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Archive CD Books News : June 12 2004
In this news:
* Latest CD Releases
Including a superb set of Yorkshire books
* Special Offers
* Other news snippets
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LATEST CD RELEASES
BRITAIN
For the very latest releases, as they happen, see: http://www.rod-neep.c
o.uk/books/new/index.htm
THERE HAVE BEEN **SEVENTEEN** NEW CD RELEASES DURING THE LAST WEEK
A real mixed bag of interesting and rare old books, and amongst them,
some real gems!
Let's start with the new censuses released:
** Dorset 1871 Census Registration Districts
(Reference #C1871DOR)
Price: £30.00 (£35.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
RG10/1967-2030
AVAILABLE NOW
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dor-census.html
Those who placed an advance order prior to June 11 2004 will receive
this at the pre-production price of 20.00.
** Lincolnshire 1841 Census
HO107/606-651
Price: £30.00
(£35.25 Including VAT at 17.5% on sales within the UK)
11 CD set.
Our 1841 scans of censuses are second to none! (That's the reason why
there are so many CDs in the set - high quality in grey scale scans is a
lot of data). Yes, this one has already been released on CD by one of
our competitors, but that didn't put us off, because we know that many
people were waiting for one (from us) of the highest possible quality.
(This is just one of *all* of the 1841 censuses that we shall be
producing in quick succession - the next 1841 release will be
Gloucestershire).
see Lincolnshire census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/lin-census.html
** 1861 Census - RG9/3274-3304 Halifax Registration District
(Yorks. West Riding)
Price: £9.79
(£11.50 Including VAT at 17.5% on sales within the UK)
This is just the latest one of many of the Yorkshire 1861 censuses,
which we have released as inexpensive CD sets for districts of
Yorkshire.
see Yorkshire census page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/yks-census.html
and now for the books:
Remember.... VAT is only payable on orders delivered within the UK and
EEC countries. Deliveries to all other countries are tax free.
** Harrod's Directory for Berkshire 1876
Lists people with their name, address and trade
Price: £9.97 (£11.71 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Berkshire directories page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/brk-directories.html
** Highways and Byways of Berkshire
This book will always be popular with those having Berkshire ancestors.
see Berkshire directories page
Written in 1906, 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.
Price: £12.13
(£14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/brk-history.html
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A SPECIAL COMPENDIUM
** The Comprehensive History of Exeter
An amazing opportunity for those with Exeter interests, this CD contains
four histories of the city written from different times and
perspectives. They span Exeter's history from its foundation to the
1800s when the last book was published.
Titles included are,
1. The Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter 1049-1677
(Published 1741)
2. Hoker's Description and Account of the City of Exeter.
(published 1765)
3. Civil and Ecclesiastical History of the City of Exeter
(Published 1841)
4. History of the City of Exeter (published 1861)
see Devon history & topography page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/dev-history.html
If bought separately the books would cost a total of £57.00, so this
offers excellent value for money too.
Price: £30.00 (£35.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
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** White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, 1864
This directory, like other White's directories is incredibly
comprehensive. Most important of all for family historians this book has
hundreds of pages listing people in the county along with their address
and profession.
Price: £15.11 (£17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Norfolk Directories page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/nfk-directories.html
** Harrod's Directory for Oxfordshire 1876
The directory lists people with their name, address and trade. It also
gives interesting information about every village and town in the
county.
Price: £9.97 (£11.71 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Oxfordshire directories page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/oxf-directories.html
** Three Oxfordshire Parishes;
A History of Kidlington, Yarnton and Begbroke.
Written in 1893 and printed for the Oxford Historical Society, this book
gives the general history of these places with thought to their
connection to National events. For each there are also pages of extracts
from the Hundred Rolls.
Price: £12.13 (£14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Oxfordshire history page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/oxf-history.html
** History of Watford
Chapters cover the town's Saxon history, the Domesday book, Abbey Rolls,
Peasants Rebellion, War of the Roses and other historic events as well
as the traditions of the time and recollections of the past. It is
filled with lovely illustrations and will be of great interest to anyone
with Watford ancestors.
Price: £9.97 (£11.71 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Hertfordshire history page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/hrt-history.html
** Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire
Written in 1902, 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.
Price: £12.13 (£14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Hertfordshire history page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/hrt-history.html
** Circuit Journeys By the late Lord Cockburn
Lord Cockburn, a Criminal Judge, as part of his work, rode around
Scotland in "circuits", he began to note down cases of particular
interest in diary form, and this forms the basis of the CD.
Places well indexed and fully searchable.
As well as details of the cases it gives you a good insight into the
habits and thoughts of Judges in the early 1800s.
"It was altogether a shocking case, but his Lordship found out and
debated upon this peculiar atrocity, that the woman he had killed was
not his wife, but only his mistress, because as he explained if she had
been your wife there might have been some apology for you, on account of
the difficulty of getting quit of a wife in any other way. But this
unfortunate woman being only your associate, you might have freed
yourself from her whenever you chose. How Brougham (the accused)
revelled over this discovery, that it was a less crime to murder a wife
than to murder a mistress!"
Price: £7.50 (£8.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Scotland history & topography
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/sct-history.html
** Coaching Days and Coaching Ways
The author's intention was "to try to get glimpses of the social life
which passed to and fro between London and the provinces…I shall show
our ancestors of all ages in all kinds of costumes...busy at the
nothings which make travelled life, eating, drinking, flirting,
quarrelling, delivering up their purses, grumbling over their bills."
Interesting too are the historical details he gives of each place and
descriptions of the Inns along each of the journeys. A very humorous and
informative insight into travel in bygone times. A great way to know
more about how our ancestors of all periods lived.
Price: £7.50 (£8.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see All England lifestyle page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/eng-lifestyle.html
** The Old Engravers of England
Malcolm C Salaman traces the art of copper plate engraving through the
most interesting period of its history, from its introduction in the
middle of the sixteenth century to its climax at the end of the
eighteenth. From the preface:
"There is a charm about old prints quite apart from their quality as
engravings. They are links of intimacy with bygone times. The printed
page may stir us with vivid passages of history, or quicken our
imaginations with the social sidelight or the contemporary gossip of
personal or fashionable import, but the prints of the period bring us at
once eye to eye with the people themselves. In a word the prints revive
for us the human atmosphere of a past age".
Price: £7.50 (£8.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see All England miscellaneous page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/eng-misc.html
** The Registers Of Ulverston Parish Church 1545-1812
A transcript of the parish baptism, marriage and burial registers. Fully
indexed. A *huge* book of over 800 pages, loaned to the project by the
Cumbria Record Office at Barrow in Furness.
Price: £12.13 (£14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see: http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/cul-church.html
** The History of Cirencester
A very comprehensive history of this ancient town, from it's days as
"Corinium" the Roman City to the nineteenth century when this book was
published. The book describes the memorable events of the town as well
as the history of it's religion, government, trades and industry,
transport, public buildings, institutions and the towns environs. It is
illustrated with maps of the old market place and sketches of important
buildings. A very early history book that will provide lots of
background information for those with ancestors from this area.
Price: £7.50 (£8.81 Including VAT at 17.5%)
see Gloucestershire history page
http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/gls-history.html
** The Annals of Yorkshire **
Wow! Thousands of fascinating stories taken from Yorkshire newspapers
(up to 1874) relating to every-day events and normal people. 3 huge rare
old volumes.
Just GBP 8.50 (£9.95 Including VAT at 17.5% on sales within the UK)
This set of rare books was donated to us by one of the Archive CD Books
supporters who spotted them for sale on eBay! Ironically, they were
being sold by someone who also produces books on CD.... unfortunately
the actual books are in a very sad condition, with the spines broken,
pages loose, and the covers literally hanging off - the results of them
being roughly handled, and scanned using a flat bed scanner instead of a
high quality book camera like ours. We'll now have them repaired and
rebound (which will cost about GBP 450.00 for the three volumes), and
then we'll donate these rare books to a suitable record office, museum
or local studies library in Yorkshire, where they rightly belong. That's
what happens with all of our books. We wouldn't dream of selling them!
Money from the sale of the CDs, at only 8.50, will pay for their
restoration.
See the special web pages for examples and more information.
http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ref/gb1250/
The books are wonderful for background family history information! Those
of you who have our very first CD, The Nottingham Date Book, will be
aware of the superb type of information that it contains. The Annals of
Yorkshire is the same... but three times larger!
These three large volumes are fully indexed, with names, events and
places. In addition, the CD is fully searchable for any word or phrase
within the text.
The most fascinating every day history of the people of Yorkshire with
accounts of the events relating to the "ordinary" people of the county.
a few examples:
27 July 1809
A dreadful thunderstorm, was partially felt at Leeds, and was most
tremendous about seven miles to the south-east. Several houses at
Garforth were struck with the lightning, and among others that of
Mr.Collett; the electric fluid struck the chimney, and went through the
wall, which it damaged in several places; it then took another
direction, broke a chair and some china, and again penetrated the wall.
Mr. and Mrs.Collett had scarcely quitted the room in which they had been
sitting, when the lightning entered the apartment, and overwhelmed
everything in its destructive course. The house of Thomas Webster was
also much shattered, and two cows killed. At Barwick in Elmet, the house
of Mr. Thomas Stoner was greatly shattered, and a collier standing in
his house had his shoe-string burnt by the electric spark. Mrs. Stoner
had engaged a party, to tea the same afternoon, but had reversed her
invitation at the entreaty of one of her friends, and had gone, to visit
a neighbour, when the room in which her party would have sat was
shattered with the lightning. A tree under which a number of hay-makers
had imprudently sheltered themselves, was shivered a few moments after
they had quitted their shelter. A man and his wife at Kippax, sitting at
opposite sides of the fire, had a dog killed between them, though they
both escaped unhurt.
March 1850
16th. John Jessop, a blacksmith at Clayton, near, Bradford, aged 24,
attempted to murder his wife by firing
pistol at her. He then blew his own brains out with another pistol and
fell dead on the floor. The wife who was wounded in the left breast,
survived the shot
19th
A public meeting of bankers, merchants, manufacturers and other
inhabitants of Leeds, was held in the Court house, for the purpose of
promoting the success of the great exhibition of the industry of all
nations in 1851.
25th.
A horse belonging to Mrs Ball Marsh Lane, Leeds, died after being ill
for a day or two and on a
postmortem examination of the animal by Mr. Carter, smith and farrier,
two round stones were found in it's
stomach - The largest weighed 4 1/2 lbs. and the other more than 12 oz.
They were quite smooth, and there is no doubt they were the, cause of
the animal's illness, and death. They were presented to the
Philosophical and Literary Society by Mr. Jowett.
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20th April 1850
Four men - named George Tallerton, Robert Parker, Nathaniel Scholey, and
William Jacques, excavators, employed at some new reservoirs on Romalds
Moor, after drinking at a public house 'till late in the evening at
Otley commenced breaking windows and damaging other property, and on
being checked by several parties, they made a most brutal attack on the
persons present, by which John Dawson was killed, five others were
stabbed, and a sixth had his neckcloth cut in an attempt to get at his
throat. They were Committed to York on a charge of wilful murder. The
first was transported for three years and the three latter for life.
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22 February 1870
A very melancholy case of murder occurred at Bradford. Wm. Naylor, a
bobbin-turner, owing to the loss of employment had become depressed in
mind, and had got the idea that his family would have to go to the
Workhouse. This morning, after his married daughter had gone to her
work, with a razor he went to the cradle in which her child, three
months old, was sleeping, and almost severed its head from its body. He
then gave himself into custody, stating that he had murdered one of his
grandchildren, as he was determined to do something which would keep
them out of the Workhouse. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of
wilful murder against him, and he was committed to the assizes for
trial. He was afterwards acquitted on the ground of insanity, and
ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure.
Just a few of the fascinating articles taken from local newspapers, and
reproduced in this excellent 3 volume publication in 1874 - now
available on fully searchable CD from the Archive CD Books Project.
For more fascinating examples, see:
http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ref/gb1250/
Help us to pay for the repair of these 3 books by buying this new CD.
Just GBP 8.50
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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
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A SPECIAL COMPENDIUM
** The Comprehensive History of Exeter
An amazing opportunity for those with Exeter interests, this CD contains
four histories of the city written from different times and
perspectives. They span Exeter's history from its foundation to the
1800s when the last book was published.
See above in the latest releases section.
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OTHER NEWS SNIPPETS
We have put the film scanner on overtime. It is now scanning films in
the evenings. That means that we'll be able to get more censuses out
faster, and already we have scanned most of the wonderful "Settlement
Examinations Books" that I mentioned last week. You'll love those!
The new A2 colour Bookeye book scanner is being put to good use. We have
already found some excellent books that benefit from it.
An extra large batch of books has been sent away for restoration this
week. That will cost us a cool GBP 3,451.00. Thanks to the Archive CD
Books sponsors, who purchased so many CDs last week under the special
offer, I have been able to point extra money into book restoration.
Thank you! Once the books come back to us, we'll start looking for
suitable museums, record offices and libraries where they will be
donated as gifts.
Sarah, the member of the team who is responsible for CD cover designs,
all of our magazine advertising and marketing artwork, etc. plus... most
of the CD book marking and final mastering.... now has too much work to
do! During the next week, she'll be training Gemma to take over the CD
book marking and mastering, and in turn, Gemma will be doing less
scanning, and we are to be employing a new book scanner person.
We have now signed up the necessary papers to do live credit card
charging from our on-line shopping cart. That will come into effect very
soon now. What you will see, is that at the end of the ordering process,
you will be passed out to a secure site at HSBC Bank to enter your
credit/debit card details, and then after you have paid, passed back to
our web site automatically. The HSBC site is already geared up for the
new type credit cards where you can enter your own pin number as
confirmation in addition to the normal card details.
This new system will give us lots of advantages too. For a start,
Dorothy and Cathy won't have the chore of entering the card details
manually into the electronic terminal, and that alone will save us hours
of work each day. In addition, there will be no problem (to us) of
sorting out declined cards. Of importance to us, is that the live credit
card charging system will save us a huge amount of money in commission
charges for the use of cards. On the down side, if you can call it that,
Dorothy will have less work to do, and so we are promoting her. Her new
task will be the co-ordination of the Archive CD Books partners in
different parts of the world, making sure that they all have the copies
of the CD masters for each others' CD publications. (Until now, Nikki
has been doing that task).
We are going to start to sell through some new outlets on the net. It
has come to our attention that some of our competitors are selling their
CDs through eBay Shops (at fixed prices), and also through ABE Books,
and we are conspicuous by our absence. To us, it is really a new and
different market to selling through our own web site shopping cart, and
aimed at picking up people who have never heard of Archive CD Books.
This new move, however, is going to take time and effort to maintain.
Therefore Fuzzy is being promoted from the packing room to handle this
new task. In turn, we are to be replacing her with a new packing room
person, as Kim won't be able to handle it all on her own.
Job Opportunities:
1. We need a new person (full time) to help in the packing
and mailing room. Staring immediately.
2. A new member of the team is needed to learn book scanning,
and also double as our in house "tech" support person for
our own internal computer and network systems. Serious
computer systems experience is required. This position will
probably develop into even more interesting areas of scanner
support, and will then also involve some international travel
in addition to various places within the UK.
The above positions will be advertised at the Job Centre this coming
week.
3. At this moment, we are also contemplating employing another
expert genealogist to join the team here in Cinderford.
So if you live within travelling distance, then give me
(Rod Neep) a call.
As many of you will remember, in November 2002 we moved into our place
at 5 Commercial Street, Cinderford. A semi-detached Victorian house with
four floors of rooms and plenty of space. Or so we thought at the time!
But now we are crowded in there! Therefore my wife and I have purchased
the house next door (attached - number 7) to double the space available
to us. We anticipate moving into there within a few weeks. First to move
into the new part of the building will the CD making machines and the CD
packing, which will enable us to spread out the film and book scanners
and make life a little more comfortable for the scanning and CD
production team members currently in the three ground floor rooms of
no.5. We'll have a new reception room, and a decent kitchen.
Anya, who deals with our marketing, contacts with magazines and family
history societies, and promotions, will have her own office. Anya is
doing an immense amount of work for us, with astounding success, and
she's also now becoming involved with the marketing of our international
Archive CD Books partners. As someone recently described her: "Anya is
your competitors' worst nightmare". If you are one of the committee of a
family history society, then do contact Anya. She has some great ideas
for co-operative projects that are of benefit to everyone, and she gives
away free CDs to societies. The same applies to heads of libraries,
record offices and museums, (anywhere in the world), not only with CDs,
but you may find yourself being the recipient of some of the valuable
old books too, or having some of your old books restored at our cost.
Regards
Rod Neep
http://www.british-genealogy.com/mailman/listinfo/cdbooks-news
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