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Archive CD Books News : April 1 2004
It has been a few weeks since I last posted an Archive CD Books News. My
apologies! But that is due to being so busy and also my self enforced
computer-free "sanity preserving" vacation. It was wonderful ;-)
So this News is a particularly long one... to catch up with all of the
interesting things that have been happening.
In this news:
* Latest CD Releases
* Census project news
* Changes to the on-line catalogue
* Special Offers
* Archive CD Books Canada, USA, Australia and Nederlands
* Other snippets.
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LATEST CD RELEASES
For more details of those listed below, with photographs, see:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/new/index.htm
That is the easiest way to view the list of latest releases, with links
from each of them to see photos and more details.
Now 1,366 different CDs available!
Something for everyone's research.
(For census releases, see the next section)
** Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1887
A typically well indexed, comprehensive and highly useful Kelly's
Directory. Contains descriptions of every place in Buckinghamshire,
lists private and commercial residents with their trade and address,
everyone from Artists to Umbrella Makers are included.
see Buckinghamshire directories page
** A Stranger in Chester
The book covers topics such as local Churches and benefactors, local
government, the jail, library, monasteries, charitable institutions and
schools, the trades and guilds and the plays they put on for the
education of the town.
see Cheshire history & topography page
** Old Lincolnshire - A Pictorial Quarterly Magazine
There are book reviews and articles, a series of sections on
Lincolnshire freeholders in 1561, many transcripts of ancient documents,
and articles about local dignitaries
see Lincolnshire history & topography page
** 1885 Wright's Directory, Gazetteer and Blue Book of Nottingham
Comprising parts of Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and the Townships of
Beeston, Hucknall Torkard, Long Eaton, &c.
see Nottinghamshire directories page
** 1905-6 Wright's Directory of the City of Nottingham
This directory includes a street by street listing of just about all
householders in Nottingham, an alphabetical listing of people, and
finally, a classified trades directory. The smaller surrounding places
each have their own directory.
see Nottinghamshire directories page
** 1913-14 Wright's Directory of the City of Nottingham and
Neighbourhood
This directory includes a street by street listing of just about all
householders in Nottingham, an alphabetical listing of people, and
finally, a classified trades directory. The smaller surrounding places
each have their own directory.
see Nottinghamshire directories page
** Baines's History of Liverpool
Published in 1852 and containing over 800 pages this huge, beautifully
bound book is essential to genealogists and family historians as it
provides an insight as to how our ancestors lived and what the places
that they lived in were like.
see Lancashire history & topography page
** The Liverpool Guide, 1801
A very descriptive and detailed tour around Liverpool at the turn of the
century
see Lancashire history & topography page
** History, Topography and Directory of Nottingham and the Adjacent
Villages - 1834 Dearden
A very rare specialised publication relating to Nottingham, including
its history, geography and facilities in 1834 including schools, places
of worship, carriers and postal services, etc., together with an
alphabetical listing of people with trades, plus gentry, etc., and a
complete classified trades directory.
Also included is a fascinating street map of the town as it was in 1834.
see Nottinghamshire directories page
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The Huguenots - Their Settlements, Churches and Industries In England
and Ireland - Samuel Smiles. 1876
This excellent book gives an account of the causes which led to these
great migrations into England, and describes the effects upon English
and Irish industry as well as history.
see General Genealogy emigration page
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** 1860 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Cheshire - Francis White
The White's directories are the most comprehensive of the period, (this
one has 1016 pages), and include a huge amount of information about the
history and facilities of the county and each of its towns and villages.
see Cheshire directories page
** The History and Directory of the Town of Nottingham - 1844 Stephen
Glover
This is a most unusual directory for this early period, in that it lists
the residents, (rather than just the people with trades). It even
includes the framework knitters. Furthermore it states whether they are
freemen, freeholders, occupiers (of houses), or journeymen (people who
have completed their apprenticeship), together with their addresses.
see Nottinghamshire directories page
** Old and New Nottingham, 1853
A wonderful history book covering all aspects of life in old Nottingham.
A great way to see how the town has grown and changed over the years.
see Nottinghamshire history & topography
** Poll Books for Tewkesbury Elections, 1832 and 1835
The ORIGINAL Poll Book, not just a transcription of voters, but the
actual Returning Officers hand written entries of every voter in the
1832 and 1835 elections plus their place of abode and the reason they
qualified to vote
see Gloucestershire directories page
** Bennett's History of Tewkesbury
A comprehensive history of Tewkesbury, dating from Roman times to 1830
when the book was published.
see Gloucestershire history & topography
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The Tewkesbury Register 1830-39
Extracts from the local newspaper.
A fantastic, anecdotal history of Tewkesbury. The book holds many extras
that could be invaluable to your family history research.
see Gloucestershire history & topography
Tewkesbury Registers 1840-49
Very similar to the book above but for the years 1840-49. The book also
has a chronology of history and anecdotes, lists of marriages and deaths
of people from outside the area as well as details about the facilities
and antiquities of the town
see Gloucestershire history & topography
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** Tewkesbury Compendium Set
This compendium set provides a comprehensive history of Tewkesbury. It
contains the Tewkesbury Registers for the years 1830-39 and 1840-49 as
well as the wonderful Bennett's History of Tewkesbury, all in all it
covers the history of Tewkesbury from Roman times to 1849.
see Gloucestershire history & topography
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CENSUS PROJECT NEWS
RELEASES THIS MONTH
** Essex 1861 Census Registration Districts
see Essex census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ess-census.html
** Suffolk 1861 Census Registration Districts
RG 9/1124-1189
see Suffolk census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/sfk-census.html
** Leicestershire 1861 Census Supplement 1
All those places in Leicestershire that appear in the Derbyshire
Registration Districts and Nottinghamshire Registration Districts
see Leicestershire census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lei-census.html
** Notts. 1861 Census Supplement 2
Places in Nottinghamshire, RUTLAND and NORTHAMPTONSHIRE that appear in
the Lincolnshire Registration Districts
see Nottinghamshire census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ntt-census.html
LONDON 1871 CENSUS
SOME NEW RELEASES AND...
SOME PRICE REDUCTIONS!
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-census.html
Very high quality scans of the original census enumerators' books on CD
for viewing using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Zoom right in to see the detail.
Print high quality pages.
The 1871 London Census project is now well under way, and has all been
scanned.
Rather than releasing it as one huge big set of CDs, I am dividing it
into smaller more affordable districts. With one or two or three CDs for
each, priced at GBP 8.50, 10.00 or 11.50. I feel that this is much more
practical than purchasing a huge set of CDs where only a few would be
needed for your research. In fact, at these prices, one could consider
them not only as research tools, but simply a method of obtaining
inexpensive prints for the pages that you need!
I'll make a point of listing the places covered in each district set on
the on-line catalogue, where you will see a button marked "More..." to
show the additional details.
London Censuses can be seen at:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-census.html
1871 Census London Paddington
(Reference #C1871LON01)
Price: £11.50
RG 10/1-28
St. Mary, St. John
1871 Census London Kensington
(Reference #C1871LON02)
Price: £11.50
RG 10/29-56
Kensington, Brompton
1871 Census London Hammersmith
(Reference #C1871LON03)
Price: £8.50
RG 10/57-66
St. Peter, St. Paul
PRICE REDUCED FROM 11.50 to 8.50 9 March 2004. All advance orders will
pay the lower price.
1871 Census London Fulham
(Reference #C1871LON04)
Price: £8.50
RG 10/67-72
Fulham
1871 Census London Chelsea
(Reference #C1871LON05)
Price: £11.50
RG 10/73-91
1871 Census London St. George Hannover Sq.
(Reference #C1871LON06)
Price: £11.50
RG 10/92-116
Hannover Sq., Mayfair, Belgrave
1871 Census London Westminster
(Reference #C1871LON07)
Price: £11.50
RG10 /117-132
St. John, St. Margaret
1871 Census London St. James Westminster
(Reference #C1871LON08)
Price: £11.50
RG10 /133-147
St. James, Golden Square, Berwick Street, St. Anne Soho
1871 Census London Marylebone (pt 1)(Reference #C1871LON09)
Price: £10.00
RG10 /148-164
Price reduced from 11.50 to 10.00.
All advance orders will receive it at the new LOWER price.
1871 Census London Marylebone (pt 2)(Reference #C1871LON10)
Price: £10.00
RG10 /165-188
Price reduced from 11.50 to 10.00.
All advance orders will receive it at the new LOWER price.
NOTE: RG10/181 folios 64 to 88 are completely illegible due to badly
faded ink on the original pages. (Except for occasional words added
later in a different ink!)
1871 Census London Hampstead
(Reference #C1871LON11)
Price: £8.50
RG10 /189-198
Price reduced from 11.50 to 8.50.
All advance orders will receive it at the new LOWER price.
THE FOLLOWING ARE FOR IMMINENT RELEASE
1871 Census London St. Pancras (part 1)
(Reference #C1871LON12)
Price: £11.50
RG10 /199-229
RELEASE IMMINENT (updated 31 March 2004).
The price will rise from 11.50 to 13.00 upon release.
All advance orders will receive it at the LOWER price.
1871 Census London St. Pancras (part 2)
(Reference #C1871LON13)
Price: £10.00
RG10 /230-250
Price reduced from 11.50 to 10.00.
All advance orders will receive it at the new LOWER price.
Next....
And the following will be released later this coming week, and within
the next couple of weeks (these are not yet available to order on the
on-line catalogue, but they will be added as and when they are
available):
RG10/251-308 1871 Census London Islington
RG10/309-336 1871 Census London Hackney
RG10/337-352 1871 Census London St. Giles
RG10/353-368 1871 Census London Strand
RG10/369-378 1871 Census London Holborn part 1
RG10/379-395 1871 Census London Holborn part 2 (Clerkenwell)
RG10/396-411 1871 Census London Holborn part 3
RG10/412-436 1871 Census London City
RG10/437-460 1871 Census London Shoreditch part 1
RG10/461-473 1871 Census London Shoreditch part 2
RG10/474-502 1871 Census London Bethnal Green
RG10/503-527 1871 Census London Whitechapel
RG10/528-543 1871 Census London St. George in the East
RG10/544-553 1871 Census London Stepney
RG10/554-568 1871 Census London Mile End Old Town
RG10/569-579 1871 Census London Poplar part 1 (Bromley, Bow)
RG10/580-591 1871 Census London Poplar part 2 (Poplar & Shipping)
And finally, the other Metropolitan London Districts covering parts of
Kent and Surrey:
RG10/741-761 1871 London Kent - Greenwich
RG10/762-773 1871 London Kent - Lewisham
RG10/774-794 1871 London Kent - Woolwich
RG10/592-623 1871 London Surrey - St. Saviour Southwark
RG10/624-646 1871 London Surrey - St. Olave Southwark
RG10/647-668 1871 London Surrey - Lambeth Part 1 (Lambeth)
RG10/669-694 1871 London Surrey - Lambeth Part 2 (Kennington,
Brixton, Norwood)
RG10/695-720 1871 London Surrey - Wandsworth
RG10/721-740 1871 London Surrey - Camberwell
Once those have been released, we'll get on with the Registration
Districts for:
Middlesex
Surrey
Kent
Those films are here and will be scanned next week.
If you want to check if a particular place is in the main Middlesex,
Surrey or Kent Registration Districts (rather than in the London
Metropolitan districts) you can use ProCat, the PRO On Line Catalogue.
Details of how to use ProCat to find places can be seen on my web page
at:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/census/index.htm#procat
(1871 census is RG10)
OTHER CENSUSES
1861 CENSUS
As announced in December, we have now stepped up throughput of the
previously announced 1861 censuses for which we have already accepted
advance orders. I appreciate that some of these have been quite some
time on the waiting list (mainly due to the way that we handle the cash
flow for the project) and I thank you for your patience. The remainder
of the pre-announced 1861 counties will be released within the next four
or five months.
1861 Kent and 1861 Sussex
These census releases have been delayed for a few weeks. I was not at
all happy with the quality of the films provided, and were not able to
scan consistently to the high quality that we now expect, and which we
have set as our standard. Apologies for the delay, but we are sure that
you would prefer to wait until we obtain a different set of films and
produce a better quality product.
1841 CENSUS
Films have arrived here for:
1841 Lincolnshire
1841 Gloucestershire
These will be scanned within the next week, using our special scanner
and image enhancement techniques. Our 1841 scans are second to none!
Films for several more county censuses are already on order. These
include:
RG9/985-1015 Bedfordshire 1861
HO107/63-88 Cambridgeshire 1841
RG9/1016-1053 Cambridgeshire 1861
HO107/200-276 Devon 1841
HO107/322-345 Essex 1841
RG9/462-556 Kent 1861 (replacement films)
RG10/1303-1348 Middlesex 1871
HO107/753-794 Norfolk 1841
HO107/1011-1044 Suffolk 1841
RG10/795-871 Surrey 1871
RG9/557-630 Sussex 1861 (replacement films)
More films will be ordered this week. In particular we'll be
concentrating on the remaining 1861's that were announced in phase 1
1861 Cheshire Census Registration Districts
1861 Hampshire Census Registration Districts
1861 Northumberland Census Registration Districts
1861 Warwickshire Census Registration Districts
Then *ALL* of the 1841 censuses, and another batch of 1871
The film scanner is now working flat out, with plenty of films in
stocks, and two extra people doing work on the censuses full time.
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CHANGES TO THE ON-LINE CATALOGUE
1. CHECKOUT
The shopping cart has always used 128 bit encryption based on java.
That's just about as secure as you can get. However.... a (very) few
number of people who bought IE6 or Windows during a period of a few
months last year didn't have java, because Microsoft fell out with Sun
Microsystems.... then made friends again, and started to include it
again. Those people can't checkout on the shopping cart. (Unless they
download the free java plugin).
So... as we do still get the occasional person mentioning it.... I am
changing the card entry screen over to SSL instead... later this week.
No Java... different credit card screen.
2. CATALOGUE RESTRUCTURE
The Archive CD Books on-line catalogue pages of the web site have been
updated. There has been quite a lot of re-structuring to make them a
little more logical, and with easier web page addresses (URLs). The old
web page addresses created by the shopping cart software were long and
pretty unfriendly!
The new ones take the following format...
For example:
The London section is now:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd.html
with sub sections:
Census:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-census.html
Church Records:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-church.html
Directories:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-directories.html
History & Topography :
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-history.html
You will notice that the census projects have been moved to a folder
within their relevant county.
The site map is the easiest way to use the catalogue:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/sitemap.html
3. ORDER PROCESSING
During the next week, we shall be changing our internal order processing
procedures to make them faster and much more efficient. The essential
difference will be that the process will enable Cathy and Dorothy to be
less busy! At the same time, the CD shortfalls (we make CDs daily on
demand to match the orders) will be done faster, and hence completed CDs
will go to the packing and mail room faster.
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SPECIAL OFFERS
1.
With your first order for any CD from the Archive CD Books UK catalogue,
you will automatically receive the superb 1791 Universal Directory of
Britain CD as a FREE GIFT. (Normal price GBP 34.94)
Five huge volumes covering London and the main towns and villages in
England and Wales. It is a fabulous resource for family historians, with
hundreds of thousands of names and addresses.
This offer is also available from the Archive CD Books Canada site for
Canadian residents.
2.
With all orders posted out from the UK, you will receive a special
"refer a friend" voucher. This voucher lists 6 really good CDs at just
GBP 11.50 (In most cases the normal price is *much* more). Its simple,
you enter your name and address and select one of the CDs... then give
the voucher to a friend. When they order one of the CDs at 11.50 using
the voucher, then you get your selected CD free!
3.
Advance notice: Starting this weekend we'll be doing a 2 for 1 offer on
all Gloucestershire CDs. (So if you are thinking of buying a
Gloucestershire CD, then wait for a few days!). Order two and get the
cheapest one free.
Watch out for the announcement later this week on the web pages at:
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/new/index.htm
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Archive CD Books Canada, USA, Australia and Nederlands
These sites are now well and truly boiling ;-)
Lots of new CDs of their own country's resources, and many more books
being scanned. Canadian customers will be especially pleased, as they
can now order from within Canada, and not be subjected to the
unreasonable import duties imposed.
All CDs, from all countries, are available from any country's shopping
cart (although there will always be a slight delay while new master CDs
are sent between us). Nederlands is the exception at the moment, as it
just sells its own CDs, but that will change in the near future). They
have lots of great books that will be of special interest to those in
the USA and South Africa who have Dutch ancestors! (But the books are in
Dutch of course!)
AUSTRALIA http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au
NEDERLAND http://www.boekopcd.nl
USA http://www.archivecdbooks.us
CANADA http://www.archivecdbooks.ca
Please note: special offers that are made available in one country's
Archive CD Books are not usually available in the others. Each Archive
CD Books will do offers on its own generated products.
ARCHIVE CD BOOKS AUSTRALIA
From Stephen Phillips - Australia:
Archive CD Books Australia is now underway with our own Bookeye scanner
(our initial products were scanned in England). We have taken to trip to
England for training (and a healthy dose ribbing about a recent Rugby
loss) to ensure our quality is up to Archives CD Books high standard.
{RN: we made them sit for a few hours being trained by Sarah, with a
large poster of Johnny Wilkinson on the wall in front of them <grin>)
We are now in a position to step up our schedule of Australian products.
Take a look at our interesting schedule for the next few months - we
hope to add more.
For a preview of coming products visit our Recent & Coming titles page
(accessible from the coming titles link on our home page)
http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au
NEW AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS
Note: These new titles have been formatted to be searchable using Adobe
Acrobat Reader
NEW SOUTH WALES TELEPHONE EXCHANGES LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS 1913
F. Hutchinson - 608 pages - $39.50
This early telephone directory of New South Wales was issued in May
1913. It lists over 30,000 names of subscribers in Sydney and country
NSW in over 600 pages. Unlike modern phone directories occupations are
often given along with the address and the exchange.
The preliminary pages include other information giving insight into
communications and society nearly 100 years ago.
NEW SOUTH WALES PUBLIC SERVICE LIST (TEACHERS) 1925 108 pages - $25.00
Being a List of Teachers permanently employed in High, Intermediate
High, and Primary Schools on the 31st December 1925, arranged in
alphabetical order.
A listing of over 8000 teachers at schools throughout New South Wales at
the end of 1925, giving the following comprehensive details:
- Surname
- Christian Name in full
- Classification of teacher
- Date of Birth
- Date of first appointment
- Position and School
- Salary
- Deductions from gross Salary for use of residence - Living Allowance
The last five pages give a summary of number of teachers arranged by
classification, along with the salary at each level.
The main teacher list is arranged alphabetically by teacher name.
However the searchable text will be very useful to anyone researching
local history or school history to easily identify teachers from schools
in their area.
Stephen Phillips
Archive CD Books Australia
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There will be more detailed news from Archive CD Books USA and Archive
CD Books Canada in the next issue of the newsletter.
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OTHER NEWS SNIPPETS
New Staff:
Three new members of staff have joined the team recently:
Brian - on film scanning and census scan checking
Chris - on scanning more books
Fuzzy - to help Kim with the CD packing and mailing
The house next door:
We are outgrowing ourselves again! Especially in the scanning, CD
making, and packing and mailing areas. So I am looking at buying the
house next door (joined on) to the Archive CD Books office. If it comes
off, then my wife and I will be buying it from personal funds, plus a
mortgage (as an investment), but then putting some of the Archive CD
Books overflow work into it.
New network server:
Our tired old Compaq network server is really no longer up to the
demands that we put on it. This week we'll be getting a new one.
Another book scanner:
We have ordered another of the Bookeye book scanners from Germany. This
time one of the superb A2 *colour* scanners.
Books are still coming in:
The supply of really good books doesn't let up. We have had lots more
recently, some that I have purchased from dealers, and many more loaned
by private individuals, record offices and local studied libraries
around England, and we are just in the process of setting up an
arrangement with a major Scottish library too!
Broadband finally comes to Cinderford:
I never thought it would happen out here in the backwoods of the Forest
of Dean, Gloucestershire, but finally we are to get ADSL.
Visit to Ireland:
On April 17th I shall be making a trip to Dublin.... Archive CD Books
Ireland is starting to get under way! This will be a really exciting
venture, with access to some superb Irish records and resources.
Best Regards
Rod
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