You tin sack assist the Cynefin Project digitize some 1,200 tithe maps past times transcribing together with geo-referencing a collection of 19th century maps of Wales. By contributing to this crowdsourcing assay y'all volition assist to practise an online resources which volition enable anyone to access together with question Welsh tithe maps.
The Welsh tithe maps were created betwixt 1838 together with 1850 to exhibit where province users were responsible for paying tithes. Tithes were a degree of taxation imposed on province users, which were ofttimes paid inwards commodities, such every bit crops, wool, milk together with stock.
The Cynefin Project consists of ii psyche crowdsourcing tasks; 1 to geo-reference the maps together with 1 to transcribe of import data on the maps. The geo-referencing business consists of matching upward recognizable features inwards the vintage tithe maps alongside the sames locations inwards a modern map. The transcribing business involves matching upward the tithe registration champaign numbers on the map alongside the right entries inwards the tithe apportionment document records.
Once all the tithe maps convey been geo-referenced together with transcribed the Cynefin Project volition endure 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 together with payable tithes.
