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excellent evening was had by 16 villagers from Kentford, Santon Downham,
Tuddenham, Cavenham, Dalham, Moulton and Red Lodge. The Records Office
Public Services Manager, Sheila Reed, gave a short talk followed by a
tour of the facilities. Historic documents and maps relating to the 22
villages had been laid out in advance for us in the Research Room and
the rest of the evening was spent as amateur 'Time Team' members guided
by Sheila and her colleague Louise.
Bury Records Office has kindly agreed
to give all villagers working on the 22village project a 20% discount on
all photocopying (please let Joe have a list of your team members in
order to take advantage of this offer). A
portable computer will be made available at the Records Office
to villagers wishing to enter their information directly (bookable
in advance from Joe).
On a light hearted note, we were even
able to teach the Records Office something! - Staff made mention of the
difficulty in getting Latin
translated, 22villages has already uncovered 2 websites that
allow you to type in Latin (or Greek) and have it translated to English
instantly! Try going to http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe
also http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
Our intention is to run another evening in August to coincide with the
start of the Project.
Welcome to Gary King (eriswell@22villages.org)
and Katherine Whitwell (moulton@22villages.org)
who bring the number of villages with email contacts to 14. Also ANY
village can be contacted by sending an email to 'villagename'@22villages.org
(Joe may have to then pass some messages on - but they WILL get there!)
Sending an email to allvillages@22villages.org
will send your message to ALL 22 villages in the project. SO do keep in
touch and share ideas and information. The list of village contacts as
at 30/05/99 is attached to this newsletter as a web page simply double
click on it.
On Wed 18th August, 7.30pm Santon Downham Village Hall is
kindly hosting the next bi-monthly 22villages open meeting. Colin
Dring, our guest speaker will to tell us about Tithe Maps and
The Enclosures.
There will be a chance to talk to other villages
and others involved in the 22villages project. All villages are
welcome so please send a representative along from YOUR village.
Some of you might like to check out http://www.localtel.co.uk/ or
0800 376 5262 This is the first Internet provider to offer not only a
free internet service but free off peak phone calls to the internet
via an 0800 number. The small print is that you have to change the
company who sends you your phone bill from BT to Localtel. Apart from
this nothing changes no new wires or phone number and as they promise
that all other calls are cheaper than BT it could well be worth
looking at. If anyone does follow this up please let the group know
how you get on. And no I'm not on commission!!
Regards
Joe
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