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	Archive CD Books News : June 6 2004 In this news: * Latest CD Releases * Archive CD Books Australia new releases and news * Archive CD Books Canada new releases * Census project news * Some pitfalls of indexes and transcripts * Special Offers * Settlement Examinations - a taste of things to come * Archive CD Books Profits * Other news snippets ________________________________________________________ LATEST CD RELEASES BRITAIN For the very latest releases, as they happen, see: http://www.rod-neep.c o.uk/books/new/index.htm ** Register of Persons Entitled to Vote - Borough of Nottingham Unlike the normal "Poll Books", which were a record of those actually voting, these books contain the names and addresses of all persons entitled to vote in the election for a Member of Parliament. see Nottinghamshire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ntt-directories.html ** White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1894 This comprehensive directory gives the names and addresses of Nottinghamshire inhabitants but also gives fascinating extra information that will enable you to build up an idea of what it was really like to live in 1894. see Nottinghamshire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ntt-directories.html ** White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1885-6 Exhaustively covers all places in Nottinghamshire, providing great insights into not only the names and addresses of ancestors but also the conditions in which they lived through see Nottinghamshire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ntt-directories.html ** A History of the Parishes of Saint Ives, Lelant, Towednack and Zennor. An excellent way to discover more about the places your ancestors lived and how their lifestyle was shaped by the events happening around them see Cornwall history & topography http:// www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/con-history.html ** Hoker's Description and Account of Exeter Describes the duties of each office e.g. office of Scavengers, Wardens of the Poor, Swordbearers etc. Has biographies of the Bishops of Exeter between 905 - 1765 and contains the early history of the city from it's foundation to 1765. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** Gleanings from the Municipal and Cathedral Records Published in 1877 this book contains exactly what the title describes, information that has been collected by Cotton and Woolcombe from the Municipal and Cathedral records that is relative to the history of Exeter city. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** Forgotten Lincoln A history of the city from the earliest times. Contains lots of detailed illustrations. Covers the roman city, the cathedral, gates of the town, the city during war times, the various quarters of the city and who lived in them i.e. the Jews quarter, inns and churches that have vanished and much more see Lincolnshire history & topography http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lin-history.html ** Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1854 A typical Kelly's Directory with descriptions of each town and village as well as a trade's directory. see Buckinghamshire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/bkm-directories.html ** 1871 Census London Strand RG10/353-368 ** 1871 Census London Holborn part 1 RG10/369-378 ** 1871 Census London Holborn part 2 (Clerkenwell) RG10/379-395 ** 1871 Census London Holborn part 3 RG10/396-411 http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-census.html ** Bedfordshire 1861 Census Registration Districts RG 9/985-1015 see Bedfordshire census page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/bdf-census.html ** Cambridgeshire 1861 Census Registration Districts RG9/1016-1053 see Cambridgeshire census page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/cam-census.html ** Photographs of the Norfolk Broads One hundred photographs of the river and broads of Norfolk and Suffolk. Published in 1891 see Norfolk history & topography http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/nfk-history.html ** The Violin - Berthold Tours (1838-1897) The book contains an immense amount of information on style and technique, together with 100 graded exercises, many of which are wonderfully tuneful and in duet form. see Music page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/music.html ** Gloucester in National History A very early history of a city that has played a major role in National events. Excellent background information for family historians. see Gloucestershire history page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ gls-history.html ** Index of Bristol Wills 1572-1792 and Wills in Great Orphan Books 1379-1674. see Gloucestershire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/gls-directories.html ** History of the City of Exeter Includes a 1617 Morden map of Exeter. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** Murrays Hand-book of Devon Published in 1879 this book, produced as a travellers guide to Devon, covers in great detail the history and antiquities of places in Devon. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ dev-history.html ** South Devon Illustrated This lovely book, published in 1907, has 24 delightful, colour illustrations. Each of the places listed below are described. For family historians this book will provide a sense of the beauty and history of South Devon, a great way to discover how your ancestors might have felt about the place they lived. Torquay and Torbay, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Totnes, Kingsbridge. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** Devonshire Characters and Strange Events Contains tales of wife selling, incomprehensible travellers from the east, sisters who dressed as identical dolls and many other fascinating characters. It even explains this rather strange entry in the parish register, "1756 Robert Elford was baptized, the child of Susanna Elford by her sisters husband. She was married with the consent of her sister, the wife who was at the wedding." see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall The information contained in this book is fascinating, full of real stories about the people and places in this area. A must for anyone with Devon or Cornwall ancestors. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html ** An Account of Exeter's Merchant Adventurers in 16th Century An account of the most significant Guild in 16th century Exeter. Previously an oath taken by members of the guild prevented them revealing the affairs of Merchant Adventurers, so little is known about them and they have been omitted from other history books. In 1873, this changed with the publication of this book. The pages are full of the daring feats of the adventurers and how they battled to establish trade across the seas. Amongst the accounts are descriptions of Raleigh, Drake, Davis and the Gilberts. see Devon history & topography page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** Liverpool's First Directory This v early directory was created by Shaw in 1766. As well as having a list of names and addresses of inhabitants, it also has a professional and street directory so you can easily locate ancestors and even see which street they were living in by using the pull out map. see Lancashire directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ lan-directories.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** Eton College Register (1441 - 1698) Lists in chronological order, the names, relatives, duration of stay, profession, achievements and death dates of all those matriculated through Eton. It has a general index of 8pages. see College & Ecclesiastical page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/eng-college.html ** History & Antiquities of the Parish of Camberwell By William Harnett Blanch. Published 1875 A comprehensive history of Camberwell with chapters covering it's geology, old families, population, political history, local names and places, churches and chapels, schools, local places and their associations and more. see Surrey history page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/sry-history.html ** Highways and Byways in Middlesex Written in 1909 by Walter Jerrold and with illustrations by Hugh Thomson, it gives a tour around all of the towns and villages explaining their history, antiquities, churches and people. see Middlesex history & topography http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/mdx-history.html ** Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds Written in 1924, it gives a tour around all of the towns and villages explaining their history, antiquities, churches and people. Fascinating reading and great background information for your family history see Oxfordshire history page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/oxf-history.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** Account of the Grocers Company, 1829 The Grocers Company is one of the most ancient of the twelve great companies of London and undoubtedly the first commercial corporation in England. This book contains the history of the Grocers Hall, the events effecting the company, a history of the company and biographical sketches of it's most eminent members. However it also contains a register of all the other members in chronological order. Was your ancestor a Grocer and did they belong to this company? If so they will be listed here. see London history & topography http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lnd-history.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** Parish Register of the Holy & Undivided Trinity in the City of Chester, 1598-1837. A transcript of the parish baptism, marriage and burial registers. Fully indexed. A huge book of 870 pages. see Cheshire church records page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/chs-church.html KEEP AN EYE ON THE LATEST RELEASES PAGE REGULARLY! http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/new/index.htm During June we shall be releasing lots more superb old and rare books on CD. Many of them are now completed and ready to go. ARCHIVE CD BOOKS AUSTRALIA RELEASES http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au ** New South Wales Telephone Exchanges List of Subscribers 1913 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. see New South Wales page ** New South Wales Public Service List (Teachers) 1925 A listing of over 8000 teachers at schools throughout New South Wales at the end of 1925, giving the following comprehensive details: see New South Wales page ** Centenary Catalogue of Farms and Stations for Sale in Western Australia. A list of properties sold by Joseph Charles between January 1921 and April 1929 with locality, acreage, name of the vendor and name of the purchaser - around 120 properties, 90 of which were rural properties ranging in size from under 100 acres up to 280,000 acres. see Western Australia page ** The Australian Pastoral Directory 1923 - 356 pages ** Bailliere's New South Wales Gazetteer and Road Guide 1870 - 722 pages + map ** Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners Report 1850 - 218 pages ** Commonwealth Public Service List 1920 - 511 pages ** New South Wales Educational Gazette: Vol 3-1 (Jun 1893) to Vol 4-12 - 488 pages ** New South Wales Public Service List 1934 (excluding Teachers) - 164 pages ** The Record and Trades Register: July 1887-January 1888 - 288 pages ** The Sydney University Calendar 1887 - 489 pages ** Yewen's Directory of Landholders, New South Wales, 1900 - 600 pages Coming Soon - Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War 1914-18 - Sands & MacDougall PO Melbourne, Suburban and Victorian Country Directory 1904 - Pugh's Queensland Almanac and Directory 1883 - NSW Weekly Notes Vol VII 1890 - 1893 (court reports) We will be scanning in conjunction with the State Library of Tasmania the following products over the next 2 months with more Tasmanian products to follow. - The Cyclopedia of Tasmania (1900) - Bailliere’s Gazetteer of Tasmania 1877 - Tasmanian Post Office Directory 1904 Helping with the Archive CD Books Project Archive CD Books Australia is actively working with the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Society of Australian Genealogist, State Library of Tasmania, South Australian Genealogy & Local History Society to bring you many more resources for your research. A number of other societies and libraries and individuals have indicated their willingness to lend books for this important project Visit our coming titles page on our website for more details on these. http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au _____________________________________________________ ARCHIVE CD BOOKS CANADA RELEASES ** Canada as a National Property, 1926 This is an "advertising" book published by the Canadian Government to encourage immigration during the 1920s ** Hand Book for the Dominion of Canada, 1884 Originally published as a guide book for members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science who were attending the associations meeting in Montreal in 1884 ** The Greystone If you are searching for someone who attended this university during this year there is an excellent chance that their name will appear somewhere in this book. ** The Blue Book: Textile Directory US & Canada 1897-98 This is a comprehensive directory of the textile trade and associated manufacturing industries for the years 1897 and 1897. It lists all manufacturing operations in the whole of Canada and the United States. ** The Civil Service List of Quebec 1853 and Canada 1872 & 1894 These are dis-bound sections of an annual set of session papers which record the staff of the Canadian (only for Quebec in the 1853 report) Civil Service during that year. ** Annual Report of St. Paul’s Church Hamilton Ontario, 1905 - 1939 Of great interest to genealogists is the Communion and Pew Roll and the Sunday School and Bible list which gives the names and address of the parishioners, and their children, regularly attending the church. It is published in each report and gives the names and addresses of up to 1200 parishioners depending on the year. see Canada page ** Cape Breton, Canada – 1903 CA0057; $23.00 Cdn. A wonderful book about a beautiful part of Canada. This is a very hard book to describe in a few words. It covers every thing about the island from its original settlement to its (then) current importance to the mining industry. The production values in this book were very high. It has very good (for 1903) clear text, high quality paper, there are also hundreds of photographs and illustrations. This has allowed us to make a nice clear reproduction. Highly recommended for those of you with any interest in this historic part of the Atlantic Provinces. Great 'prep.' for a vacation trip! ** Welland County Minutes 1936 CA0027; $23:00 Cdn. A year's worth of the proceedings of the Municipal Council of Welland County which included 17 townships and villages: Bertie, Crowland, Chippawa, Crystal Beach, Fort Erie, Fonthill, Humberstone (township and village), Pelham, Port Colborne, Stamford, Thorold (Town and Township), Willoughby, Wainfleet, Welland and Niagara Falls. If you had relatives living in Welland County in this period and if they had any dealings with the Council their name may well appear in this book. If you simply want to know what life was like for the inhabitants the many reports will give you a real insight. ** A book of 189 Calendars for AD 1752 to 1940 inc. CA0055; $9.50 Cdn. This is a book every genealogist needs, and its priced right price too! In addition to the 189 calendars the book explains why, and how, the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar was made in England in 1752 when, at the same time, the start of the year was moved from the 25 March to the 1 January. The book's Introduction also identifies the years in which most other European countries made the same change and reports the confusion which occurred between correspondents in these countries in the intervening years. (Obviously it applies in North America too, but look out for early records of French, Spanish Portuguese or other European origin) To round out this little gem of a book the author included a listing of the Officers of the 1897 Canadian governments and what he terms a Chronology of Business (for Montreal.) Today we'd call these business biographies and they will provide valuable information to anyone researching an ancestor who operated one of these businesses. ** The Century Cyclopedia of Names CA0068; $35.00 While the Century Company was compiling it's Dictionary in the late 1800's it decided to draw all the proper name references it found into a separate appendix to be included in the last of the dictionary's eight volumes. When they completed the dictionary they found that the appendix of names was so large it justified a complete volume of it's own. Consequently the first edition of the Cyclopedia of Names, for the single year of 1894, was published as a stand alone book. We are told there are over 25,000 name entries and from it's weight alone that's easy to believe! The names in the book are from all sources, all countries as well as from both fact and fiction although being an American publisher there may be some bias. Each entry provides a pronunciation guide and an etymology either giving: the earliest recognized use or, the life facts if it is a person. This will be an invaluable source of personal chronology if you were researching one of the characters cited. This is a fascinating book to just dip into at random. It took a long time to scan because I kept on stopping to read out some interesting little tid-bit or another. Coming Soon: We're still working on our 1930 Gazetteer of Canada and Newfoundland project. I'm just about to start on “The Pioneers of Old Ontario” – originally published in 1923 but starts by describing the settling of what is now Ontario by the deposed American loyalists after 1763. There are several other exciting titles jostling for third place. We'll have to see which makes it! What would be your choice of topics? Let us know. Newsletter: In response to a number of requests we have now started our own Canadian newsletter and have already published the first issue. We will be publishing it on an approximately monthly cycle. As well as giving Canadian news, more detail of new Canadian releases, and a listing of all other partner titles just received, we are offering Canadian Family History and Historical Societies a forum to Advertise their special events to an audience wider than just their own members. If you know of any Canadian genealogy related news or events that should receive a wider circulation let us know and we'll add it into our next issue. To subscribe head over to http://www.british-genealogy.com/mailman/ listinfo/cdbooks-news-canada but don't forget to come back and finish reading the newsletter! OUR OFFER OF A FREE CD TO ALL NEW CANADIAN CUSTOMERS OF ARCHIVE CD BOOKS CANADA IS STILL RUNNING – BUT IT WONT LAST FOREVER!. Only available on the Archive CD Books Canada Site http://www.archivecdbooks.ca Canada enquiries e-mail: malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca ________________________________________________________ CENSUS PROJECT NEWS We are flying.. ! There have been several new census releases during the last month, and there will be several more this month. In the pipeline for very early release are: 1841 Lincolnshire - release within a few days 1841 Gloucestershire - all scanned 1841 Cambridgeshire 1841 Norfolk - scanned 1841 Suffolk 1841 Devon 1841 Essex 1841 Nottinghamshire - scanning now 1851 Nottinghamshire - scanned 1861 Sussex 1861 Northumberland 1871 London - remaining parts all scanned and release imminent. 1871 Dorset - all scanned - imminent release 1871 Norfolk - most scanned 1871 Nottinghamshire 1891 Nottinghamshire Note... The new Nottinghamshire censuses for 1841, 1851, 1871 and 1891 are now all priced at just GBP 20.00 on advance orders. (All people who have already placed advance orders on these will receive them at this price). http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ntt-census.html Due to popular demand from our customers, we have now added the 1851 Nottinghamshire census to the range, with a high priority for production. Many of our customers have written to us expressing their dismay that a competitor, with whom they had already placed advance orders for the 1851, has announced that they were "not satisfied" with the scans that they had done and have delayed release of their Nottinghamshire censuses for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891. (We are not surprised - scanning censuses well requires considerable expertise and needs to be done in-house to maintain good quality control ! Unfortunately, they have learned that the hard way). Our census scans are second to none! See sample pages on our main web site. http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/census/ and the census information pages at: http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/ ALL REMAINING NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CENSUS SETS ARE NOW BEING GIVEN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRIORITY FOR RELEASE http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/ acatalog/ntt-census.html ___________________________________________________________ RELYING ON TRANSCRIPTS ? Rob Dewsall writes: When it comes to genealogy, family history, or whatever you wish to call it...... *Your* Family History should be researched and written by *YOU* and you have a responsibility to get it right. That means document everything and say where you saw it and where. Opinions and well reasoned and researched suppositions are fine too, as long as you document sources and the reasons for your own conclusions and reservations. That is real research. OK, your reasoning may well (and probably will) be questioned in the future, but you will have done the best research possible given the resources available. And future researchers will be able to consult sources that you have named, they will thank you for that! Brilliant Family Historians, such as Eve McLaughlin, Barney T.D., Guy Etchells, Rod Neep and many others too numerous to name have managed to do their research without the benefit of the internet. How did they do that? Simple..... Hard Work. I feel that the *easy* accessibility of records on the 'net and CD is making many of us lazy and disinclined to take research further than census, BMD and IGI records.... The Names and Dates mentality, with little to 'flesh the bones'. ================================= In message <004201c430f9$fc1c0060$47f64c51@i0j8z9>, Rosemary Ash <rosemary@chevronels.freeserve.co.uk> writes >Yesterday a friend of mine made a search for me in the Ancestry.com >1891 census for a William Berry and family, because it produced so many >results she then tried just putting in the wife's Christian name, >Laura, and age, but no surname. Disappointed that no Laura Berry showed >up, she sent me the 9 names and there amongst them was Laura Kinsell, >under her maiden name. We then looked at the actual return for that ref >and lo and behold there was the family. William and Laura BERRY and >their daughter. But no mention whatsoever of the name Kinsell. > >To me this is one of the most amazing and incredulous things I have >ever come across and that's why I'm sharing it with you all. How could >it have happened? The only remotely possible explanation I can think of >is that by an amazing coincidence the indexer happened to know of the >family and accidentally put Laura under her maiden name? But surely >that's impossible?? >If any of you have any thoughts on this I'd love to know. You didn't look at the whole family group in that house. Most of them are on the previous page of the census. Yes... it is a mis-transcription..... but you will see that the remainder of the people living there are indeed KINSALL. Actually... it is a compound error.... try to follow this: (RG12/2366 folio 76... both pages) No. 2 Railway Terrace is enumerated as a multiple occupancy house. Two separate schedules were filled in and given to the enumerator. Schedule 239 - 2 Railway Terrace. Sarah KINSELL Head Wid 48 Thomas W do Son Single 24 Ernest do Son do 20 Israel do Son do 18 George do Son do 15 Maud A do Daur 12 Arthur do Son 10 Lilly do Daur 6 so far so good... then we turn to the next page... Edwin BERRY Head Mar 35 *then* we start schedule 240 - again 2 Railway Ter. Laura do Wife Mar 21 Alice L do Daur 2 mo. BUT! Both Laura *and* Alice L are mis-transcribed as KINSELL instead of BERRY, *because* ...... ... they are "do" of the head of the household of No.2 Railway Terrace (who is Sarah KINSELL). It's a horrible transcription mistake! But the enumerator also contributed to the misunderstanding, because he started a new schedule number entry (240) for the same house.... *below* Edwin BERRY, who is in schedule 239! So... how could the transcriber have also got it so wrong? You need to know a little of how the actual transcription process is actually carried out (it was done in the Far East, not India as is commonly believed).... because the transcription method used is *asking* for trouble! The transcriber is using a piece of software to do the transcription. A piece of software that *auto-fills* in surnames! OK.... he types in the first entry... Sarah KINSALL..... etc. the next entry he types automatically fills in the *same surname* (If the name is different, then the transcriber alters it manually) ... .... and so on, down the list... Ah so! This next one is BERRY.... so I'll over-type the KINSALL ... BUT... the next one is a "do".... and as we are in the same house, I'll leave it as KINSALL... Hence: Laura do Wife Mar 21 Alice L do Daur 2 mo. are both transcribed as KINSALL instead of BERRY. You were astounded because it showed Laura's *maiden name*. It happened entirely because she was living in the same house as her mother! YES... it *is* a mis-transcription. Now.... let's look again at that software that is being used to do the transcription.... it *auto-fills* in the surname... So what do you think can happen if we have an entry in the census such as: John SMITH head Mary SMITH wife John SMITH son Jane BROWN servant .... YES!.... and there *are many* examples in the 1891 Ancestry census index/transcript.... Jane BROWN is indexed and transcribed as SMITH !!! ... and *that* is why your Laura BERRY is transcribed as Laura KINSELL. Auto-fill software is fine.... it saves typing, and makes the entry process much faster.... BUT... the transcriber needs to have their wits about them! There are *MANY* mis-transcriptions in the 1891 Ancestry census because of this reason..... and you would *never* find people you are searching for! Therefore.... because the person you are looking to find is "not" in the *transcript*.... it does *NOT* mean that they are not in the census!!! ..... and usually (we were very lucky this time!) the *only* way to find them is.... TO READ THE ORIGINAL CENSUS DOCUMENTS ... page by page, line by line. Doing this is called... wait for it... "research" ! Which is why I produce the censuses on CD. *Paging* through the census images in a tiny window part of a page at a time on line is extremely slow, and extremely painful. Doing it on CD full screen is easy! If you had had the original images on CD, (or even on film) then you would have spotted the KINSALL family immediately, and you would also have spotted Laura BERRY immediately.... even at a quick glance at the page. Follow up discussion on points in this newsletter can be seen on the CDBooks mailing list. __________________________________________________ CURRENT SPECIAL OFFERS Latest special offers can always be seen on the web page at: http:// www.archivecdbooks.ie/books/new/index.htm Some special offers may last for a very short period only! Some only a day or two.... so bookmark that web page and visit regularly. Hampshire - Special Offer Month 50% off all Hampshire CDs from May 28 to 30th June. (No other discounts apply. Census CDs not included in this offer) See: Hampshire Directories page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ham-directories.html Hampshire History books page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ham-history.html Hampshire Church Records page http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/ham-church.html _________________________________________________ A TASTE OF ONE TO COME Settlement Examination Books. Incredibly important resources! Never before published. The later ones (late 1700s) are indexed.... but the early examination books still need indexing. For those, it will be time to sharpen up your skills at reading old documents of the early 1700s. I am reading a few from the CD..... (There may be transcription errors) ================================================= November 1710 Ann DAVIS a Bastd. About 3 year old born in Duks Court there with the Grandmother at Mr. Philly[?]es. Putt on the orphans book at six shillings. John CONDY (?) about 11 year old past from Bewdely in Com. Worcester about a year ago. £5. William TRESILIAN about 9 year old past from St. Aidans(?) Holborn. Eleanor NICHOLS about 12 at Ds. £5. Eliz. BURDUS about 13 past from St. Clemts. £4:7s - with Elin MARTIN a blind woman. Got these 4 children John COWDIS, Wm. TRESILIAN, Eleanor NICHOLLS, & Elizab. BURDUS put on the orphans book at six shillings each. ====================== Gott Charity BRANKLYN put on the pencon [pension] at 6s a month : Mrs BRANKLYN was a Widow when she marryd. Mr BRANKLYN & has a Child Nathaniel SMITH about 12 year old by a former husband Nathaniel SMITH. Thomas BRANKLYN aged about 33 past from St. Giles Highgate Mid. Says he was bound Apprentice to VAUGHAN in White Hart Yard a Charcol seller, about 19 year ago & served him there about 5 year. His widow is now alive, his master gave him up his Indentures, he says he never was in any service. He says he was marryd to Elizabeth his wife at Fleet about 3 year ago by whom he has one child Charity about a year & a quarter old. He marryd to Susan his first wife at Lambs Chapple in London about 13 year ago by whom he had two children Sarah 14 year old & Eliz. 11 year old. He says he never was a housekeeper. 6 November 1710 The mark T J Saunders Thomas Brancklyn ================================================ What is a settlement examination? Under the laws of settlement which were introduced by the Poor Law Act of 1601, people were only entitled to claim poor relief in their legal place of settlement, that is, the parish where they had been living for at least one month. After the Settlement Act of 1662, people could obtain a settlement in any parish through marriage, apprenticeship, domestic service for over a year or by occupying property worth more than £10 per annum. Anyone not fulfilling these criteria was liable to be removed to their original parish. After 1697, poorer people had to carry a settlement certificate with them to show that their parish of legal settlement would take them back if necessary. If they requested poor relief, the parish they had moved to would examine them to see where their legal right of settlement lay. The resulting settlement examination books are a rich source for researchers. What information can I find in settlement examinations? The examination entries might include details of a person's birthplace and working career as well as the names and ages of dependent children. The entries can also include details of their recent whereabouts and other incidental detail of a person's life story. ===================================== Where else could you find *this* sort of family history information?!! Some from 1708: The parish took responsibility for this young girl: "Eliz. TOOLE aged about 8 years, daughter of TOOLE who was hanged in chains for murdering his lover about 7 years ago." Next... a new settlement certificate enabled a widow to move to Sussex: "Eliz. TURNER the widow of Richd. TURNER died a penconer [pensioner] of this parish & Abraham her son about a year & 3 qtrs. old to have a certificate to Rye in Sussex. She has a brother there." ... and a man given permission to move from London to Nottinghamshire: "Thomas SHEPHEARD lived formerly in the mews & was since a housekeeper in Bedfordbury in 17095 & 1706 & a Scavenger .... to have a certificate to Warsop in Com. Nottingham." and the tragic story of a young woman whose husband was away at sea: "Sarah SANDERS wife of Charles SANDERS was marryd in the Fleet a year ago the 17 February. He then bought & sold fish about the streets. He is now at sea in the Prince George. She says he never was an apprentice or servant to her knowledge and she says he never was a housekeeper. She says he was born in Cullumton in Exeter and his father was a housekeeper then. She says she has a cancer in her breast. The mark of X Sarah Sanders. OK... that one got to me too. But that is someone's *real* family history story. There are several thousands of them in these books. The Settlement examinations are being scanned now.... lots of books covering the 1700s period. We'll start by releasing those that have full name indexes. ____________________________________________________ ARCHIVE CD BOOKS PROFITS It isn't usual for me to disclose such things. But being as I have recently received a copy of the audited accounts for Archive CD Books for the year ending 31 October 2003...... The bottom line figure: Nett Profit : £1,183 Putting that into perspective, that equates to a little less than two day's average expenditure. That, ladies and gentlemen, is what I consider to be a *total success* in meeting my aims and objectives. The difficult part of my job is to manage Archive CD Books throughout the year so that *does* happen. Of course, if I had taken a hard business line, and sold original books and documents that had been purchased, not paid for rebinding and renovation for museums, archives and libraries, not given away a lot of money to various charities, and put higher prices on the CDs, then there would have been more profit. If I had not made work for 15 members of staff, all but one of which was unemployed when they joined us (and who came through the local job centre), then their life style would not have been improved. Dare I admit it.... their welfare is more important to me than family history, books or pieces of plastic. Which is why, when people such as Rosemary Jarvis deliberately and maliciously undermine what we are doing, by making such statements in public, I become somewhat disturbed. However, it comes with the territory. I have to live with it. Archive CD Books is a tremendous success. The mission statement that was put on the front page of our web site has not changed since it was put there on day one, over four years ago. I am very proud of that, and I am very appreciative indeed of all the supporters who have lent books, and purchased CDs to make Archive CD Books the success that it is. In passing (and this shouldn't really be entered as an afterthought) I also give thanks to God. We.... and that includes all of you folks too, have succeeded. Thank you! ____________________________________________________ OTHER NEWS SNIPPETS Issue 12 of Your Family Tree (has to be worth the cover price alone) has a cover disk with The Post Office Glasgow Directory 1869-70 from Archive CD Books. Archive CD Books Nederland - "Boek op CD" is now progressing in leaps and bounds, and already there is a large collection of completed CDs ready, and for sale on the Dutch web site. We are at present translating all the titles and descriptions to go onto the English sites, and aslo a translated English version of the Dutch Boek op CD web site. The books themselves are, of course, in Dutch. Does that present a big problem? Well, actually no. All of them are fully searchable for place names and peoples' names. Any word in fact. So there's no problem in finding your Dutch ancestors in them. And.... you can copy and paste sections out into your word processor very easily too. For all of the Dutch books, see: http://www.boekopcd.nl/ I went over to Holland earlier this month to meet up with Rob Camerlink and his wife Mieke, and to see their latest developments, and whilst I was there I also visited some record offices. Anya Sampson, our marketing expert also spent a week over there in Holland. Already there has been considerable interest within Holland, with articles about Archive CD Books in newspapers, magazines, and even on television. Archive CD Books Ireland will surface quite soon now.... with some really wonderful resources for those with Irish ancestors. We are *really* looking forwards to that! We are also getting closer with Archive CD Books New Zealand and also South Africa, and I hope to have further news in July. And next to follow those .... ? In the near future we shall be changing over to direct credit card charging from the Archive CD Books (GB) shopping cart. (In the past, all credit cards have been charged manually though our dedicated card terminal after we download the orders - but it is a lot of work). This means that your card will be checked and charged at the time that you place your order. That will save us quite a lot of work, and for us, the whole process will become less expensive. A spin off from this, is that soon, we shall no longer be taking advance orders for census CD sets. Putting it simply, we don't want to hold your money in advance (we have always had that principle). Therefore all census sets apart from those that are imminent, have had advance ordering suspended on the shopping cart. Regards Rod Neep
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