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Findmypast adds index for Norfolk memorial inscriptions collection Family history site Findmypast (findmypast.co.uk) has made its collection of memorial inscriptions from Norfolk searchable. The record set, which was previously browse-only, contains about 87,000 records from the 17th to the 20th centuries. A search reveals transcriptions of basic details such as the location of the monument, […]

FamilySearch launches new scheme for volunteer transcribers

FamilySearch (familysearch.org), the world’s largest free family history website, has introduced a method of online volunteering where family historians around the world check transcriptions of handwriting that have been created by artificial intelligence.

Grants to uncover working class heritage announced

Historic England has announced a new series of ‘Everyday Heritage Grants’ worth up to £25,000 for local-history projects that celebrate working-class heritage.

New MyHeritage tool makes photographs ‘move’ and ‘speak’

Family history website MyHeritage has unveiled LiveStory (myheritage.com/livestory), a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to let the people depicted in old photographs ‘move’ and ‘speak’.

The National Archives launches ‘Prize Papers’ research portal

Records of ships that were captured by the British Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are now free to search online thanks to The National Archives at Kew (TNA).

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Greek journalist Panagiotis Zavoudakis is trying to find out about British soldier Colin Wright, who fought in Greece from 1944 to 1945. Wright wrote about his experiences in the book British Soldier in Greece (Lawrence & Wishart, 1946). Zavoudakis has translated it into Greek, and has been searching for biographical information about the author. All […]

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