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Row has now joined the online community and also with a new presence at www.22villages.org
is Eriswell, who have a first by creating a 3D version of their church. You
can walk around it, zoom in and even fly over the top. It was created by taking
a series of ordinary photographs of the church from different angles and then
using VRML technology to recreate it. This is still under construction but
can be viewed via the web site, clicking
here or clicking on the picture opposite (you may need to download
and install a viewer, a link is on the page).
Next
Open Meeting Thu 4 May 7.30pm FHDC Offices
Freckenham has arranged a speaker for our May Meeting. Dr Colin
Pendleton, County Sites & Monuments Officer, has kindly agreed to come and
talk about his fascinating job assessing and recording all artefacts found in
Suffolk. He will tell us how we can access their files and what procedures
we should use regarding finds of our own; he will also bring along illustrations
of items found in each of our parishes. So it should be really interesting and
informative. Please note the venue will be Forest Heath Council Offices,
Mildenhall and the date Thursday 4th May at 7.30 pm.
Suffolk
Local History Council
We were invited to have a stand at
Suffolk Local History Council "Societies Day 2000" at Mendlesham
Community Centre on Sat 25 March. Armed only with a PC, handouts and an
unfeasibly large amount of wires and extension leads, our coordinator, Joe
Thompson attended. The reaction was excellent with much praise centred on the
excellent work all communities have done so far. I feel that many local
authorities will now be asked why the 22villages project is not available in
their district!
24hour Museum Article
We were the subject of a recent piece in the 24 hour Museum's
online magazine. This site aims to highlight the very best heritage based online
resources, so 22villages is extremely pleased to have been featured at this
early stage in our project. To read the article click
here.
Have Your Say!
We have been invited by the FHDC councilors and committee responsible for
funding and instigating the 22villages project to give a short presentation at
their next meeting. If you or your community would like to give your views on
the project (and its future) this would be an ideal opportunity. Please send an
email to fhdc@22villages.org ,
write direct to Tony Bass, Forest Heath Leisure, District Offices, College Heath
Road, Mildenhall SUFFOLK IP28 7EY or phone 01638 719217 and leave a message (by
7th April). The more you can let them know your views, the greater opportunity
to continue getting their support in the future.
22villages
Databases
Freckenham have led the way in making their parish records available online.
Unlike similar records online the 22villages version can be filtered and
searched on producing the results dynamically. Sandie Geddes has offered to help
any community that would like to achieve a similar result and the project can
provide the necessary, easy to use,
software. Sandie can be contacted at freckenham@22villages.org
Regards
Joe@22villages.org
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