Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #locahistory, aggregated by home.social.
It's #familyHistoryMonth in Australia, so I'm going to try and post something every day from the #TroveDataGuide & #GLAMWorkbench that could be useful for people researching #genealogy, #familyHistory, & #locaHistory.
First up is the Tasmanian Post Office Directories – a full-text database that lets you to search for names and addresses across all 48 volumes digitised by Libraries Tasmania from 1890 to 1948. And it's free! https://glam-workbench.net/tasmanian-post-office-directories/ #histodons
Our first @[email protected] Georgian Dulwich walk of the day was a great success. Just gearing up for our second one! #LocaHistory
I feel very silly for not having mentioned @writesofway in my #introduction post, as my blog ( https://writesofway.org, which focuses mostly on #Seattle #StreetName #history ), touches on so many things I mentioned in it, including #onomastics #LocaHistory #history #maps #cities etc.… but there you go. Anyway, if you’ve ever wondered who W Commodore Way and what W Dravus Street were named after ( just to take two streets in my neighborhood, #Magnolia ), check it out…