You tin assist the Cynefin Project digitize to a greater extent than or less 1,200 tithe maps past times transcribing in addition to geo-referencing a collection of 19th century maps of Wales. By contributing to this crowdsourcing endeavour yous volition assist to practise an online resources which volition enable anyone to access in addition to query Welsh tithe maps.
The Welsh tithe maps were created betwixt 1838 in addition to 1850 to demo where province users were responsible for paying tithes. Tithes were a kind of taxation imposed on province users, which were ofttimes paid inwards commodities, such equally crops, wool, milk in addition to stock.
The Cynefin Project consists of 2 primary crowdsourcing tasks; i to geo-reference the maps in addition to i to transcribe of import data on the maps. The geo-referencing describe of piece of job consists of matching upward recognizable features inwards the vintage tithe maps amongst the sames locations inwards a modern map. The transcribing describe of piece of job involves matching upward the tithe registration champaign numbers on the map amongst the right entries inwards the tithe apportionment document records.
Once all the tithe maps convey been geo-referenced in addition to transcribed the Cynefin Project volition last able to furnish an online resources which volition enable researchers to easily access a fully indexed tape of tithe champaign numbers, landowners, province occupiers, champaign names, province uses in addition to payable tithes.
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