Today a bit of #Advertising for the new issue of "Hessischen Genealogie ( #Hessian #Genealogy ), the journal of @HfV_eV, #Familienkunde Nassau and GFKW:

https://shop.odw-verlag.de/Hessische-Genealogie-1-2026

It includes “#Lampertheim emigrants to #Chillicothe”, an article by me about the #History of the #Migration of around 400 #Refugees from my #Hometown to the former #Capital of #Ohio, #USA.

#FamilyHistory #Hessia #Germany #America #Emigration #GermanEmigration #LocalHistory #GermanSettlers #HistoricalResearch

📢 Job opportunity in #DigitalHistory & #DH

The Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz) with its DH Lab, is inviting applications for a full-time #PostdoctoralPosition in Digitality of #HistoricalResearch.

⏰ Deadline: 9 March 2026

🔗 Find out more: https://www.ieg-mainz.de/en/job/postdoctoral-position-research-associate-m-f-x-digitality-of-historical-research/

I've been adding historical information and documents into Logseq for the past few weeks. I just add a little bit each evening, and create back-links, and proofread things. It parallels nicely with my work in QGIS.

What a really interesting learning project for me. Fun stuff.

Here is what the "Graph View" looks like so far.

#Logseq #QGIS #OpenSource #HistoricalResearch #NorthwesternPacificRailway #NorthPacificCoastRailway #NiagaraEscarpment
#SonomaCounty
#MarinCounty
#OntarioCanada

Glad to have the opportunity to join online the conference on #DataEthics for #HistoricalResearch
A first poll did already show the 🔑 word for the next days: transparency, responsibility, accessibility, data bias, power + care ➡️ Looking forward to learning more on these topics!

Programme: https://ieg-dhr.github.io/Data-Ethics/

Thank you @IEG @NFDI4Memory

Historian Balances Dark Research with Food Styling as Creative Escape

Catriona Byers is a historian specializing in the dark and harrowing subjects of 19th-century morgues, urban death, policing, and forensics, but she also works as a food stylist photographing dishes for magazines and advertisements. Her work with food provides a necessary break from her emotionally ... [More info]

⏳ I still need 150 responses to reach a representative quota and give real weight to my survey 🎓

Huge thanks to everyone who takes 5–10 minutes to fill it out 🙏

👉 https://sphinxdeclic.com/tiny/a/4o52qhwh

#MiddleAges #Medieval #Cinema #Film #TVSeries #History #HistoricalResearch #PhDResearch #Culture #Heritage #HistoricalMovies #MedievalCinema