Personal dispatches from Sanday in Orkney covering local history research, nature writing and the author's creative projects. Readers get detailed place-based storytelling, including archival work on Barbara Fea, plus updates on his books.
Website: https://howardhardiman.ghost.io/
Woody LaBounty tells stories from San Francisco's past, drawing on archival photographs, neighborhood records and local institutions. Readers get well-researched history essays plus a recurring grab bag with a guess-where photo quiz.
A genealogy blog tracing the descendants of Edward Colver through Rev. Jabez Collver, with each post reconstructing family lines from census, county history and vital records. Readers get narrative-driven research on migration, maritime and frontier ancestors, including corrections to long-repeated family myths.
Personal, historically grounded essays on Maine's Allagash River and the St. John Valley, covering guides, sporting camps, logging life and Franco-American history. Readers get family stories blended with research on Acadian and Québécois migration and the suppression of French in Maine.
A blog-style newsletter exploring urbanism, retail history, local architecture and cultural quirks, with a focus on how buildings and economies evolve. Issues mix economic argument, place-based history and commentary on retail formats.
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