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From: "CMR" <>
Subject: Re: [SoG] Birth Briefs
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:45:18 +0100
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How easy is it to search these 7,000 plus birth briefs?
My first thought was of how useful it would be if they were on a computer
database: but then I thought of the work involved in creating (and
maintaining) it. It would certainly make them more accessible but how high
a priority would they command in the competition for scarce volunteer time?

Thinking another way I would be prepared to re submit my birth brief in a
digital format if the computer experts in the society have time and energy
to set up a suitable form.

Christopher Richards

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Hardy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: RE: [SoG] Birth Briefs


> A couple of answers to queries that have been raised on and off the
> list.
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> A Birth Brief is a standard format for displaying yourself, parents,
> grand parents, great grand-parents and 2xgreat-grand-parents.
>
> In the case of the SoG form these are displayed in landscape format on
> an A3 sheet. The exact details have changed slightly over the years,
> but we have now got a collection of somewhere over 7000 forms bound up,
> and they provide a very good record of the ancestry of members.
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> Yes we will accept ALL birth briefs as I said in my original message,
> but some might not be published.
>
> Any BB using the SoG form provides a document of genealogical value, and
> can help others to see if you are a cousin or have an interest in a
> particular surname. We do want them on our form for two reasons -
> firstly it is a thicker than normal paper which lasts better than
> ordinary 80 grams/sq metre paper and secondly, because we bind them we
> need items that are a standard size.
>
> Frank Hardy
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