Final reminder: This Evening: OGS February Webinar | Connecting Weather and Personal Histories
The Ugly American
Another opinion piece by Dan Gardner.
They weren’t all Ugly
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.
TheGenealogist adds Lloyd George Domesday Record Collection for Dorset
In partnership with The National Archives, TheGenealogist now has early 20th-century records for Dorset covering 1,000 square miles and documenting 128,485 individuals and organisations.
UK to Canada Genealogy
A shout-out to Penny Allen’s blog. Penny is a Canadian librarian-genealogist living and working in London, so her blog has that unique perspective. Penny also does Lookups in London and UK Archives as time and resources permit.
NLS Maps News
New online! Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps (published in 1974), these ‘OS Landranger’-style maps and provide a colourful overview of the landscape. The maps cover most of England and Wales (with northern England added next year as the maps go out-of-copyright). Keep up with recent additions to the National Library of Scotland online map collection at https://maps.nls.uk/additions/.
Ancestry offers $10 bait!
Until 11 February, Ancestry is offering new subscribers the first 4 months of World Deluxe membership for $10 per month. Unless you cancel at least two days before your renewal date by logging into your Account Settings page or by contacting Ancestry, the subscription will automatically renew at the end of the 4‑month period at $29.99 per month.