Category Archives: transcription
Milton Abbas shoemaker
We have the account book of Joseph Rogers 1830 – 1839. It gives a unique glimpse into the life of a shoe maker in a rural Dorset village. The handwriting of Joseph Rogers, is small and cramped and this was … Continue reading
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the most tedious document…
Amongst the hundreds of documents that we have transcribed this is surely the pinnacle of tedium – an Indenture between John Tregonwell and John Harding, Charles Rawleigh, Thomas Radford, Robert Freke, 1678. Here is a sample: ………if she the s[ai]d … Continue reading
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Transcribing
This is a recent example of the kind of transcription that takes so many hours of painstaking work. It is a tiny part of the will of Richard Squybbe 1591. At least it is in English! Some wills of this … Continue reading
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Milton Abbas house history
For those exploring their house histories we have just transcribed the 1920 Electoral Register, and are transcribing all of the available Registers. We have saved the electoral rolls using the Dorset Library free access to Ancestry. There seems to be … Continue reading
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Free Access to Ancestry
During Covid19 Libraries West are giving free access to the library edition of Ancestry to members at home, (previously only available at the library). If you have a Dorset Libraries card you first need to log in to your Libraries … Continue reading
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Milton Abbey Customary 1317
I am so excited by the fantastic progress one of our translators is making on this strange, but interesting document. It gives the terms of the tenancies for the villeins on the estates of Milton Abbey in 1317. These were … Continue reading
Overseers of the Poor Accounts Books
There are four books in all which cover the period 1771 – 1836. No others exist. One of our transcribers has single handedly just completed the transcription of all 229 pages of the third book in this series which covers … Continue reading
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During the coronavirus outbreak our research is continuing:
Although our meetings and exhibition have been postponed, monthly updates will continue to be emailed to members, and research is continuing as follows: Ham family of Milton Abbas research – all wills and other documents have been transcribed and searched. … Continue reading
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Overseers of the Poor Accounts Book 1830 – 1836
These are the final entries in the final book: After this date there are no more payments by the Overseers of the Poor of Milton Abbas. Poor people then had to use the Workhouse which had been set up in … Continue reading
Milton Abbey Customary 1317 – update
How wrong I was! Now we have had an expert Latinist look at this document – the first line reads “David le Beau holds one messuage and……” Translating the names is the trickiest part, and it seems some initial capitals … Continue reading
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