Digitised Records

To collate the history of East Boldre's former Baptist Chapel we are drawing upon a variety of sources including those held at the Hampshire Records Office in Winchester and local histories. In order to make these more accessible for our research and to local people and historians we have been transcribing the key documents into electronic forms so they are easily searchable by keywords and names. We are including them here to enable widespread use of our work so that others may benefit from the time we have invested.

One of the key challenges our painstaking transcription team of volunteers have faced is deciphering the often faded cursive handwriting of the records. Wherever possible we have crossed checked the spelling of names against other sources. In many cases we have found different spelling of the same name largely due to the limited literacy in the area at the time the records were made. We have tried to stay true to the document being transcribed where possible.

No doubt some transcription errors may remain, for those we apologise but we will not be held liable for any such errors or for any mistakes existing in the documents transcribed should you choose to make use of them.