Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week. In this post:
Social media is making many people more depressed – Buddhist philosophy may offer an explanation
FindmyPast Weekly Update
Three new Australian record sets this week, 89,356 additions from the state of Queensland. Imperial pensions, criminal depositions, and dentist records are now available for the 19th and 20th centuries. Also, 49,384 parish records were added, and a new Bournemouth newspaper.
The cold?
January has been cold. No doubt about it. This year, the lowest temperature in Ottawa so far has been -21.1C, on 22 January. That’s close to the coldest day of the year on average. But it was not as extreme as the -25C forecast a few days previously.
As I write this, the Ottawa forecast low temperature for Thursday, 30 Jan, is -26C. Let’s hope that, too, is more extreme than occurs!
My next webinar
Learn how to find weather records and understand their significance in genealogical research at “Connecting Weather and Personal Histories.” Mark your calendars for 6 February at 7 pm, hosted by the Ontario Genealogical Society.
Don’t take sides during meetings. Try on these 6 hats instead.
Benny Hill and Tony Hancock
To promote their update to the 1939 Register, 292,259 newly opened records, TheGenealogist has a press release about these British comedy legends who were recorded living near each other in Bournemouth at the outbreak of WWII.
Thanks to Anonymous, Gail, Teresa, Terry Buttler and Unknown for this week’s contributions.
