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Black genealogy group to hold inaugural meeting September 19
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (170+ words) South Florida Times Black genealogy group to hold inaugural meeting September 19 FORT LAUDERDALE – The newly formed South Florida chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will hold its first monthly membership meeting at 1 p.m. Sept. 19 at the African…...
Sharing county history through wax museum characters
16+ hour, 18+ min ago (233+ words) Joe Duffield plays Corporal George Duffield. This is the final biography of the characters portrayed at the Davis County Old Soldiers and Settlers Reunion Wax Museum on July 23. Joe Duffield portrayed Corporal George Duffield George Duffield was born in Springfield,…...
New research rewrites Indigenous Australia’s population story
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (500+ words) By Lloyd Jones in Darwin/AAP Australia’s Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans was up to seven times larger than previously thought, research suggests. The study shows First Nations people suffered an estimated 93 per cent population loss in less…...
Study finds pre-colonisation Indigenous population seven times bigger than thought
13+ hour, 42+ min ago (371+ words) The study estimates the population was around 2.22 million people, compared to previous suggestions of 250,000 to 1 million. An early estimate by anthropologist Alfred Radcliffe-Brown was that no more than 300,000 people lived in Australia before colonisation. Flinders University and the Australian Research…...
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new figures
22+ hour, 16+ min ago (1142+ words) More than two million Indigenous people probably lived in Australia at the time of the British invasion in 1788, according to new research based on genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence. This figure is much larger than the estimate of 300,000 which has…...
Australia's Indigenous Population Was 7 Times Larger Than Estimated, Study Finds
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (430+ words) Cultural warning: This article discusses the deaths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including through disease and frontier violence, and features images of deceased people....
Queensland Government surveying and spatial updates
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (14+ words) Spatial Source Queensland Government surveying and spatial updates...
New online tool to help search archives at Woking history centre
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (371+ words) More than 900 years of Surrey's history is now easier to access, thanks to an innovative new online search tool. The archives at Surrey History Centre, in Woking, hold about six million of the county's documents, manuscripts and parchment records, some…...
Cumberland gained almost 3,000 households in two years
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (108+ words) New figures show Cumberland gained almost 3,000 households in two years. The Office for National Statistics said there were 128,672 households in 2023, compared with 125,919 in 2021. That is an increase of 2,753, or about 2.2 per cent. Cumberland recorded the seventh-largest household increase among North…...
Genealogical Society Presentation: Local Archives
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (215+ words) Sat, Sep 19 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 909 N. La Cumbre Road OPEN THE VAULT: Four Local Archives and How to Use Them The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites the public to its free monthly meeting on Saturday, September 19, featuring a panel of four…...