Aberdeen Burgh Records Project

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Press and Journal, Aberdeenshire edition, 7 May 2014, p. 10: Web opens up portal to city life in past centuries

Period6 May 2014 → 7 May 2014

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  • TitleWeb opens up portal to city life in past centuries
    Media name/outletPress and Journal
    Media typePrint
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date7/05/14
    DescriptionFrom tales of a wrecked and plundered ship to let­ters written by King James V, members of the public can now get an
    intriguing glimpse into · 16th-century life in the Granite City.
    An online database cre­ated by the Aberdeen Burgh Records project, which was launched yes­terday, investigates the city's ancient Unesco­ recognised council regis­ters. The documents record the business of the local government, and are mainly made up of court activity.
    Dr Jackson Armstrong, who is leading the project alongside Dr Andrew Mackillop, both of Ab­erdeen University's history department, said the pa­pers give a ''real feeling" of what life in the 1530s was like in Aberdeen.
    Producer/AuthorJessica Murphy
    PersonsJackson Armstrong

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