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From: Rod Neep <>
Subject: [MER] Combining the proposed 1861 Census of individual Welsh Counties
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:45:30 +0100
References: <200209041504.g84F4Sq07579@pml.rootsweb.com>
In-Reply-To: <200209041504.g84F4Sq07579@pml.rootsweb.com>

>In a message dated 04/09/2002 11:21:55 GMT Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>
>> I am suprised that the CD Archives are reluctant to combine say three North
>> Wales counties on account of cost and the small numbers in these
>> counties.There is probably a potential market for this particularly amongst
>> overseas
>> clients who often have roots in more than one county.I think that our
>> overseas friends would find this more economical in cost including postage
>> charges and would welcome the idea.
>>
>

In message <>,
writes

>I made this very suggestion to Rod Neep of Archive CD books a few days ago
>(except I went further and suggested adding Denbighshire)
>
>This is the reply I had:
>~~~~~~~
>This is frequently asked question Alwyn.
>That could be done, but at four times the price. It is the *cost* of
>buying films, digitising, and work that one is paying for, not the
>pieces of plastic, which are very cheap.
>
>~~~~~~~~
>
>I am not sure about the economics of Archive CD books or the suppliers of
>their census source, but I as the population of the whole of North Wales in
>1861 (including Fflint and Montgomery) is less than that of Glamorgan in the
>same period, I am not sure how the material and labour costs for covering all
>North Wales would be more expensive than the cost of doing Glamorgan,
>Lancashire or Yorkshire.

(But I didn't say that). It probably wouldn't be.

But please accept that I could be in a catch 22 position here.

Option 1.
I produce those (small) individual Welsh county census CDs at GBP 20.00

or

Option 2.
I produce a "compendium" set of several counties.

Whichever option I chose, the initial costs are identical:
a. cost of films
b. cost of digitising
c. cost of compiling and programming

The production costs (of the CDs) will also be the same.
(Postage is free anyway, so that doesn't enter into it).

But then the "catch 22" creeps in.
1. If I produce option 1 then some folks want option 2.
2. If I produce option 2, then some folks only want one county
and have it cheaper. Option 1.
3. If I produce option 2, then I will have included the wrong
combination of counties for everyone.

So the easiest way.... is to produce CD sets for separate counties, and
not for a region.

The situation also applies to large counties, but in reverse!
"Why don't you split a county... I only want Cardiff, and not the rest
of the county of Glamorgan." (I might add, that I might do that when the
times comes to announce Glamorgan).

Regards
Rod Neep
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