Grateful to my lovely MCR community at @hmcoxford.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to share my research with them (albeit online)…sorry to have missed the cake, but great to hear about some really interesting postgrad work at HMC! Thanks to Federico Murgia & MCR committee for the photo.

In Case You Missed It: Last week we circulated our Autumn 2025 Newsletter 🍂✉️

Want to catch up on what we've been up to recently? You can now read it over on our website 👇

#history #EarlyModern #skystorians

So looking forward to using this, can’t wait to run some wills through it!

This was a great event, thanks to all the @materialwills.bsky.social team for such interesting talks. And it’s not too late to hop onto @zooniverse.bsky.social and do some transcription…

I loved working (in a very small way!) on the digitisation of more VCH Big Red Books; these volumes are full of fascinating detail and it’s wonderful to see the first is now available online. Another brilliant resource made much more widely available!

There's still time to sign up for the @materialwills.bsky.social hybrid transcribathon on Thursday! 📜✍️

Join us online or in person in Exeter, listen to talks from the project team, transcribe alongside like-minded volunteers on @zooniverse.bsky.social

#history #skystorians #earlymodern #tudors

Great to see this project getting recognition for its transformative work creating an HTR model for the transcription of early modern wills - still lots of fun to be had transcribing and correcting lines on @zooniverse.bsky.social

These internships are such wonderful opportunities. I learnt so much in the supportive @ihr.bsky.social environment last summer and had a fantastic experience. Wholeheartedly recommend applying!

📢 Early Seventeenth-Century Wills now on Zooniverse! 📢

We've just launched a new batch of wills dating from 1604-1608 📜

You can find these new wills under 'Checking Transcriptions - Master - Seventeenth Century' ✍️⏳

@zooniverse.bsky.social #history #earlymodern

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@transkribus.bsky.social is generally coping well with these wills (or those I’ve seen at any rate), but its rendering of 17th October 1786 as ‘W Aatee twols’ suggests dates might need some work! Lots more entertaining material to fill your spare minutes on @materialwills.bsky.social Zooniverse

Part 2 of my blog for @vchlondon.bsky.social discusses the ethical issues related to digitisation but also the value of projects which seek to make historical sources more widely available.

@bho.bsky.social @materialwills.bsky.social @beyondnotables.bsky.social

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Loved working on this project and exploring the challenges of digitising the wonderful @vchlondon.bsky.social material. Full of challenges and complexities, but offers new opportunities and is so worth the effort to make these volumes available on @bho.bsky.social.

Really enjoyed @emilymayvine.bsky.social and Harry Smith’s article discussing serious issues around access to and quality of digitised sources. Highly recommend a read by anyone working with digital versions of manuscript sources!

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I spent a wonderful summer as an intern with @ihr.bsky.social, working on the digitisation of pre-2005 @vchlondon.bsky.social volumes for @bho.bsky.social.

This is the first of two blog posts I wrote reflecting on the process:

blog.history.ac.uk/2024/10/digi...

In this latest #OnHistory blog post, VCH Digitisation Summer Intern Anne Marie Harvatt reflects on the rigours and rewards of digitising @vchlondon.bsky.social volumes for @bho.bsky.social.

Had a wonderful time working on this project and learnt so much. Huge thanks to @ihr.bsky.social and particularly @ruthslatter.bsky.social. Can’t wait to see these amazing resources on @bho.bsky.social!