Websites To Watch
This time last year we were lamenting the impact of Covid-19. Today, although we are still living in the shadow of the pandemic, there’s so much to look forward to. There’s the little matter of the 1921 census of England and Wales, which is being released by Findmypast and The National Archives in Kew in January; the release of the 1921 census of Scotland via ScotlandsPeople; and the ‘Beyond 2022’ project that will be launching a ‘Virtual Record Treasury’ on the centenary of the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland.
There is also a great deal of work going on at county and specialist archives across the UK. Many are updating their online catalogues to new content-management systems, which should improve searching and widen opportunities for digitisation, access and engagement.
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A new data-mapping tool will soon allow visitors to search the entire database of 19,000 postal workers who retired from the Post Office between 1860 and 1902. There’s also the recently launched ‘Our 1901 Postal Pensioners’, which leads to
