...ss all these references. Additionally, RAF Benson, adjacent to the village, forms a substantial part of our local recent history. We wrestle with developing an effective search engine. We are aware of the advantages that would accrue were a standard community search engine available throughout UK. We understand progress in this respect is slow and in danger of becoming bogged down. We would welcome the latest thoughts of your Conference in order...
...e images and data. The program also allows access to the general public to search the archive by name, date or key words. From the creation of the archive a website was developed giving access to these images. A CD “Pikes, Dykes and Sikes” has also been created using many audio recordings of people who lived and worked in the valleys. Copies can be purchased. This CD contains snapshots of the community, in both images and audio, recording the life...
...the interviews they were impressed by the improvement of the recordings as the interviews progressed Interviews and other archive material are now available on the BBC website at www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm. To see the archive, type ‘Tyneside shipbuilders’ in the search box. Partnership with Living History also guaranteed the long-term use and archiving of the recordings Living History and St Thomas More are planning another one-year project, to co...
...creen, together with captions, which are also indexed by name and place. A search engine allows individuals to be traced in images. The ephemera is available in hard copy, via both hard copy and digitised catalogues. The archive is funded via a mixture of sources, including sales, donations, subscriptions, local sponsors, local government and charitable trusts. As a registered museum and charitable trust with one part-time worker and numerous loc...
...to use these fascinating materials and staff are on hand to assist your research. We hold approximately 5 million archives dating from the C12th to the present day, including Parish records, Census returns, civil registration and poor law records, manorial records, estate and family papers, records of Surrey businesses, Ordnance survey maps and county maps, electoral registers, manorial records, rate books, deeds and sales particulars, records of...
...Bewdley Museum has a comprehensive Reference Library, documents, photographs & oral archives for Bewdley, Ribbesford, Wribbenhall, Dowles, Kidderminster, Stourport & other surrounding areas. Bewdley Historical Research Group plays a large part in the care and use of these. Material held includes transcripts and indexes of parish registers and, census returns, monumental inscriptions, trade directories and wills....
...ocal community project in Fakenham, Norfolk, working with students from the High School, gatherered interviews from older members of the Community. You now read about what it was like to be a spy in the Second World War as well the changes bought about when the farm horses left forever. The WISEArchive web site is fully keyword searchable. Various links have now been established with Oral History societies, community archives and other. Submission...
...s of Slough past and present on our “your story” pages and we invite all researchers who use Slough Library’s Local Studies Collection to give us a pdf version of their work for www.SloughHistoryOnline.org.uk. We also add material researched by staff at Slough Library. The newspapers and photographs on the site are reasonably high quality jpg files, while Slough Library keeps the original tif versions of the images for preservation purposes. Origi...
...We are aiming to collect a photo of every former Primitive Methodist chapel – there was one in nearly every village! It is fun to take a camera with you on holiday and see how many you can spot! Do visit the website at https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/ You can search for a name or place using the search box, or simply browse – there is lots to see! If you need help adding your story, or want to find out more, please contact us at: Englesea...
...ter is a confident and vigorous city. The Exeter Time Trail can be used to search history in two formats. The first is chronologically from Pre History to the Twentieth Century, while the second is through themes ranging from Defence and Warfare to House and Household. The Exeter Time Trail has a wide and varied collection of photographs and pictures documenting the cities history as well as offering an informative description of the cities histor...
...ation for those researching family histories. The County Council provide a search facility for archaeological finds and listed buildings, example searches for Wickham can be viewed via the Wickham Parish Council website. The Early History of Wickham This extract is based on a talk given by local historian, the late Bruce Tappenden Perhaps Wickham has Stone Age origins with the first settlers attracted to the site as a ford across the River Meon. T...
...Berkshire, the rest of the UK and overseas. You can also look through our searchable library catalogue. The Research Centre is open every Tuesday 10.00-16.00 and 7.00-9.30, Wednesday 10.00-4.00 and Thursday 10.00-4.00. It is also open between 11.00-4.00 on the second Sunday of the month and the fourth Saturday of the month. The Research Centre is next door to the Berkshire Record Office (which contains the archives for the pre 1974 county of Berk...
...a greater dialogue between heritage and ICT To invite users’ independent research, with encouragement to make use of under-utilised or under-publicised records held by Surrey’s libraries and Surrey History centre, including Local History Collections The website is a mine of information about archaeological sites, chance finds, historic buildings and landscapes, taken from Surrey’s Historic Environment Record. It allows you to search the archive co...
...on and surrounding hamlets. These villages are in Cambridgeshire, 5 miles south of Newmarket. The archive is in its early days, but we hope that this archive will be a source of historical information for many years to come. You can search our archive and also add your own records. For people who require assistance adding records, please contact the group. The Burrough Green and District Community Archive Groupis a part of the Cambridgeshire Commu...
...local organisations, trust and other funders. See the help text on how to search the database by keyword. The Heritage Funding Directory (link to external website) Funding directory with a guidance section and case studies. Covers historic buildings, landscapes, parks and gardens, churchyards and cemeteries, industrial heritage, archives, historic churches, museums, archaeology, the environment, heritage skills, conservation and more. Also includ...
...chers at the school. CLUTCH was conceived as a project funded by the Millennium Commission and embodied a concept designed to improve parents’ computer literacy understanding through their involvement in community history research. This ground-breaking project was managed jointly by The Open University’s Knowledge Media Institute and Milton Keynes’ Living Archive. Users can browse the stories by Topics or Location, or use the Search facility....
...es, where they are properly cared for, and where they can be accessed by researchers (subject to any restrictions put on a collection). The collections range from single items to large collections of documents, photographs, newsletters and other material. Our aim is to rescue material of all kinds which relate to women’s lives in Wales and to ensure it is properly cared for and preserved. At present (2006), our collections are particularly strong...
...re should be enough space to create permanent archive accommodation with a search room, providing the proposed HLF project can raised the money to cover adaptation work and any running costs. I will post updates as to how the proposed project progresses. For now, I thought it about time that I put on record the fact that there is a Lenton Community Association Archive, which is presently stored in the (heated, ventilated and tanked) basement of my...
...resources for everyone researching genealogy in the county. The range of research tools available for use at the research centre – the “Holford Centre” – is continually being extended, but currently includes :- Parish register and monumental inscription transcripts Pedigree charts and birth briefs International Genealogical Index (IGI) Reference books Society search services Exchange journals During the hours when the Holford Centre is open – see...
...iving village community. The village of Cottenham is about 6 miles north of Cambridge on the edge of the fens. We are archiving photographs, texts, small audio and video clips about our village, past and present. You can search our archive and also add your own records. For people who require assistance adding records, please contact the group. Cottenham Community Archive Group is part of the Cambridgeshire Community Archive Website....
