esah1852. Essex Society for Archaeology and History's New Website to be Launched 14 October 2017

The Essex Society for Archaeology and History (ESAH) will be launching their new website, esah1852.org.uk, at the University of Essex Library in Wivenhoe, at 2pm on Saturday October 14, 2017.  An RSVP invitation is being sent to members in the Newsletter.

esah1852.org.uk was developed as part of an ambitious project to digitise the whole of the Society’s back catalogue of publications and make it freely and easily available to all our members.

Direct links on the homepage take you to the Place Names project and the Essex University Library where we hold ESAH’s collection of books. Our latest programme of excursions and events is also available from the homepage and members will soon be able to book attendance to any event online.

Only members of the Society will have access to the latest digitised online copies of the Transactions and Newsletters, while the historic collection will be available to the public at large. As part of this, we are still developing the membership management and online access to the website for exclusive access to the latest Transactions, Newsletters, Occasional Papers and future Panel of Speakers.

So far, 56 Transactions from 1858 to 1999 are available in PDF format to read, download and keep, at the click of a button. Indexes are included, Contents Lists can be searched. 120 newsletters from 1972 to 2010 are online along with all the latest EIAG newsletters. We have uploaded some comparative survey reports of modern and industrial sites and monuments on Essex windmills, water and steam mills and various railways; historic Colchester Museum annual reports from 1907 to 1974; ancient copies of Feet of Fines from 1182 to 1603; an inherited copy of the Panel of Speakers and – slightly more modern - 75 useful links to other organisations and societies ESAH interacts with.

The Secretary has taken it upon himself to compile a list of links for the new website. This includes some national and regional bodies but the largest element comprises local societies in Essex. Generally he has sought permission from the bodies concerned but, in order to produce a more comprehensive list, ESAH institutional members have been included where a current web address has been found. If there are any objections to inclusion, errors in web addresses or omissions, members are invited to contact the Secretary with any corrections or additions at essexarchaeology@hotmail.com.

The links can be found at esah1852.org.uk/links