Tharston Past

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About Tas Valley Data

• So many times I've wanted to find out where Tharston residents' other family members were and very often it was that they were local, in villages that border Tharston. Other people have also ask me about this on a not infrequent basis. To set up my own data set where considerable amounts of data could be collectively searched seemed like a good idea and hence the Tas Valley Data project was born.
• Even at an early stage in development there were over 18,000 records of events covering several local villages, originally based around those covered by the Tas Valley Team Ministry, Newton Flotman, Saxlingham, Shotesham, Swainsthorpe, Tasburgh and Tharston. The data included census returns, parish registers (births, marriages and burials), probate details, electoral rolls, memorial inscriptions, trade directory entries, absent voters lists, and a few more.
• All data is newly transcribed from either original or copies of actual documents and is not a copy of anyone else's work unless they have newly transcribed the data and have given express permission to include it.
• Some original documents are not easy to read and are open to the interpretation of the transcriber. However, it should be noted that it is always the intention to keep to the original content - sometimes a blatant or believed error is found and this is noted in square brackets alongside the original; spellings of surnames are a prime example of this.
• Several people have already helped with checking the information contained within this large data set and I thank them all for it, and I'm sure others who make use of this will also do so.
• Please note that this is an ever developing and expanding project and any useful comments or criticisms will be welcome. Please revisit often to see how the project is coming along.
• There are two ways of searching and both have some relevance and is based mainly on personal preference.
  1. First, 'Less is more' - just add a simple criteria to a search and see what is produced. In some cases this will allow you to see the result you want. If not, add a further criteria and rerun the search and again see if the results are what you need. Continue this until results are what you want, maybe working back and changing the values in the criteria.
  2. Second, 'More is less' - just add all criteria which you think will just identify the results you need and see what is produced. In some cases this will allow you to see the result you want. If not, try removing or amending criteria and rerun the search and again see if the results are what you need. Continue this until results are what you want.

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