather was a feminist! In 1894, he signed the South Australian Women’s ... more
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Eastern Australia
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Tools and Techniques
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Western Australia
Wednesday 3rd July 2024
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Retiring State Record Office Archivist David Whiteford also spent decades working in the Battye Library and was renowned for his knowledge of the library's map collection. In this, his final contribution to the SROWA News, he ... more
Wow, thanks Julie I didn’t see this original newsletter but it is such a great gift for the Ghosts project. There are actually a couple of towns mentioned that I’m going to have to add to our master list. Chris Posted by Christine Harris, 04/07/2024 11:21:03 am Wow, thanks Julie I didn’t see this original newsletter but it is such a great gift for the Ghosts project. There are actually a couple of towns mentioned that I’m going to have to add to our master list. Chris Posted by Christine Harris, 04/07/2024 11:21:03 am Hey Julie. That's a wonderful contribution and extremely useful tips. I am doing some research work for Ireland assignments for SROWA and these tips will work very well for it. I didn't know there were so many records available about the history of these towns and their residents. Posted by Hana Sheikh, 15/08/2024 4:21:15 pm Thursday 22nd February 2024
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A review of the book - My Grandfather's Clock by Graeme Davidson popped into my email Inbox this morning. The book, written by one of Australia's leading historians, is a combination of history and family history … tracing back to find ‘lost relations’ and looking ... more
I enjoyed the review of this book enough to consider purchasing it. It's not often an item of furniture survives so long in this modern age and it's a clever way of weaving the generations together. One can't help wondering about questioning the survival ethics of his forebear when if he hadn't been 'fluid' in his loyalties, the writer may not have lived to record the story! :) Posted by Frances Schifferli, 27/08/2024 2:06:40 pm Friday 9th February 2024
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This is so innovative! Maybe - could be retro-fitted, too? Aeonian was created by a passionate mother and daughter team ~ Leah & Anna ~ who were inspired whilst capturing the rich history of their father and grandfather, respectively. We have developed a metal plaque that can be attached to headstones, monuments and ... more
Saturday 2nd December 2023
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Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past twelve months, you will have heard that AI applications have become available to everyone. The first big release came on 30 Nov 2022 when a company called Open AI released an application called ChatGPT. Since then the world has been scrambling to catch up and many other applications ... more
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AI
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Family Tree Maker
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London, South of England and Wales
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Technology
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Tools and Techniques
Saturday 18th November 2023
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This year, now fully 'retired' from paid work, I started delving into online data sets and finding aids, setting up automatic Google searches and following genealogists, family historians, societies, and State and National records on Twitter (now X). Every month I produce a page of new or interesting websites ... more
Sunday 8th October 2023
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The Writers’ Group was treated to an
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