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From: "Mike & Ronica Hall" <>
Subject: British 1851 Census on CD-ROM
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 09:40:36 +0100


Hi to All

An extract follows concerning the British 1851 Census etc which might
be of interest to subscribers.

Short extract from the long item follows:

Mike Hall
Editor, Cronicl powys
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The following article [extract - MH] is from Eastman's Online
Genealogy
Newsletter and is copyright 1998 by Richard W. Eastman and
Ancestry, Inc. It is re-published here with the permission of
the author.

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

A Weekly Summary of Events and
Topics of Interest to Online Genealogists

Vol. 3 No. 22 - May 30, 1998

- 1851 British Census on CD-ROM

The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) has been computerizing the 1851
British census for some years. They have now released the first of
several CD-ROM disks containing that census. The disk released a
few weeks ago contains the 1851 census for Norfolk, Devon and
Warwick counties. While that is only three counties, it does
contain listings of 1.5 million people. The other counties are
also being computerized and will be released in coming months and
years.

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Interested in purchasing your own copy of the 1851 British Census
for Devon, Norfolk and Warwick counties? The CD-ROM disks are
available now ,and you can order it for the magnificent sum of
$5.00. No, that is not a misprint. This excellent CD-ROM disk of
high-quality genealogy data, complete with all needed software, is
available for five bucks. The first time I saw that price I assumed
that it was a misprint. I asked the director in charge of the
project, and he assured me that five dollars is indeed the correct
price.

<snip>------

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also has released
4.8 million records in the Australian Vital Records Index. These
records are from the states of New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria,
and Western Australia.

<snip>---------

The British 1881 Census CD-ROM is an announced product that is not
yet available. This set of CD-ROM disks will contain about 29
million records. ............... The CD-ROM version will be
available on several disks, each one covering one region. These
disks will become available one at a time as the Family History
Department completes them. Look for the first disks to become
available later this year.

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If you want to see the current issue as well as back issues of the
newsletter, look on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.ancestry.com/columns/eastman/index.ht

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