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- New Reports
Although we use TNG on the website to display our familytrees, all data is first entered into Family Tree Maker which runs on ourdesktop PCs. When we first started recording our family history we did not really understand how this software worked or the associated GEDCOM standards, which define how genealogical data is stored on a computer. The upshot of whichis that the majority of information we have is stored in a generic Notes field in the database, rather than the more specific GEDCOM tag. As the data inthe notes field is unstructured, reporting on this is near impossible. Now thatwe are using TNG, and sharing our work with many others, increasing thevisibility of this data is now becoming more important.
We have already gone through the database once already, moving Census, Occupation, Residence and Cause of Death information, from the Notes field to their respective GEDCOM tags. This allows us to report onthis data more easily, as proven by the Census Map and the Occupation and Causeof Death reports, together with the extended information now shown on thepersonal information pages.
Most recently we have started to review our data again and havebegun to enter information under the Military Service tag and have nowcreated a report which identifies the 11 Willingale's killed serving theircountry, in 3 separate conflicts. We are now extending the use of the MilitaryService tag to show those individuals in the tree who served in the armedforces. The Royal Navy seems a popular choice, with 3 Willingale’s havingrecently served in the Senior Service.
We are also in the process of identifying those who haveemigrated and transferring this information into the Emigration tag, so wecan easily produce reports on those who have emigrated to the likes of Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States and New Zealand.
Links to the new emigration & military service reportsare on the members' home page.
Posted on 26 Dec 2008 by Linda - Tag: Research - Comments(0)
- Lopping Times & 2009 Meeting
All the Lopping Times were posted today, Monday 8th December.
We are also at the early stages of planning the 2009 AGM / Willingale meeting. If all goes to plan this will be held in June 2009. Hopefully we will be able to bring you more details early in the New Year.
Posted on 08 Dec 2008 by Steven - Tag: Meetings - Comments(0)
- Lopping Times
We are in the process of printing the December issue of the Lopping Times, our twice yearly journal sent to members of the WFS.
Writing up articles for the Journal usually presents us with some difficulties. We are all volunteers and have other calls on our time and we may not have discovered anything particularly ‘newsworthy’ to add to the journal over the past six months, or anything that could be written up into an appealing article. Indeed we are never too sure whether members find what we do write up interesting or not.
This time round amongst the articles in the Journal we have items on Carter Brown, a prolific Australian author who is descended from a Willingale, and details of two Willingale descendants who received honours or commendations from the Queen. In both cases details for the articles were provided by WFS members, Ken Willingale for the first and Steve Wood & Carol Wilson for the latter.
As always, we are pleased to hear from Willingale descendants with news, information, photos or articles for inclusion in the Lopping Times or this website.
Posted on 02 Dec 2008 by Linda - Tag: Research - Comments(0)
- Research Update
We are continuing to be contacted by Willingale descendants and have gained quite a few new members this year. We are regularly adding people to the family trees, although this process is not always as easy as it seems.
One of our recent correspondents is John L (Jack) Webb. We had Jack in the tree as a child of Doris Ethel Webb and asked Jack if this was correct. Jack replied that his mother was in fact Doris’s sister Ellen, and he provided a complete list of the children of Ellen’s parents Ethel Edith Willingale & Frederick Charles Webb. This new information has enabled us to amend incorrect data and also to add more people to the tree.
A recent new WFS member is Christine Parkes, who has provided several photos for the website. She has also given us lots of data on the descendants of Jessica Willingale & Edward Green which, unfortunately, we have been unable to verify. We have searched the GRO indexes for the names that Christine has told us about but they are not there. We know that this family commonly went by their second Christian name so it’s possible that the names Christine is familiar with are not the names used at registration. The data Christine provided has not been added to the tree, although our research into the facts is ongoing.
Posted on 22 Nov 2008 by Linda - Tag: Research - Comments(0)
- Website Update
We have now amassed over 500 assorted ‘media’ items on the website, such as photos, documents, histories and press cuttings. A few of the recent additions include an obituary of Alfred Willingale, one of the Loppers from the 1800’s and a poem celebrating the ‘Lopper of Loughton’.
A new feature has also been added to the member’s area, which allows us to view the birth, marriage and death locations of a persons immediate ancestors, on a Google map.
Posted on 11 Nov 2008 by Steven - Tag: Website - Comments(0)
- Website Update
The members area is rapidly becoming a repository of all things Willingale. As of today we have 416 assorted documents stored on the website, cross referenced with all the individuals concerned. This includes
documents : 66 - mainly Passenger Lists but including a few other items
photos : 139
presscuttings : 75 - from The Times or local papers
wills : 15
plus a lot of other things.
We are still in the process of adding all our supporting documentation to the website, however if you have any old photos or press cuttings you would like to preserve and share with others, please get in touch.
Posted on 07 Sep 2008 by Steven - Tag: Website - Comments(0)
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