Trawling biographical databases for Doing our bit
A man – Hilda Rix Nicholas, 1921 AWM ART19613 A few weeks ago I joined in…
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A browser for Allsop’s diaries
The five diaries of stretcher bearer and despatch rider W.J.A. “Allan” Allsop at the Mitchell Library,…
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Allan Allsop’s war
Wilfred Joseph Allan Allsop (known as Allan) was a clerk from Mosman. He was born in…
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Names of service people recorded on local honour r …
One of the Build-a-thon small group discussions was around local honour boards and honour rolls. I…
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Getting started with Zotero
In my digital tools talk at the Build-a-thon I mentioned Zotero, a powerful research management tool…
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A sort of living war memorial
At the Build-a-thon on Saturday, Tim Sherratt told this story beautifully captured in Gavin Souter’s Mosman:…
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Identities and identifiers
If we’re going to gather information about Mosman’s WWI servicepeople, first we have to find out…
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Mining Trove
We all know that the Trove newspaper database is a rich resource for historical research, but…
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Building the Build-a-thon
The Build-a-thon is fast approaching. It’ll be a jam-packed day of thinking, linking, learning and making.…