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Rosemary Lockie

Our "Mission" is to be a Virtual Reference Library, for which we collect transcriptions of primary historical sources - Parish Register, Census and Directories, together with details of Archives and Libraries, Bibliography, Civil Registration, Church History, &c. We do not however collect personal family histories.

Nevertheless, basic facts are useful - local residents often take for granted what may be vital knowledge for others; so don't hold back if you - or one of your ancestors - has a special story to tell!

If you have information you'd like to share, and you just want to know how to tell us about it, please go straight to the Form lower down this page. Otherwise please read on for further details of the information we are hoping to attract.

For example look at pages with plenty of information - Eyam (DBY), or Bristol (GLS); and local snippets on Spondon ('A Village Remembered') and Foolow ('William Elliott of Foolow'). That's bound to give you some ideas of what has already been contributed.

I am particularly interested if you have, or know of any of the following:-

• Transcripts of primary source material, such as Census, Directories, or Parish Registers (but please see the note below about copyright).

• Do you have your own Local History site? If so, I will be delighted to add a link to it from the appropriate page.

• Do you know any details of pre-20th Century Education in your town/city/village? I have a particular interest in collecting information about Schools.

• Do you know of any Good Books which have been published about your town/city/village? It would be appreciated if you could supply full publishing details ISBN, price, &c. I find it especially useful to record the existence of village books which are no longer in print; it may then be possible for interested parties to order them through the 'ILL' (Inter-Library Loan) service, but without the knowledge of the books' existence, that can't happen!

• Do you have copies of any Wills your ancestors may have made? I look after has a collection of Abstracts of Wills from several counties - for example Derbyshire Probate Records (Wills), to include ALL names mentioned, whether related to the testator, or otherwise - the more Wills which are added, the more useful these collections will become.

Whilst you're thinking about what you might be able to contribute, please also bear in mind the following provisos:-

• Format - Unless it is a "must have" for me[1], I regret I cannot volunteer to transcribe source material from hard copy, or scanned images, as I already have piles of untranscribed material of my own, which must take precedence, so it needs to be in electronic (text) form - plain ASCII text (preferred), Word processor Document, or Spreadsheet please.

• Source - I will need to know the source of your information, with any references you may have, though please do not send material that is someone else's copyright without permission.

• Copyright - If you are passing on information given to you by someone else, or are providing full transcriptions from original source documents in a Record Office, please seek permission first for them to be made available, as it would be a breach of protocol for me to enquire on your behalf. Note: early copyright (of printed material) within the European Union is 70 years from the death of the author, whilst the manuscript sources of parish records are covered by a 'perpetual' copyright. See New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors and Archive CD Books Parish Register Series (Reproductions) for additional information.

• Acknowledgment - Under normal circumstances I will try to acknowledge your contribution immediately, but 'please allow up to 28 days for delivery' - that is, for the information to appear on the web. All contributions will of course have appropriate acknowledgment of your contribution by default, so please do let me know if for any reason you'd rather remain anonymous, or if you would prefer your e-mail address to be withheld.

Thank you. I'll look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me using the Form below, supplying me with brief details of what you would like to contribute:

THANK YOU!!!

Reference:
[1] Information relating to Eyam, Grindleford, or Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire, or Donnington in Herefordshire would count as "must-haves"!

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