[Continued the quotation from the last note]"Soon I realized I wasn't studying one name, but all names from one place, together with its local history -- much more satisfying. I added everything else I could find about Wirksworth. A group let me scan and OCR all their Memorial Inscriptions. I transcribed a lot of Church Wardens' Accounts from 1650 -- absolutely fascinating. Then I added the census. Another friend sent me local histories from 1830, another sent old photos including an aerial photo of the town in 1840 (no, I'm not going to tell you how that was done, you'll have to browse my Web site to find out). Now I'm transcribing a handwritten book of 700 local pedigrees that used to be in the Duke of Devonshire's Library at Chatsworth House. It's tremendous fun.
"Want to see the results of five years hard work? Browse the Wirksworth Web site at http://www.wirksworth.org.uk . Better still, why not start a " One-Place " Web site as your Millennium Project? Put your favorite place on the map, and leave the next generation something really useful."
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It's worth a visit to John Palmer's web page to see what he has done. Check his personal history also.
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