LibreOffice is my preferred word processor/spreadsheet/presentation program and otherwise is my preferred program to be used in place of Microsoft Office. I use LibreOffice multiple times per day, including once today to write this article. Not bad for a FREE program! Don’t waste your money on the (overpriced) Microsoft Office! LibreOffice just got a major update that …
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Town’s Old Court Records and Archives Go Online
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council A wedding party photographed in the village of Shafton, Barnsley, England People curious to know whether their ancestors committed a crime can now access historic court records online. Barnsley’s borough archives have been made available on family history website Ancestry. It is the first time the material has been accessible digitally …
Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries Libraries to Preserve Footage From Civil Rights Movement in Richmond
More than 150 films and audio reels from Richmond Police Department surveillance records will be preserved and made publicly accessible by Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as part of a new project documenting aspects of the Civil Rights Movement in the South. The Surveillance Media Collection includes 156 films and 13 audio reels dated between 1961 …