Latest news .....
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Latest news .....
News items are listed in date order, most recent first. Look at items further down the list if you have not already done so as there may be items of interest.
16 May 2023 : 1839 Tithe Apportionment for Fersfield added ►.
26 Apr 2023 : Diss 1939 Project - new entries for named persons ALGER ►, ROBBINS ► and WOLTON ►.
12 Apr 2023 : Harrod’s 1877 Directory for Scole added: transcript ►, inhabitants ►
11 Apr 2023 : 1817 Poll Book entries added for Diss Hundred for Diss ► and the villages of Bressingham ►, Fersfield ►, Roydon ►, Scole ►, Shelfanger ► and Winfarthing ►
10 Apr 2023 : New village section added for Scole ►
9 Apr 2023 : 1817 Poll Book entries added for Guiltcross Hundred villages of East Harling ►, North Lopham ► and South Lopham ►
9 Apr 2023 : 1817 Poll Book entries added for Earsham Hundred village of Thorpe Abbotts ►
8 Apr 2023 : WOW! Now over 60,000 individual entries in the database that are searchable
24 Mar 2023 : Diss 1939 Project ► Newspaper articles (1939) ►
19 Mar 2023 : Added Fersfield Absent Voters (1918-1919) ►
16 Mar 2023 : Two additional trade directory listings for Winfarthing, 1883 ►, 1896 ►
14 Mar 2023 : Two additional trade directory listings for Winfarthing, 1856 ►, 1869 ►
4 Mar 2023 : Major changes to the linking within/between the webpages
14 Feb 2023 : Shelfanger 1921 National Census (transcription)►
13 Feb 2023 : Corrected errors and inconsistances in the section on Shelfanger►
1 Feb 2023 : Request for help ..... We are looking for people who are willing to photograph any local village and/or their church or other place of interest with the idea that the images should be representative of that place as it is now. Anyone willing to do this is asked to let us know that you are willing to do it and for which village and then email to np781@btinternet.com the photos with any explanation as to where they were taken as necessary. Thank you ....
20 Jan 2023 : Winfarthing 1939 National Registration (transcription)►
16 Jan 2023 : Noting feedback from users, several inconsistant design features and functions have been corrected and/or updated.
28 Dec 2022 : Fersfield 1891 National Census (transcription)►
18 Nov 2022 : Update: Thrandeston 1939 National Registration (transcription)►
16 Nov 2022 : Thrandeston 1939 National Registration (transcription)►
11 Nov 2022 : Thrandeston 1921 National Census (transcription)►
8 Nov 2022 : Thrandeston Baptisms : 1815-1850 ►, 1851 - 1900 ►
5 Nov 2022 : Thrandeston 1912 Kelly’s Directory of Suffolk - names now searchable►
5 Nov 2022 : Removal of the specific link to search for just parish records - already available through other data searches ►
4 Nov 2022 : Again, following feedback from users and useful for long pages of data, on every page a button to go to the bottom of the page has been placed, especially useful for very long pages of data (the appropriate button disappears if already at the top or bottom of the page).
31 Oct 2022 : Transcript of the 1912 Kelly’s Directory of Suffolk for Thrandeston ►
28 Oct 2022 : New section for Thrandeston village has been added ►
24 Oct 2022 : Fersfield Baptisms ►, 1813-1850 & 1851-1880
6 Oct 2022 : Added Thorpe Abbotts 1939 Registration transcript ►
1 Oct 2022 : Following feedback from users, on every page a button to return to the top of the page has been placed, especially useful for very long pages of data.
29 Sep 2022 : List of available transcribed data ►
28 Sep 2022 : Fersfield 1939, Lanchester family ►
9 Sep 2022 : Start of new project on Fersfield in 1939 ►
27 Aug 2022 : Diss St. Mary&srquo;s Church baptisms (1851 - 1880) searchable in the All Records section ►
22 Aug 2022 : Diss St. Mary&srquo;s Church baptisms (1821 - 1850) searchable in the All Records section ►
16 Aug 2022 : Diss St. Mary&srquo;s Church baptisms (1813 - 1820) searchable in the All Records section ►
14 Jul 2022 : Cupiss Constitution Balls - new booklet ► in miscellaneous section ►
6 Jul 2022 : Diss 1939 Project - surname search enabled ►
22 Jun 2022 : Start of new project on Diss in 1939 ►
16 Jun 2022 : Update to Diss 1939 Registration - all entries now transcribed, search all data ►
22 May 2022 : Update to Diss 1939 Registration - now 1482 entries ►
17 Apr 2022 : Named people in directories for Botesdale (1892) ► and Fressingfield (1869) ► now available in all searches ►
16 Apr 2022 : Transcript of the Fressingfield entry in the Post Office Directory of 1869 ►
12 Apr 2022 : Diss Corn Exchange►
12 Apr 2022 : Death Comes To A Norfolk Field by Robert Rogers►
10 Apr 2022 : Trade Directory for Botesdale ►
10 Apr 2022 : Updating of design of several pages on this site.
08 Apr 2022 : New baptism records for East Harling ► (1813 - 1880) and Roydon ► (1813 - 1880)
06 Apr 2022 : The Artist and the Diss Doctors ► - the relationship between a Dutch painter and doctors in Diss
24 Mar 2022 : More meetings information ►
18 Dec 2021 : More meetings information ►
08 Nov 2021 : Wortham Burials - over 4000 burial records for C16 to end of C19 - search here ►
03 Nov 2021 : Wortham Burials - about 1000 burial records for initial letters A, B, D and E - search here ►
26 Oct 2021 : More meetings information ►
29 Aug 2021 : Rickinghall school logs for 1925 to 1945 ►
19 Aug 2021 : Meetings ..... resumption of regular house meetings with a Theme ►
5 Aug 2021 : Meetings ..... speakers for October and November have been booked ►
26 Jul 2021 : Postcards ..... and other pictures of Diss ►
19 Jul 2021 : Botesdale Chapel of Ease ..... a chapel then a school ►
19 Jul 2021 : Botesdale Village ..... snippets about the village ►
19 Jul 2021 : Crimes in Botesdale, 1890 - 1899 ..... transcripts of newspaper articles relating to crime and policing ►
11 Jul 2021 : Request for help ..... We are looking for people who are willing to photograph any local village and/or their church or other place of interest with the idea that the images should be representative of that place as it is now. Anyone willing to do this is asked to let us know that you are willing to do it and for which village and then email to np781@btinternet.com the photos with any explanation as to where they were taken as necessary. Thank you ....
10 Jul 2021 : New villages ..... Three new villages added to the history ► section; Botesdale ►, East Harling ► and Wortham ► - ready for people to send us information to add into them ....
06 Jul 2021 : Some information ..... - List of the absent voters for Shelfanger ► added - useful for military researches ....
04 Jul 2021 : Data searches ..... Hopefully the Parish ►, All Data ► and 1939 ► searches are all operational. There is limited data at present with just a few pieces for Diss and Shelfanger. Please try this and we would welcome any comments. If anyone is willing to undertake some transcriptions please make contact ....
27 Jun 2021 : Some information ..... - The adding of information has started - see Shelfanger ► for an example ....
17 Jun 2021 : A new site host ..... It is with grateful thanks that the the Tharston Past website will be hosting the DFHG web pages for the time being ....
12 Jun 2021 : THE WAY FORWARD ..... At last things seem to be looking up and perhaps we can see a tiny chink of light at the end of the tunnel. Most of us will have had our covid jabs and at the moment we can actually meet outside under the Rule of 6. We will be starting our house meetings again this month. They will be free afternoon social meetings with tea and cake so that we can all get to know each other again. As numbers will be limited It will be by personal invitation only and all members will receive an invitation in turn.
8 Feb 2021 : This is where we begin ..... We are a very small independent group interested in the study of family, local and social history. Some of our members have Norfolk and Suffolk ancestors but many are researching ancestors from all over Britain. Most of our members live in Norfolk or Suffolk but there are those who live as far away as America. This is the start of our new website....
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