The Genealogy Bird : L'Oiseau Genealogique

04/12/2025

"Why We Oppose Pockets For Women" by Alice Duer Miller, originally published in the New York Tribune and reproduced in the Literary Digest of the same year. in the Spring/early Summer newspapers of 1914. It has been reprinted in response to the suffrage movement and others.

Pockets! Like a good Hobbit... we must have our pocketses!

"Women Have Not Used Them"? 😆
You'll use ours 😇👇🏿
holyclothing.com/collections/pockets

04/02/2025

Humphrey discovers friendship throughout his ocean home. His friends notice something special about Humphrey. He doesn’t think like the other whales. Good for all children to learn about friends with autism spectrum disorder. Humphrey is sure to be a delightful friend to any child.

03/27/2025

A rare 13th-century manuscript fragment containing medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge University Library and successfully digitised using cutting-edge imaging techniques ⚔️ 🤴

Dating from between 1275 and 1315, it’s been identified as part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur and part of the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Once a widely read medieval text, fewer than 40 copies survive today.

Given the fragment’s fragile condition, traditional conservation methods—such as physically removing it from the binding—risked causing irreparable damage.

Instead, a multidisciplinary team comprising curators, conservators, and imaging specialists from across the University collaborated to analyse and digitise the manuscript using non-invasive techniques that allowed them to unfold the fragment virtually and access hidden parts of the text.

The project has set a new standard for the study of medieval manuscripts and the imaging techniques developed are attracting interest from institutions such as the UK’s National Archives, which are exploring their potential for use on other historical texts.

Find out more 👉 https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merlin-manuscript-discovered-cambridge

03/27/2025

Such an exciting find! Take a closer look at this newly discovered illuminated manuscript about Merlin and King Arthur from the 13th century. https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/merlinfragment/1

02/06/2025

Coolest thing I've seen all day ❤️

J.R.R. Tolkien's original first page for Lord of the Rings (1937).

02/01/2025

Come see what's new on my website. Genealogy, Palaeography, books, theatre, and more!
https://www.kristingroulx.com/genealogy

12/30/2024

Our Scottish Handwriting tutorials provide free online tuition, helping you to decipher old Scottish handwriting from the years 1500-1700.

Very helpful for our older records!

Find out more 👇

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10/20/2024

Don't miss free access to a different set of records every weekend for the next four weekends on Findmypast! This weekend, it's First World War records, the 1911 census and birth, marriage and death records

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/findmypast-free-records-access-remembrance-day-2024

09/25/2024

Excited to hear about this bicentennial event happening next year commemorating the arrival of the Peter Robinson Settlers to Lanark County in Upper Canada (now Ontario) from Ireland aboard the ships Stakesby and H**e. Sign up for their newsletter to keep informed.

Explore the history of the Peter Robinson Emigration of 1825 with Nine Ships 1825 Inc. Our site provides in-depth research, media releases, event information, and resources to uncover the rich heritage of Irish settlers in Peterborough, Ontario. Join us in honouring the legacy of nearly 2000 Irish i...