- 24.10.2005 - Olney & District Historical Society updates its site with further information
- 23.10.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association adds to its story of Gayhurst House with a feature on St Peter's Church, which is adjacent to Gayhurst House.
- 03.10.2005 - Olney & District Historical Society launches its site and becomes the 35th MKHA member to be on-line. Visit the site to see the first features and articles
- 03.10.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association adds to its account of Gayhurst House, by telling the story of Sir Everard Digby and his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot
- 02.10.2005 - Hanslope & District Historical Society launches a major update to its Family History Database. The transcription of Church Records now goes back to 1571, and a start has been made on the inclusion of transcriptions of Wills made by Hanslope residents. The database now has over 52,000 entries, and all available on-line.
- 30.09.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association publishes the new features on its story of Gayhurst House
- 30.09.2005 - Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society launch their archive feature on Bletchley, and also post their lecture programme for 2005-6
- 28.09.2005 - The first of the links to the faith group sites is launched. Click here for Zainabiya Madressa of Milton Keynes
- 27.09.2005 - Stacey Hill Society updates its lecture programme for Winter 2005-6
- 16.09.2005 - Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group) updates its site
- 09.09.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association publishes The Gayhurst Collection - a set of 35 photographs commissioned in 1885 by J J Carlile, the owner of Gayhurst House
- 08.09.2005 - Hanslope & District Historical Society launches its Index to the 20,000 names it holds in its Family History Database
- 30.08.2005 - The site now carries a link to a company providing replacement UK Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates. Click here for further details
- 16.08.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association publishes its lecture programme for 2005-6
- 04.08.2005 - Wolverton & District Archaeological & Historical Society publishes its lecture programme for 2005-6
- 29.07.2005 - Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society updates its tour of Fenny Stratford with additions including Watling Street & High Street.
- 26.07.2005 - Milton Keynes Learning City Library Network joins MKHA
- 15.07.2005 - Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society launches feature on People & Places around Bletchley.
- 15.07.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association launches its feature on the Coaching Tradition
- 13.07.2005 - Milton Keynes Family History Library updates its list of the parish data it holds which is available for researchers. The new list has a greatly increased coverage of towns, villages and years.
- May 2005 - This month the site records its one millionth visitor since site launch in June 2000. The Association would like to thank all the visitors who have been and returned, all those who liked the site enough to bookmark it, and all those who have taken time to e-mail the Association and its members with appreciation and additional information. This coming year will see a major expansion of the site as new Heritage Lottery Funding enables new groups to develop new sites and older members to have extra training and add new features.
- 21.04.2005 - North Crawley Historical Society joins MKHA
- 21.04.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association makes further updates to its site. New features include an online searchable database of Census Data for 1851, 1881 and 1891, and the history of village policemen in Stoke Goldington
- 20.04.2005 - Two Villages Archive Trust publishes its programme for 2005-6
- 19.04.2005 - History of Stoke Goldington updated
- 08.04.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association updates its site with the Gardening Club programme for 2005
- 31.03.2005 - Towcester & District Historical Society have made additions and adjustments to their site. The 2005/2006 programme of lectures is now online. An image of a clock by Walter Prestidge has been added to the image of the clock by Daniel Prestidge from this Towcester clock-making family. Other additions are the names of 3 Towcester people who emigrated to the USA. One was a founder of the city of Hartford, Connecticut. One was a founder of Harvard University. And one was a founder of the Yosemite National Park. The links page has been reworked, and there is now a Towcester geocache (mixture of heritage quiz and orienteering with GPS). See the "Guided walks" paragraph on the links page.
- 23.03.2005 - Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage becomes a full member of MKHA.
- 22.03.2005 - Stoke Goldington Association launches its feature on the history of Gayhurst House. This feature will be expanded further after more research.
- 16.03.2005 - Grafton Regis joins MKHA
- 07.03.2005 - Open Univeristy Archives joins MKHA
- 24.02.2005 - Hanslope & District Historical Society publish another major upgrade to their Family History section, with an improved Master Search, Marriage certificate details now extended back to 1773, and new sections on Baptisms: 1733 to 1751 and 1893 to 1928. Work has also started on adding information on Burials. Periods so far recorded are: 1733 to 1749; and 1878 to 1963. A facility is now available to add data from any source, including research done by family members. This might include, for instance, information on marriages which take place in another village; or information on subsequent events in the lives of residents after they move out of the village.
- 21.02.2005 - Woburn Sands & District Society joins MKHA.
- 12.02.2005 - The Military Vehicles Group joins MKHA
- 08.02.2005 - Old Stratford Remembered Group site is now hosted on the MKHA server.
- 03.02.2005 - Milton Keynes Museum updates its feature on Hayes Boats of Stony Stratford to commemorate the return of a Hayes boat to the area of its creation. Click here for the feature and see the latest pictures.
- 01.02.2005 - Rectory Cottages Trust provide a virtual tour of the cottages in the form of 3-D visualisations and animations of the Cottages in 1480 and in the present day.
- 26.01.2005 - Old Stratford Remembered Group joins MKHA. Links to the site to be set up shortly, following its transfer to the MKHA server. (Stop press - Site launches on Tuesday February 8th)
- 19.01.2005 - The Well & Tower Society of Emberton joins MKHA.
- 03.12.2004 - Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage is soon to join MKHA. Meanwhile, see their feature on the unique character of Wolverton - "History on Our Doorstep" - currently hosted here on MKHA
- 03.12.2004 - Simpson History Group joins MKHA
- 02.12.2004 - Towcester & District Historical Society have revised and corrected their Wills section, and have added a new section - a copy of the text on Towcester from the important history source book, Whellan's 1849 Directory and History of Northamptonshire.
- 03.12.2004 - Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage is soon to join MKHA. Meanwhile, see their feature on the unique character of Wolverton - "History on Our Doorstep" - currently hosted here on MKHA
- 03.12.2004 - Simpson History Group joins MKHA
- 02.12.2004 - Towcester & District Historical Society have revised and corrected their Wills section, and have added a new section - a copy of the text on Towcester from the important history source book, Whellan's 1849 Directory and History of Northamptonshire.
- 30.11.2004 - The Association becomes an affiliate member of Newspapers Remembered. Click here for further details
- 30.11.2004 - The Association is honoured to have Stowe Landscape Gardens - part of the National Trust, and situated just north of Buckingham - join MKHA as a full member
- 30.11.2004 - Olney Archaeological Society joins MKHA
- 29.11.2004 - North Bucks Archaeological Society joins MKHA
- 28.11.2004 - Projected Picture Trust become full members of MKHA. The link to their site has been moved from the Links page to the main index page.
- 12.11.2004 - New Link Page of references, giving shortcuts to periods and themes found on this site. This will be progressively updated over the next year.
- 04.11.2004 - Stoke Goldington Parish Council launch their site, which will include minutes of meetings.
- 02.11.2004 - Genealogy & Family History page updated with links to new information on Sherington.
- 01.11.2004 - Major new local and family history resource available on CD from Grafton Regis Millennium Committee. Four years' worth of research into Grafton Regis and over 24 villages in the South Northants/North Bucks area.
- 28.10.04 - Deanshanger Village Heritage Society has updated its site with pictures of the 2004 Deanshanger Feast, and event which was resurrected by the Heritage Society for the millennium year, and has now been running for 5 years. Local information indicates that the Village Feast died out in the 1930's and was held on the 2nd weekend of October. Anecdotal evidence suggests it coincided with the Buckingham Town Fayre, a Royal Charter Fayre which still survives today.
- 24.10.04 - Sherington Historical Society updates its census information. The previous 'head-of-household' list for 1871 and 1891 has been replaced by a full transcription including all family members, ages, occupations, place of birth. Four other years currently available have also been added: 1851, 1861, 1881 and 1901 with similar details.
- 12.10.04 - MKHA has been successful in its bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for support in extending this site to other community and heritage groups in the Milton Keynes area, including North Bucks, West Bedfordshire and South Northants. The project will come on stream in January 2005. If you want further details please send an e-mail using the link button at the top or bottom of any page on this site.
- 19.08.2004 - The Google Site Search facility has been removed at the request of the Gridwatch Team at the National Grid for Learning. Since Google has started to carry sponsored adverts related to site search terms, and Google will not allow the free search to be limited to the site only, the site search facility could generate unsuitable material if visitors used it to search the Web for adult-related material. Other options for using an advert-free site search are being investigated.
- 18.08.2004 - Stoke Goldington Association 's community feature on Stoke Goldington Gardening Club extended with details on the usage of the allotments
- 16.08.2004 - Hanslope & District Historical Society publish a major upgrade to their Family History section, with a searchable Master Index, Marriage certificate details extended from 1837 to 1929, and much improved search times. Efforts continue to make the Master Index searches faster still.
- 10.08.2004 - Stacey Hill Society post their winter 2004-5 lecture programme
- 07.07.2004 - Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society post their winter 2004-5 lecture programme
- 01.07.2004 - Towcester & District Historical Society post major new sections on Towcester Grammar School and Towcester Mill, each with a chronology, several pages of text and photographs
- 01.06.2004 - Sherington Historical Society launches a major expansion of its site, with new tours, features, information and the inclusion of Society minutes and newsletters
- 05.04.2004 - Towcester & District Local History Society updates its site, with revised information and the addition of local enterprises in 1849
- 31.03.2004 - Buckingham Canal Society publish 19th Century maps of the line of the canal
- 30.03.2004 - Genealogy & Family History page updated with links to information on the villages of Ashton, Roade and Stoke Bruerne
- 12.02.2004 - Stoke Goldington Association extends its website with a community feature on Stoke Goldington Gardening Club
- 02.02.2004 - Towcester & District Local History Society launches its site and becomes the 24th MKHA member online. Main features: The history of Towcester and extensive family history resources.
- 23.01.2004 - Milton Keynes Museum launches its section on the archaeology of Milton Keynes, with special focus on Bancroft Roman Villa .
- 15.01.2004 - Hanslope & District Historical Society releases a major update of its on-line family history resources. The searchable database now includes 1901 Census data and the parish records for marriages between 1785 and 1837.
- 06.01.2004 - Milton Keynes Family History Library updates its list of the parish data for Chesham it has available for researchers.
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