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DigiClerk has been contacted to see what we can do to find out more about these two Hammonds. Jeremiah Hammond, Parish Clerk, of 1749 and Aubrey Hammond of 1924. This graffiti is in the bell tower of St Mary’s Church, Cavendish, Suffolk. More details at these links: Cavendish, St Mary the Virgin – A Church…
DetailsIt is a moment of anticipation when faced with an envelope like this. Sadly this one only had eight stamps inside but eight stamps that each tell a story and demonstrate the value of DigiClerk Stamps. We will take them one by one and use stamp identifier app to help us on our way. Stamps…
DetailsThis post is about New Zealand stamps and includes some of the planned developments for the DigiClerk Stamp Collection. We are digitising and uploading stamps from an old stamp album, The Tasman Stamp Album of New Zealand. The stamps in the album are all from New Zealand and date back to 1855 and as far…
DetailsBuild a community One of DigiClerk’s objectives is to build a community. The community will be based on a Collection or a sub collection. It might be geographically based or perhaps based around a surname or occupation. Within DigiClerk subscribers can also form groups to work together on projects within the collections. Join a community…
DetailsMarriage records We have been busy in our local Sudbury library uploading some Suffolk marriage records onto the People Collection. The records are marriage allegations. Upload and explore! We thought that we should stop and understand what they actually mean. A marriage licence allegation indicates the intention to marry. Definition of a marriage licence with…
DetailsDigiClerk seeks a sponsor for the Yachting Collection. The sponsor is most likely to be a business or organisation with an interest in reaching out across the maritime leisure sector. Yachting Collection the beginning The collection started with a request from David Harding, a yachting journalist and photographer. Practical Boat Owner, a yachting magazine, put out…
DetailsSuffolk of old To all you amateur archivists out there we have found some great sources of Suffolk records in our local Sudbury library. Two books: History, Gazetter, and Directory of Suffolk by William White 1844; and Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk and Suffolk 1937. The books gives a great overview of the history, topography, industry…
DetailsToday has been spent loading more yachting records onto the Yachting Collection. They have mostly been boats beginning with ‘Q’ or ‘R’ and they have produced some interesting images of some quirky boats. Rana Plast The first photo is of a Rana Plast Skipper and two rather inappropriately dressed gentlemen. Rana Plast appear to still…
DetailsIn celebration of Bermuda Day 24 May Bermuda, self-governing British overseas territory in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It is an archipelago of 7 main islands and about 170 additional (named) islets and rocks, situated about 650 miles (1,050 km) east of Cape Hatteras (North Carolina, U.S.). Bermuda is neither geologically nor spatially associated with the West Indies, which lie more…
DetailsIn celebration of Yemen Independence Day 22 May The present Republic of Yemen came into being in May 1990, when the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) merged with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). By stipulation of the unification agreement, Sanaa, formerly the capital of North Yemen, functions as the political capital of the…
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