Nicholas Jenkins, in the Kindred Britain project, began his data excursion using the GEDCOM format and the OpenSource genealogical platform PHPGEDView. A logical and appropriate choice. He was working with individuals and was interested in their interrelations.
I attended a very informative and thought provoking presentation by Peter Baskerville at the University of Guelph today. He postulates that the shift in wealth from men to women during the period 1860 – 1930 was of similar magnitude to…
I have been of late explores various means for the automated longitudinal matching of census manuscript records. Its a huge challenge and I seem to have spent as much time identifying potential problems as opposed to identifying potential solutions. This…
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of meeting with Kris Inwood, Director of the 1891 Census Project at the University of Guelph along with his staff at a review of this exciting project. Census project staff have been entering data…