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*** Apologies for cross-posting*** I am pleased to announce that we have set up The Mills Archive Trust as a charity registered in the UK (no 1091534) to develop and maintain an archive and resource library specialising in traditional mills and milling. Traditional mills include mills and similar structures that are or were powered by wind, water, muscle or other sources. Milling includes millwrighting and the place of the mill in social as well as technological and architectural history. We already have a great deal of material of historical interest from the UK, North America and many other countries. We are now actively seeking funds to house our collections and permit free public access. We are already developing (with the aid of a GBP50,000 grant from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund) our online catalogue, which will be freely available to you at www.millarchive.com The catalogue will have a number of novel features including allowing on-line addition of research notes by remote experts and email alerts when items of interest are changed or added. If you would like to find out more please visit the website. If you would like to be kept informed of progress please send an email to [log in to unmask] Regards Ron Cookson The Mills Archive Trust