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Borthwick Newsletter - July 2026Welcome to the Borthwick's July newsletter.www.york.ac.uk
Профиль
Gary Brannan
Профиль VivelyActing Director of Library, Learning Services and Research Collections @uniofyork. 'Makes archives sexy.' 'International Man of History' 'A weird bird, in a good way' All views my own.
He's at it again www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2609916... And you can donate hither universityofyork.enthuse.com/pf/gary-bran...
Record turnout expected for upcoming Great York Walk charity eventThe Great York Walk 2026 returns this weekend, with 225 participants already signed up to walk and support Mentally Fit York.www.yorkpress.co.ukAlso! Remember that not only am I walking 20 miles in full WW1 uniform, in May, having not done so before - I’m also growing a crap moustache, eating bully beef and hard tack, AND walking with @lauray-archives.bsky.social as well. universityofyork.enthuse.com/pf/gary-bran...
OH! IT'S A LOVELY WALK! - The Great York Walk 1916/2026I’ll be walking The Great York Walk this year in full British First World War uniform, wearing full webbing, to honour my great-grandfather, Private John William Brannan (9223), who served on the fronuniversityofyork.enthuse.comI done wroted a thing katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Can Special Collections Get a Rebrand?Special collections and heritage services in higher education are seen as appealing to a niche—and dwindling—audience. Here’s how the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York is rewr...katinamagazine.orgAbout to record another brilliant Borthwick Papers podcast this afternoon: which reminds me, if you want excellent hour-long podcasts on interesting Yorkshire based research, then LOOK NO FURTHER: open.spotify.com/show/5fJ9KAS...
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“Ah crap I gotta get back before my parking runs out!”
Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️Octopus hauling ass on the sea floor: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Romania_mi...
Folks! A reminder! A signal boost! A note that the gardening can wait til tomorrow! By thunder, there’s sixteen million all new records to search!
Borthwick Institute for ArchivesToday we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...
If you want the most extra picture possible here is me, signing the agreement with Ancestry…..IN ABU DHABI
Gary BrannanAnyone for SIXTEEN MILLION new records to search on Ancestry? Including for the first time ever, all of the wills from the Court of York, 1389-1858? Not just the indexes this time, but also new images of the Registers themselves?
Yes! Not just the testator - all the legatees are listed as well! ALL OF THEM! With their relationship to the testator! We were BLOWN AWAY by that!
Paul WainwrightWowser! This is brilliant. And it has names of everyone listed in the will - not just the testator! Hopefully, a chance to break down some long-standing brick walls. 🧱😁
This is such a huge achievement, and a massive new research resource that is accessible to everyone with access to Ancestry (always check with your local library, btw, you may get free access there). Huuuge thanks to EVERYONE who has worked on this over the last five years to get us to this point!
Borthwick Institute for ArchivesToday we've launched our digitised Probate Registers and Bishops' Transcripts collections onto Ancestry. Together that's 16 million records covering 1389-1858 - these can be accessed via a subscription to Ancestry or for free here at the Borthwick! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...
Just in time for that long Easter weekend eh? Get your feet up and find out what your ancestors actually owned. How about THAT
Gary BrannanAnyone for SIXTEEN MILLION new records to search on Ancestry? Including for the first time ever, all of the wills from the Court of York, 1389-1858? Not just the indexes this time, but also new images of the Registers themselves?
This time last year - what an amazing project to be involved in! youtu.be/yex_Br6t0ak?...
The Figtree Register Project: Conservation and CommunityYouTube video by Borthwick Institute for Archivesyoutu.beYes folks! Calling folks of world! And here is Peter Sellers naughty version of that from the @goonshow.org archive here @uoyborthwick.bsky.social!
Goon PodRecorded OTD 60 years ago: The Whistling Spy Enigma Harry Secombe roped his his erstwhile Goon Show colleagues to perform a new version of the classic Series 5 show for his ATV show 'Secombe & Friends'. In the end only a short section was televised.
‘This never happened to the other feller’
Borthwick Institute for ArchivesNow we've shared the official highlights of our Collections Development Week, it's time for the unofficial ones, starting with the moment Keeper of Archives Gary Brannan found a (pristine) pair of paper underpants in one of our recent additions.
