In today’s post, project volunteer and regular blog contributor Philip James looks at the (infamous?) Woodhead route, including the tunnels. He draws on an accident case he found when transcribing for our forthcoming data release, as well as providing us with a potted history of the Woodhead route. Our thanks as ever to Philip for […]
Tag Archives | archives
Explore your Archive week – making invisible archives visible?
This is our last post for Explore your Archive week (see the previous post here) – next week we’ll be returning to our usual weekly post, typically discussing a case from the project spreadsheet: do keep checking. In the meantime, we wanted to pose a challenge to our readers, to help us find railway worker […]
Thoughts on collaboration: the start of a manifesto?
Last Saturday, as I arrived home from the U3A Family History Conference, I spotted a discussion on Twitter that was sad to read. Else Churchill, genealogist at the Society of Genealogists, had been at a different conference. Whereas my experience was very positive – as an academic I’d been warmly welcomed and enjoyed engaging with […]
Where are we now?
The spreadsheet has been available from the site for around 2 months now, so we thought it might be a good chance to give a brief update, thank you for your interest – and ask you for your feedback on what we’re doing. The website has had well over 3,000 views, and the spreadsheet has […]
