Tharston Past - What's New

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Below are listed all the significant additions or changes to the website and the data, starting with the most recent.
(The ► will take you directly to the new or amended section if appropriate.)

25 Jan 2024 : Updated site map ►
25 Jan 2024 : Common name set searches for all Parish records available ►
24 Jan 2024 : Common name set searches for all Census returns available ►
3 Jan 2024 : Update and additions to the Australia Collaboration Photo Gallery ► and general Australia Collaboration page tidying ►
9 Dec 2023 : Listing of all the datasets for all places ►
5 Nov 2023 : The 1873 “Domesday” dataset is complete - now 10102 entries available ►
8 Nov 2023 : Web copy of the book “A Gentleman and a Rascal” by Brian Buzzard►
29 Oct 2023 : Many more records added to the 1873 “Domesday” dataset - now 7175 entries available ►
7 Oct 2023 : Completion of the Australia Collaborationpages on “The Life and Times of John ‘Skip’ Bailey” ►
19 Sep 2023 : Some design, navigation and performance updates
10 Sep 2023 : Many more records added to the 1873 “Domesday” dataset - now 4235 entries available ►
23 Aug 2023 : Update and additions to the Australia Collaboration Photo Gallery ►
16 Jul 2023 : Start of the project to transcribe the Norfolk entries within the 1873 “Domesday” document ►
24 Jun 2023 : General updates to pages on the Tharston Fallen ►
16 May 2023 : Tharston - Apportionment of the Rent-Charge in lieu of Tithes (1839) ►
09 Apr 2023 : WOW! Now over 60,000 individual entries in the database that are searchable
08 Apr 2023 : Upload of all the named persons in the Depwade Hundred from the 1832 Poll Book - search ►
07 Apr 2023 : Further updating and additions to the hosted webpages in Australian Collaboration ► (note pages under construction)
05 Apr 2023 : Upload of all the named persons in the Depwade Hundred from the 1817 Poll Book - search ►
01 Apr 2023 : Updating and additions to the hosted webpages in Australian Collaboration ► (note pages under construction)
14 Mar 2023 : Addition of the burial records for Tharston for 1568 to 1731 - thanks to Julie Harold for the transcription
13 Mar 2023 : Addition of the marriage records for Tharston for 1561 to 1747 - thanks to Julie Harold for the transcription
12 Mar 2023 : Addition of the baptism records for Tharston for 1561 to 1812 - thanks to Julie Harold for the transcription
17 Dec 2022 : Addition of the 1921 Census transcript for Newton Flotman ►
15 Dec 2022 : Addition of the 1921 Census transcript for Tasburgh ►
11 Dec 2022 : Improved Simple Search, now includes Parish Names/Codes ►
10 Dec 2022 : Improved Advanced Search, now includes Parish Names/Codes ►
10 Dec 2022 : Added records for the Forncetts 1921 Census ►
03 Dec 2022 : Added records for the Tharston 1921 Census ►
26 Nov 2022 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Barnes ► (tree now 6023 individuals in 1972 family groups)
16 Nov 2022 : Additional section for webpages for the Thrandeston History Group ►
02 Nov 2022 : The Life and Times of Miller Buzzard - hosted pages for a friend from Australia ►
14 Oct 2022 : Major design and performance updates
20 Sep 2022 : Added Probate records for Wacton ►
18 Sep 2022 : Added Absent Voter records for Wacton ►
16 Sep 2022 : Amended header information to all tables of found data
01 Sep 2022 : Amended front page ► and updated site map ►
31 Aug 2022 : Updated links page ►
31 Aug 2022 : “The Tinker and the Tailor” - first draft of booklet (PDF ) ►
16 Aug 2022 : Amended display on many pages
06 Aug 2022 : Missing files - amended so can display St. Mary’ Church Tharston monuments images
18 Jul 2022 : Added Maps ►, Mills ► and Pubs ► into the section on Tharston ►
14 Jul 2022 : Cupiss Constitution Balls - new booklet ►
06 Jul 2022 : Added Tharston Oaks ►, School ► and Vittoria ► in the section on Tharston ►
14 Jun 2022 : Corrected display issues with the miscellaneous section ►
28 May 2022 : The Poplars Box - a large collection of documents all based on The Poplars, a property on Chequers Road ►
15 May 2022 : Absent Voters for Tasburgh, 1918 - 1921 ►, and available for download ►
29 Apr 2022 : The Laurels, a story of a house ► - a newly included booklet
15 Apr 2022 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Bridges ► and Carpenter ► (tree now 5899 individuals in 1930 family groups)
10 Apr 2022 : Many changes to the Diss Family History Group webpages ►
01 Apr 2022 : Swainsthorpe Probate Records ► - (1858 - 1930)
31 Mar 2022 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for several C18 and C19 marriages and Clegg (a Tharston vicar) ► (tree now 5876 individuals in 1922 family groups)
26 Mar 2022 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Brown(e) ► and Turner ► (tree now 5844 individuals in 1908 family groups)
14 - 18 Mar 2022 : Updated information on the Tharston Fallen ►
11 Mar 2022 : Added in a list of all the men who fell during the Great War and World War 2 ►
18 Feb 2022 : Added in the treatise on Tharston Church by Paul Cattermole ►
18 Feb 2022 : Revamp of the postcards pages ► - with quite a number of newly added postcards
01 Feb 2022 : Shotesham ► - Probate records added ► - (1858 - 1920)
02 Jan 2022 : Added Tharston, St. Mary's Church details ► : including list of Vicars (1273 - 2005) ► , the Harvey Mausoleum ► , hidden memorials ► , watercolour painting of the church ► and a link to a booklet written by a local historian ►
28 Dec 2021 : New Section: From Tharston to Australia ► - (the story of a Tharston rascal and his trip to Australia, curtesy of the Courts .....)
26 Dec 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including many new entries (tree now 5629 individuals in 1826 family groups)
28 Nov 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Flatt ► (tree now 5519 individuals in 1789 family groups)
28 Oct 2021 : Added more Great Yarmouth postcards ►
27 Oct 2021 : Added more local miscellaneous postcards ►
25 Oct 2021 : Tharston Village Sign ►
25 Oct 2021 : In the section for Tharston information, webpages of information ► village descriptions from Trade Directories (1854 - 1933) ►
23 Oct 2021 : New section for Tharston information, webpages of information ► starting with entries from The London Gazette ►
22 Aug 2021 : General update to the Tharston Family Tree ►
15 Aug 2021 : Following a contact from Australia, a family line added into the Tharston Family Tree ► for William HUNT who was deported in 1850 ►
27 Jul 2021 : Added a section on postcards, in memory of Anthony Thwaite ► : Norwich ►
02 Jul 2021 : Many updates to the Diss Family History Group hosted website ► including information on Shelfanger ►
25 Jun 2021 : First data added to the DFHG website ►
18 Jun 2021 : New stand-alone website hosted by Tharston-Past for the Diss Family History Group ►
11 Jun 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Goodswen ► and family tree outline and diagram for them ► (tree now 5436 individuals in 1751 family groups)
07 Jun 2021 : Added a new section holding tree information for individual families in the Tharston Family Tree ►
06 Jun 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Peck, a family moving to Tharston around the 1830s ► (now 5381 individuals in 1740 family groups)
02 Jun 2021 : Added a booklet ‘The Ram, Tivetshall ’ (under editing and amendment) ►
01 Jun 2021 : Added Swainsthorpe burials records (1814 to 1904) ►
18 May 2021 : Bug removal and improvements to several data searches
17 May 2021 : New section - Other Documents ► - documents or transcripts that are not specifically for inhabitants of one of the local villages but may contain relevant, useful information
16 May 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Claxton, a farming family in Tharston in the mid-1800s ► (now 5325 individuals in 1717 family groups)
11 May 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including error corrections and new entries for Pinch ► (now 5297 individuals in 1709 family groups)
05 May 2021 : Extended Tasburgh burial records (now 1813 to 1887) ►
03 May 2021 : Extended Tasburgh baptism records (now 1796 to 1910) ►
25 Apr 2021 : Extended Swainsthorpe baptism records (now 1813 to 1904) ►
22 Apr 2021 : Extended Shotesham All Saints baptism records (now 1797 to 1880) ►
21 Apr 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including error corrections and new entries for Bouttell ► (now 5263 individuals in 1693 family groups)
27 Mar 2021 : Extended Newton Flotman burial records (now 1801 to 1812) ►
26 Mar 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Burgess ►, Davey ► and Peacock ► (now 5241 individuals in 1686 family groups)
25 Mar 2021 : Extended Newton Flotman Baptisms, now 1801 - 1893 ►, including downloads ►
13 Mar 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ►, including the family of Henry Arthur Buck and his 13 children ►
08 Mar 2021 : Tasburgh marriage banns, marriages and burial records (new dates from about 1840 to 1860) ►
07 Mar 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► (a few errors corrected)
02 Mar 2021 : Tasburgh marriage banns, marriages and burial records (various dates) ►
23 Feb 2021 : Forncett St. Peter burial records (1809-1896) ►, including downloads ►
19 Feb 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Brown ►, Edwards ►, Hardy ► and Roy ► (now 5136 individuals in 1652 family groups)
08 Feb 2021 : New Tharston Booklets page ► - available for PDF download
31 Jan 2021 : Updated Tharston Family Tree ► - including new entries for Chatten ►, Dye ► and Vennell ►
31 Jan 2021 : New data category - Wills, starting with Tharston ►
30 Jan 2021 : Newton Flotman data for probate records (1865-1909) ►, including downloads ►
29 Jan 2021 : Complete update of datafile (11:15)
29 Jan 2021 : Swainsthorpe data for absent voters (1918-1919) ►, including downloads ►
29 Jan 2021 : Addition of What's New page
28 Jan 2021 : Swainsthorpe data for 1911 Census ►, including downloads ►
26 Jan 2021 : Datafile category counts ►
25 Jan 2021 : Datafile summary information ►