Enjoy these links from around the web:
Wills of millions of Americans now available online
“Paul Revere left all his household furniture to an unmarried daughter.
Harriet Beecher Stowe bequeathed her stock in several railroads and a Florida orange grove to her son.
Daniel Webster willed a beloved grandson a gold snuff box with the head of George Washington on it and all his fishing tackle.
Eli Whitney left two nephews $1,000 each.
Such mundane details that shed fascinating insights into the family relationships of some of America’s most famous citizens are now just a mouse click away thanks to Ancestry.com, which has digitized the wills and probate records of about 100 million Americans dating from the Colonial era to the beginning of the 21st century.”
The Veterans History Project: a Library of Congress initiative captures the stories of World War II vets
Recording and Playing Machines: a virtual exhibition gathers artefacts from nine major cultural institutions
“Black Chronicles II”: an exhibit of photographs scrutinizes race and identity in Victorian England
“The Quest (Against Vaccination and Cruel Vivisection)”: an anti-vaccination magazine published between 1926 and 1932
Sketches of Life in a Union POW Camp, by an Anonymous Confederate Prisoner (1864)
An archives trainee describes her job
Did you come across any intriguing history-related posts or projects this week?