Hi Kerry, That is a thought certainly. However the small not for profit group releasing the CD was hoping to make a few dollars from each copy to put towards other projects that we are working on... As we all know money is a little hard to come by for historical groups. The other option would be a subscription based search program similar to ancestry... we are a ways off yet anyhow.. will keep it in mind.. whats everyone else think?? Cheers Sue. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]>wrote: > Can I suggest putting it on the WWW rather than on a CD? > > > > The WWW is accessible to more people than a CD would be. And with the WWW > you can put up whatever information you already have and update it > progressively as new information comes to hand. With a CD there is no easy > way to publish updates. > > > > Kerry > > > >

Sue Just a practical comment if you go down the CD route. Qld Family History Society has a program that I believe they make freely available to similar organisations for providing a fully searchable data base on a CD. It's called QFHSdatasearch and it's what they have used for their electoral rolls and some of their monumental inscriptions. Using that would save you a lot of work compared with developing your own. But unlike a monumental inscriptions project or an electoral roll project, your project doesn't have an obvious ending, the point at which you can say with confidence "OK, we've got all the data, time to go burn those CDs". No sooner than you burn those CDs, someone will discover some new list of burials that need to be included. If the project involved a lot of volunteer effort to create a useful community resource, trying to sell the information will limit its accessibility to the very community that you sought to assist in the first place. I appreciate the desire of the society to get some cash for other projects, but realistically you probably won't earn much from CD sales anyway. If you go with the WWW instead, you could add Google Advertising as a way to make some money. I say all of this in the context of having made the same decisions around our headstone photos. We chose to put them on the WWW for everyone to use and not to try to make money from them. We saw it as "paying it forward" in recognition of all the volunteer efforts to produce the family history resources that we have accessed in our own research over the years. Kerry

I have found this discussion a very interesting read... I understand that new computers being sold to not have a CD drive. Gracie Kiwifruit Country New Zealand <snip> If the project involved a lot of volunteer effort to create a useful community resource, trying to sell the information will limit its accessibility to the very community that you sought to assist in the first place. I appreciate the desire of the society to get some cash for other projects, but realistically you probably won't earn much from CD sales anyway. If you go with the WWW instead, you could add Google Advertising as a way to make some money. I say all of this in the context of having made the same decisions around our headstone photos. We chose to put them on the WWW for everyone to use and not to try to make money from them. We saw it as "paying it forward" in recognition of all the volunteer efforts to produce the family history resources that we have accessed in our own research over the years. Kerry Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

but they do have DVD readers/ burners, which will accept CDs............................... On 15 March 2012 10:10, GE Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found this discussion a very interesting read... > > I understand that new computers being sold to not have a CD drive. > > > Gracie > Kiwifruit Country > New Zealand > > > > <snip> > If the project involved a lot of volunteer effort to create a useful > community resource, trying to sell the information will limit its > accessibility to the very community that you sought to assist in the first > place. I appreciate the desire of the society to get some cash for other > projects, but realistically you probably won't earn much from CD sales > anyway. If you go with the WWW instead, you could add Google Advertising as > a way to make some money. > > I say all of this in the context of having made the same decisions around > our headstone photos. We chose to put them on the WWW for everyone to use > and not to try to make money from them. We saw it as "paying it forward" in > recognition of all the volunteer efforts to produce the family history > resources that we have accessed in our own research over the years. > > Kerry > > > > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi All, Just a quick note - larger laptops (and desktops) continue to have optical drives for reading and writing both CDs and DVDs, but smaller laptops, netbooks, ultrabooks, etc often do not. It is, however, relatively easy and affordable to purchase an external USB optical drive should you want a lightweight, ultraportable, small form factor laptop, but still require occasional access to CDs and DVDs. I very much agree with Kerry's earlier point, though, that uploading material to the web, where appropriate, is the preferable option. Cheers, Deb (Suddenly Sunny BrisVegas) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Crighton Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2012 9:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] proxy burial register for Paddington Cemetery (the old Brisbane General) but they do have DVD readers/ burners, which will accept CDs............................... On 15 March 2012 10:10, GE Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that new computers being sold to not have a CD drive. > > Gracie > Kiwifruit Country > New Zealand