As much as I love the digital world of books and records, ensuring the survival of material objects is just as important. Photo from this week, working with archival documents.

Not much better than a walk with your small dog in the big Scottish countryside #smalldog #scotland

These are beautiful!

Thank you ☺️ hope you find it useful/enjoy it !

Excited to be presenting on my favourite topic, newspapers, at #RootsTech online tomorrow. My first time here. #genealogy #historicnewspapers www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

This photo is everything

Norwegians in the New World: Tracing Norwegian Immigrants in the American Midwest - Legacy Family Tree Webinars This presentation delves into the lives of Norwegian immigrants in the United States during the 1800s, exploring their contributions to American society and the...

My first time presenting in the world of #genealogy on Tuesday. I look forward to exploring Norwegian-American history through the lens of Newspapers and a little bit of my own family’s story. familytreewebinars.com/webinar/norw...

It is bad!

Love this about books, they preserve so many traces of the past

Favourite word I have discovered this year. Featured in the Anglo Saxon Blickling homilies, 10th Century. Feels appropriate for contemplation as we approach the end of the year. #OldEnglish #Words

Not only is @innerpeffray.bsky.social ‘s pin a lovely rendition of the cat from Edward Topsell’s The History of Four-Footed Beasts (1658), it has reminded me of the other fantastic creatures in the book

Agreed 💪

Exactly the kind of thing that future historians and book lovers will become obsessed with, and I wish more national libraries did!

I have decided to give blue sky a go! Will see how it is

In my previous post I worked with rare books and it wasn’t only the books themselves that intrigued me but signs of ownership & use. Draw on, inscribe, stamp on your books folks. Maybe one day someone else will find pleasure in the marks you left. #rarebooks #books #history