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It’s Burns Night tomorrow and the last night of the haggis season, so it’s time to go haggis hunting! The haggis season runs from 30 November to 25 January when they go into hibernation. Remember that wild haggis are shy creatures who only appear at dawn and at dusk so patience is needed. The rural haggis [... to continue reading click on the post title] My apologies to anyone who was trying to use the Search box, the Post Categories menu or the Archives menu. I’ve only just discovered that they were broken. This was caused by a problem with the theme I’m using which has now been fixed. Fingers crossed, everything should now be working properly. Sheena Thanks to Katrina McQuarrie over at Kick-Ass Genealogy I’ve been playing about with digital scrapbooking this evening. Her latest blog post is all about using your computer to create a digital keepsake which you can easily post online or print multiple copies of to share with your family. This is what I came up with….. January 19th, 2010 | Category: Odds & ends, Technology | 4 comments Old books – the genealogist’s friends We’re all so used to using Google books to search for digital copies of family history related books that it’s easy to forget there are other sources. Project Gutenberg has over 30,000 free ebooks both fiction and non-fiction, mostly in html or plain text format. Use the advanced search option [... to continue reading click on the post title] It’s snowing again and, as usual, the south of England has come slithering and sliding to a standstill. I’ve made my fair share of “don’t know what things are coming to”, “I remember when…”, “when I was a kid…” type comments; including a “southerners don’t know what snow is” conversation with a Geordie lady at the [... to continue reading click on the post title] Happy New Year! Tidying up after visitors in this house always seems to involve books in some way. Today I came something that I’d forgotten about and which seems appropriate for this freezing weather:
Flannel dressing-gown with silk revers, trimmed with lace At this cold season of the year I [... to continue reading click on the post title] |
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