#scotlandhistory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scotlandhistory, aggregated by home.social.
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St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/st-francis-xavier-university-mcgregor-family-letters-new-digital-collection-available-on-stfx-scholar/ -
St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/st-francis-xavier-university-mcgregor-family-letters-new-digital-collection-available-on-stfx-scholar/ -
St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/st-francis-xavier-university-mcgregor-family-letters-new-digital-collection-available-on-stfx-scholar/ -
St. Francis Xavier University: McGregor Family Letters – New digital collection available on StFX Scholar. “This remarkable collection of letters, dating from 1805 to 1842, was donated to the Angus L. Macdonald Library by George and Elizabeth MacKenzie of Truro, N.S. George was a descendent of Malcolm McGregor, who had emigrated from Scotland to Pictou in 1801 with his wife Isobel and two […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/31/st-francis-xavier-university-mcgregor-family-letters-new-digital-collection-available-on-stfx-scholar/ -
The Drinks Business: Brewery and distillery search engine launches. “A new internet search engine, dedicated to helping put beer and whisky drinkers in touch with some of the best breweries and distilleries in Scotland, will debut this week.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/12/the-drinks-business-brewery-and-distillery-search-engine-launches/
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BBC: Scotland’s first skatepark to be dug up by archaeologists. “For five years it hosted the country’s finest and keenest skateboarders, witnessing flips and tricks as a new subculture boomed in popularity. Now Scotland’s first ever outdoor skatepark is to be resurrected by a team of archaeologists hoping to preserve the site’s legacy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/20/bbc-scotlands-first-skatepark-to-be-dug-up-by-archaeologists/
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Stornoway Gazette: New project capturing memories of Scottish whaling communities launched by historian Dan Snow. “Launching on 27 June in Dundee, with help from historian Dan Snow, the Whalers’ Memory Bank is a brand-new living, growing digital time capsule where veterans of the whaling industry, their families and communities have come together to share their stories with a wider […]
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University of St Andrews: Nessie loves a sunny summer’s day – how anecdotes become data. “New research from the University of St Andrews has used a database of Loch Ness Monster reports to translate anecdotes into data, shedding light on statistical biases and the important of defining the right information for analysis. While anecdotes are often dismissed in scientific research this […]
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Historic Environment Scotland: Unlock Scotland’s past with trove.scot. “Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has today launched trove.scot, its new digital portal for the historic environment. Users can now delve into Scotland’s heritage with the platform, which brings together millions of HES’s unique and diverse collections of information, images, video, spatial data and archival […]
