The Newberry has recently completed the digitization of over 750 maps printed in Italy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Franco Novacco Map Collection, one of the strongest of its kind in the world, reflects Europeans’ evolving conceptions of the world during a time of widespread exploration and colonization. Many of the maps in the …
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What to Do to About Damaged CD-ROM Disks
I received a somewhat frantic e-mail recently from a reader of this newsletter. She mentioned a specific genealogy CD-ROM disk that was produced a few years ago, but her question could apply to any CD disk of any topic. She wrote (in part): “Help! I have a CD-ROM disk of [name deleted here] and it …
MyHeritage Adds 56 Million Historical Records in September 2024
In September 2024, we published 56 million historical records from 8 collections. The newly added records are from the United States, Canada, France, Ireland, and Poland. They include births, deaths, burials, and marriage records. Some of the collections also include images. Search them to discover a family treasure! More details about each of the collections …