Jan Graf
geniejan.bsky.social
Jan Graf
@geniejan.bsky.social
Scottish-born Canadian, lover of genealogy, archaeology, family, books and travel. Webmaster for BC Genealogy Society (www.bcgs.ca) and PGCert student at Uni of Strathclyde. More importantly, I'm Ethan's Nani.
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Delight as Tomb of Eagles Awarded Funding

South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust has been awarded £357,705 towards the purchase of The Tomb of the Eagles Visitor Centre from The Scottish Land Fund.  Steve Sankey, Chair, South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust Tomb of the Eagles…
Delight as Tomb of Eagles Awarded Funding
South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust has been awarded £357,705 towards the purchase of The Tomb of the Eagles Visitor Centre from The Scottish Land Fund.  Steve Sankey, Chair, South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust Tomb of the Eagles Development Group , said: “Naturally, we are delighted, not only with the size of the award at over £350,000 but with its innovative nature.
theorkneynews.scot
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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To kick of the new year (in case you missed it) we added another batch of full #OpenAccess publications to our ever growing OA list? You can now download all these books for free from our website!

sidestone.com/books/
February 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The Your Scottish Archives platform has finally been launched after an extensive delay - a game changer for Scottish researchers in archives, as it will replace the SCAN catalogue, which is out of date & showing its age! scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2024/12/your... #genealogy #FamilyHistory #archives
Your Scottish Archive catalogue launches
From Scotland, a daily news blog about genealogy, family history and personal heritage.
scottishgenes.blogspot.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Honesty is like garlic, everybody always says there's no such thing as too much then all of a sudden nobody wants to finish their spaghetti and I've "ruined dinner again"
November 29, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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This wrecks me—every single time.
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
The world got its first glimpse on Friday of the newly renovated Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Gothic medieval masterpiece is scheduled to reopen on Dec. 8, five years after a devastating fire shut it down. nyti.ms/41fB1zb
November 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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The British Columbia Genealogical Society is now on Bluesky! Find us at www.bcgs.ca #genealogy #FamilyHistory
BCGS Home — British Columbia Genealogical Society
Genealogical library housing over 18,000 books plus maps, newspapers, and journals covering the whole world but specializing in British Columbia.
www.bcgs.ca
November 29, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Very sad to hear the news that Colin Renfrew has passed away. Colin was not only a giant of prehistoric archaeology, but a great friend to Orkney, including being Honorary President of Orkney Archaeology Society. Our very best wishes to Jane and family at this sad time, he will be very much missed.
November 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM