Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The Irish Defence Forces (@defenceforces) tweeted the other day about the launch of their Military Archives web site and the release of a digitized collection of maps, plans, and drawings of military barracks in Ireland. This seems to be the first in a series of records to be released online. The physical archives are located in Cathal Brugha barracks in Rathmines in Dublin, so it's great to see online information becoming available to those that can't make the journey. Perhaps of more interest to the family historian will be the release of records of the Bureau of Military History (1913 to 1921), which contains records of the War of Independence, including many witness statements taken from the men and women that participated. The web site also has information about an upcoming project to ask members of the public to help in the identification of family members in photographs contained within the archive.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Androinica » Ancestry releases beta app to keep up with your genealogy
Androinica » Ancestry releases beta app to keep up with your genealogy:
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Oral History Podcasts
Thanks to a link on The Irish Archives, a great directory of Irish Genealogy web sites (you can follow them on Twitter: @irisharchives), I came across a nice collection of Oral History Podcasts put together by Wexford County Council. More than 130 people from many parts of the county have been interviewed over the last three years. This is a great resource for those of us who are trying to get a glimpse of what life might have been like in Wexford many years ago, when some of the interviewees were just children. The web site gives information for those wishing to get involved, and you can nominate people to be interviewed. It would be interesting to see whether other counties have similar initiatives.
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
New Parish Records Already Online
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Irish Genealogy News: New date for IrishGenealogy's long overdue update
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
José Carlos Mariátegui :: Monthly Review Press
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an Internet connection - Official Gmail Blog
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Google Chrome Blog: The computer that keeps getting better...
Friday, August 5, 2011
Mocavo - The Largest Free Genealogy & Family Tree Search Engine
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
A new Android Market for phones, with books and movies - Official Google Mobile Blog
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web
Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web
Saturday, June 18, 2011
3G works too
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Chrome
Just started playing with my new Samsung Chromebook, which I received today. I got it here. So far, so good. It feels comfortable and was very easy to set up. The keyboard is very nice and the screen looks good too. Feels a bit strange to be cutting myself off from Windows, a big hard drive, all the other amenities that one gets with a desktop computer, but that's part of the appeal. I'd like to see how I can survive online (and in the Cloud) with just this machine and whatever is left of my wits. I won't be using this for work, but will try to use it for personal projects (like this blog) and productivity. Right-clicking is a bit tricky, but I'm getting the hang of it. And at least I seem to able to type. I've been using my home Wi-Fi, but this machine also has 3G capabilities, so I'll test that out soon too.