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GB Historical GIS

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Digital project researching historical boundaries, maps & statistics and building local history websites

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"Researching in Hertfordshire" is now available to watch on YouTube! 📜🔍 Discover the rich history and records of Hertfordshire, perfect for family and local history enthusiasts. 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/eTyCW6cs-JU #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Hertfordshire #ResearchTips

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Welcome to our new team member, Angel. She joined us last week as a Research Assistant to assist in updating the small area statistics to help expand the data presented in the website. #NewFaces #ProjectTeam

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New blog post (based on the article we published with Oliver Heath & Chris Prosser in The Political Quarterly at the end of 2024) now available as a shorter "digested read" on the Political Quarterly Blog here: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-2024-…

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Hot off the press - new open access publication: "Disambiguating geographical names in historical British censuses and travel writing" in Studia Geohistorica, 12, pp7-27: studiageohistorica.pl/en/tom-12-2024 #PlaceNames #HistoricalGeography #Gazetteers SEGG, University of Portsmouth

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On 14th April 2025 it's the next in the series of Society of Genealogists online events, this time for those interested in "Researching in Oxfordshire". Sign up here: members.sog.org.uk/events/679a221… #Research #LocalHistory #Oxon

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Reminder; on the 14th April 2-4pm we're participating in the "Researching in Oxfordshire" free online event organised by Society of Genealogists. Details here: members.sog.org.uk/events/679a221… #Research #LocalHistory #Oxon

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This afternoon at 2pm for the Society of Genealogists series aimed at getting started on researching your Oxfordshire forebears. See: members.sog.org.uk/events/679a221… #Research #LocalHistory #Oxon

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At 11am #GISRUK session 4 "Rethinking Geographic Equity: Class & Time" we're presenting what we've been doing recently. This includes updates on the #DDMEProject and upcoming #VisionofBritain changes #presentation #website

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On 12th May 2025 it's the next free online event from Society of Genealogists for those interested in exploring their family tree through "Researching in Leicestershire and Rutland". Sign up here: members.sog.org.uk/events/67c7265… #Research #LocalHistory #Leics #Rutland

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Reminder; 12th May 2-4pm we're participating in the "Researching in Leicestershire and Rutland" free online event organised by Society of Genealogists. Details here: members.sog.org.uk/events/67c7265… #Research #LocalHistory #Leics #Rutland

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Today at 2pm for the next Society of Genealogists event on researching ancestors in Leicestershire & Rutland: members.sog.org.uk/events/67c7265… #Research #LocalHistory #Leics #Rutland

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We're at the #IASSIST2025 Conference today. This morning we're giving a presentation on our #DDMEProject Natural Language prototype interface in session A.2. This afternoon during the poster reception we're presenting a poster & demonstration about it. #DataDiscovery

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On 9th June 2025 we're participating in the next Society of Genealogists free online event for those interested in "Researching in Northamptonshire". Sign up here: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/373… #Research #LocalHistory #Northants

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For those in Northamptonshire, don't forget, this afternoon at 2pm is the next Society of Genealogists series aimed at helping you get started in researching your local ancestors. See: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/373… #Research #LocalHistory #Northants

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Apologies our website A Vision of Britain through Time is currently down. We know about it, and we're trying to figure out how to fix it.

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Spending the day listening to projects working with generative AI at a workshop organised by the Cordial-AI project (based at UCL under the ESRC Future Data Services programme) #DataDiscovery

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On 14th July 2025 it's the next free Society of Genealogists online event for those interested in "Researching in East Yorkshire". Sign up here: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/377… #Research #LocalHistory #EastYorks