All hail John Grenham, professional genealogist, database creater, author and all-round good egg. Following the removal of Dublin City Council’s ‘Heritage Databases’ from the dublincity.ie platform, John has today uploaded his own back-up copies (he created them) of five of the most genealogically useful databases to his Irish Ancestors site. They are: Dublin Voters 1938-1957 …
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More Than 90% of Cultural Heritage Was Rescued From Danish Stock Exchange Fire
As fire tore through downtown Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange in mid-April, many people in the Danish capital rushed toward the flames and emerged carrying paintings, sculptures, and other important items from Denmark’s cultural heritage. Seven weeks on and with about half the 17th-century building destroyed — including its iconic dragon-tail spire — Denmark’s Culture Minister …
Historic Molokai Newspapers Digitized for Public Access
The following is a Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center News Release: Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center’s Moaʻe Molokai Digital Repository is excited to announce the release of over 1,300 newspaper scans from the 1950s. Supported by a grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, these scans include 287 issues from the Ka Leo …