A members-only supporters portal offering early access to videos by Philip Mallis about Victoria's local history and transport. Recent issues are announcements of new videos on topics such as roundabout level crossings, a railway station and a Melbourne square.
Website: https://members.philipmallis.com/
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.
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 curated museum-style newsletter in which a deathcare professional catalogues 'accessions' of urban decay and historic sites in Kansas City's West Bottoms, linking them to ideas about continuity between the living and the dead. Readers get a literary, essayistic tour of local history and reflections on transition, mortality and identity.
Wild Bluegrass is a travel and culture newsletter about Kentucky, with first-person features on small towns, local characters, food and regional history. Recent issues cover a rural Hart County itinerary, the Portal 31 coal mine tour and the Possumfest festival in Cumberland.
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