The
Addressing History website at
http://addressinghistory.edina.ac.uk has now moved beyond its previous target area of Edinburgh to incorporate Glasgow and Aberdeen, and has added several more Post Office Directories (1881 and 1891 for each city). The website essentially connects period maps which have been geo-referenced to a modern Google map, with data integrated also from the post office directories, allowing you to track an area across time and see who was there and how the place changed. The original launch of the site was covered on my Scottish GENES blog in November 2010 at
http://scottishancestry.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/addressing-history-launch-report.html
For more on the update to the site visit the project's own dedicated blog at
http://addressinghistory.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2012/09/21/addressinghistory-update/
To Nicola and the team - nice one, and keep it coming! :)
Chris
Scottish Research Online - 5 weeks online Pharos course, £45.99, taught by Chris Paton from 26 SEP 2012 - see
www.pharostutors.com
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder...
www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)
Chris, we're delighted you like the new additions!
ReplyDeleteWith the new PODs added we think there'll be lots of new discoveries as people dig into their Glasgow and Aberdeen family histories. We'd love to hear what you and British GENES readers do find out with AddressingHistory so do let us know on our blog or via addressing.history@ed.ac.uk.
Thanks again,
Nicola Osborne,
AddressingHistory Project Officer.