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Domesday Book Goes Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-doomsday-that's-in-a-ghostbusters-episode dept.

Accommodate Students writes "The Domesday Book has gone online. As one of the earliest public records goes online, anyone with an internet connection will be able to access this important document. Amongst other interesting facts, the BBC is reporting that the Book can still be used today in court for property disputes. In an interesting development, the National Archives are making online searches free, but downloads of data will cost £3.50 (approx $6.50 US). Similar launches of historical websites in the past have struggled to keep up with server loads in their first days and weeks, so it remains to be seen whether the Domesday Book online will be more or less fragile than the parchment originals."

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  1. Dr. Strangelove by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, I actually read two pages on the site before realizing it was DOMESday.

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  2. great! by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Amongst other interesting facts, the BBC is reporting that the Book can still be used today in court for property disputes.

    Finally I'll be able to settle my dispute with a neighbouring lord over these slaves I have. Peasants. I mean peasants, not slaves. Right.

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  3. This is an outrage! by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Putting public records online... Think of the privacy issues! Phishers and identity thieves will have a heyday!

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    1. Re:This is an outrage! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's fishers who will have a heyday! They'll know which ponds have the most eels!

  4. Re:Pages come with a translation by mblase · · Score: 3, Funny

    Each image of the original page is supplied with a translation so one can make sense of it.

    Brilliant! Maybe they'll inspire the American IRS to do the same thing with the tax codes.

  5. All your land records are belong to us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, SOMEONE had to say it.

  6. Re:SMMMMMMART!!!!! by Kadin2048 · · Score: 2, Funny
    it is not, in fact, a book describing various methods to destroy the world and start a utopian undersea colony.
    Well, I just totally wasted $6.50.

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