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From: "W.Paul Featherstone" <>
Subject: [FEATHERSTONE] Dick Eastman's newsletter
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:07:15 -0000

English Origins Launches Online Database

I have written several times in the past about Origins.net, a

company that has collaborated with the Public Records Office of

Scotland to produce Scottish Origins, an online database

containing genealogy information gleaned from the holdings of the

Public Records Office. This fee-based service is a great resource

for anyone with Scottish ancestry. Origins.net decided to not rest

on their laurels: they started expanding. In the April 8, 2000

edition of this newsletter, I wrote:

In the past few days the Society of Genealogists has signed an

agreement with Scottish Origins to put much of their material

online on a pay-as-you-view basis. This is great news for

genealogists. Scottish Origins appears to be well prepared for

this vast amount of material. The company has already worked

with the General Register Office for Scotland to place much of

their data online at http://www.origins.net. Obviously

Scottish Origins is now planning a similar effort with the

Society of Genealogists.

I can announce that the new "English Origins" is now available.

Here is the official announcement from Origins.net:

Origins.net, in collaboration with the Society of

Genealogists, announces the launch of English Origins. This

will operate on a similar 'pay per view' basis to the

company's existing Scots Origins service.

The Society has agreed with Origins to allow important parts

of its unique collection of British Isles material to be made

available over the Internet, no longer restricting access to

those able to visit the Society's Library in London.

The initial datasets are all of English records and will

appear on the new English Origins site. Others may appear on

different parts of the Origins site in due course.

The English Origins database currently includes over one

million names, covering the period 1568 to 1850, and including

the indexes listed below. These indexes provide rich

genealogical and biographical details and also allow you to

locate otherwise inaccessible source documents.

* Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1694-1850

* Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1701-1850

* Bank of England Will Extracts Index, 1717-1845

* London City Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1568-1850

* London Consistory Court Depositions Index, 1703-13

* Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index, 1700-1807

Other records, which will be added to the collection over the

course of 2001, include:

* Boyd's Marriage Index, over 6 million records

* Apprentices of Great Britain,1710-74; over 600,000 records

* Boyd's Inhabitants of London,14th-19th centuries; 60,000

families

* Boyd's London Burials; 50,000 names

* Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1750-1800; 333,000

records

Access to the English Origins database is by credit or debit

card, via a secure payment system. The charges are: £6 (about

$9) for 48 hours continuous access to the database, with hard

copies of original documents (which can be ordered online)

costing £10 (about $14.50). A free surname search facility is

available to determine whether there are any potentially

interesting records for a given surname.

Members of the Society of Genealogists are allowed one free

48-hour access each calendar quarter. This will allow members

to view a maximum of 150 of the Society's online records

during each of these accesses. Additionally, members will be

given a 20% discount on orders made via English Origins for

hard copies provided by the Society, i.e. £8 instead of £10.

About the Society of Genealogists

The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of

research material, guidance and support for those interested

in family history. It is a charity whose objects are to

promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge

of genealogy. Their library is the foremost in the British

Isles with a large collection of family histories, civil

registration and census material, and the widest collection of

Parish Register copies in the country (over 9,000).

Robert Gordon, Director of the Society of Genealogists said

"As an educational charity, the Society is eager to make its

unique collection available to family historians world-wide -

not just to those who find it convenient to come to our

Library in London when we are open."

About Origins.net

Origins.net was founded in 1997 to work with the custodians of

valuable genealogical information to assist them in using the

Internet to provide broader access to family history

researchers. Since this time it has been home to Scots

Origins, providing exclusive on line access to the General

Register Office for Scotland's birth, marriage and death

records, covering the period 1553 to 1925

Origins.net is quoted in The Good Web Guide as: "an absolutely

central resource for all genealogists..." Scots Origins has

been praised by The Herald as: "a model consumer website with

clear instructions and an excellent demo."

Ian Galbraith, CEO and founder of the company, stated:

"Origins.net and the Internet allows millions of family

historians worldwide to access an extraordinary amount of

genealogical material, allowing for more productive research.

Using the Internet for family history research eliminates

distance barriers, and creates strong 'virtual communities',

linked together by family, heritage and history. We are

delighted to work with the Society of Genealogists to allow

Web access to their rich holdings."

You can find more information and even access English Origins

online at: http://www.origins.net/


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