In preparation for Dover’s 400th anniversary, dedicated volunteers have been poring over early records. In many cases, these served both the town and its tax-supported church, back to the 1600s. Many of these have been digitized and posted on the City of Dover website, but they can be very hard to read.
Even so, they’re being transcribed for release as part of this year’s big celebrations.
Moreover, in the light of scholarly advances, these hold the potential of drastically revising an understanding of our legacy.
I think it will be exciting.