Alison Spring

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The full-text search is an absolute game-changer.

Been doing the same with the syllabi ?syllabuses? And I'm looking forward to be speaking to Romsey & District U3A Genealogy group tomorrow morning about tracing your Scots ancestors from home without spending anything😁 #AncestryHour

If you're going to be in the west of Scotland this May, why not sign up for this Intermediate Course in Scottish Family History Research at Strathclyde University? Featuring the lovely @marplecat.bsky.social and me #FamilyHistory #GenHour #Ancestry #Glasgow
www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

His work has been on my library career radar most of my life!
www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Dennis...

Board of Peace - Season 1

Pretttty sure Robert Picardo shows up late on as a government lackey.

Thanks for the tip, Marian!

Is she considering applying to go on the GBBO?

Scones are a much better option for splitting, toasting and buttering anyway.

Just a six pack? Lightweight 😉

GOOD NEWS for one of the UK’s rarest birds. 😍 🙌

There are new signs of hope for Capercaillie at RSPB Abernethy, thanks to long-term collaboration between the RSPB, landowners, partners and the Scottish Government.

Hooray for Capercaillie!

Sadly the article is not available in the UK 😟

Glad you are having a well-earned rest after all that supurrvision.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Brenden. Your description of Ardis as "the patron saint of Mormon archival digging" is nothing short of perfect. And thanks for your rallying call for better ethics among historians.

Thanks for organising everything, Joseph. Ardis would be pretty happy with it, I think.

25 Feb 2026 Standardized place name errors on FamilySearch #genealogy #FamilySearch

Ines? As in possibly Inez from Spain? Or as in the surname Innes, missing out an n? I've seen Innes as a boy's first name. Scots surnames are quite popular in that department e.g. Craig, Scott, Lewis, etc.

From Angusina to Zepherina: a Scottish Female Naming Custom

My take on a very Scottish naming practice of the past (I hope) #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2026/02/from...

"My 'methodology' was a series of errors": Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

A double page spread from Alexander McDonalds ‘Galick and English Vocabulary’ dictionary written to support schoolchildren’s Gaelic education.

Celebrate Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) with us! 🗣️

...through our collections 🏛️
We're currently showing items that tell the story of Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alexander MacDonald, c.1698–c.1770), a schoolmaster, poet, and Jacobite captain.

The Seeds of Scotland’s Highland Clearances In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands began to exert greater control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. Cat Scothorne shows how these 'reforms' actually disrupted resilient ecological practices.

In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands exerted control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. In reality, these 'reforms' disrupted resilient ecological practices.

Cat Scothorne on seeds and the Highland Clearances.

Male eider ducks calling. Aaa-OOO.

Honk shu.

They did us proud. And there's always the rugby...

I prescribe a hot soak in Radox to forestall tomorrow's aches and pains! 👩‍⚕️

More by these wonderful cartoonists/illustrators, here: www.bergerandwyse.com

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