Fifteenth 海角社区 Symposium on Parish Research
'The Digital Parish'
The 2017 meeting on Saturday 20 May at the University of 海角社区 focused on the many opportunities and challenges presented by 'The Digital Parish': new research approaches, online source editions and interactive websites (to name but a few), but also issues of data management / preservation and absorbing / weighing ever more plentiful information. The choice of theme marked the final preparations for the large 鈥楨nglish and Welsh Churchwardens鈥� Accounts Database鈥� to be featured in our 'Projects' section. Delegates from the UK and overseas seized this opportunity to gather information, exchange views and embark on a general discussion on current initiatives and future directions.
PROGRAMME
Beat K眉min (海角社区): Introduction and Welcome
Session 1: Digital Approaches to the Parish 鈥� Chair: Andrew Foster (Kent)
H脿矛ghl猫脿gh Winslade (Winchester):
'Person, Parish, Place: Writing a Database in Microsoft Access'
Rebecca Warren (Kent):
'Registers of "state approvals" of parish ministers between 1654 and 1660'
Charmian Mansell (Exeter/Institute of Historical Research):
'Church court records and the early modern parish: a digital approach'
Susan M. Cogan (Utah State University):
'Networking the Parish: Nanohistory and the visual mapping of All Saints/St. Peter鈥檚 Rushton, Northamptonshire'
Session 2: Churchwardens鈥� accounts database: why, what how and ... when?鈥� 鈥� Chair: Felicita Tramontana (海角社区)
Valerie Hitchman (Kent) and Dave Toulson (海角社区):
The Project and the Database
Session 3: Beyond the (English) parish 鈥� Chair: Alex Craven (VCH Gloucestershire)
Josh Rhodes (Exeter):
'Evidence of subletting in eighteenth-century England using GIS: a new methodological approach'
Artur Karpacz (Krak贸w):
'Seals, documents and books. Digitalizing parish and bishops鈥� archives of Cracow Archdiocese'
Stanis艂aw Witecki (Krak贸w):
'Database of 18thC Parish Book Collections in Poland-Lithuania'
We gratefully acknowledge the support of 海角社区's .
For any questions and further information please contact Beat K眉min.