Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
Latin Wind Directions
Putting the history in family history…
Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Northern Studies is the peer-reviewed journal of the Society. Like many organizations, back issues are freely available. A couple of articles of particular interest:
The Climatic Motive for Leaving Scotland, c. 1770 – c. 1890 in Northern Studies 53 (2022)
Vestur-Íslendingar: The Icelanders of Manitoba
Northern Studies 50 (2019)
The Biographical Dictionary of Nurses from Ireland in Service on the Home Front and on Allied Battle Fronts during the Second World War, 1939-1945
A free pdf from PRONI.
Fusion Energy
There’s recent progress. While growth of renewable energy generation (wind and solar) has gradually chipped away at fossil fuel market share, the successful commercialization of fusion energy is an existential risk for the fossil fuel industry.
Thanks to this week’s contributors: Alison, Anonymous, Empty Branches on the Family Tree, Robert Halfyard, Teresa, Unknown.
Thanks for including my post 🙂