Tina, See the below message from the Bucks 1861 Census Project Coordinator, Kevin Quick, which appeared on this list just a few days ago. This should answer your question as to why you've had no replies to your 1861 census queries. But it will not be much longer now! Currently, the censuses already indexed and available on CD-Rom are 1851 and 1891. 1891 and 1901 are also available on a subscription and pay-per-view basis. For any other years, you will have to go to a record office which has the original census returns on microfilm (this will vary depending on where you live) and go through them the old-fashioned way - family by family, page by page. Hope this helps. Toni Skidmore Tingewick list Co-Admin Chicago, USA Researching: CLIFFORD/CLIFTON, HOLLAND, DEAN(E), and NOQUET in Bucks -----Original Message----- From: Kevin A. Quick [mailto:k.a.quick@open.ac.uk] Sent: 25 October 2004 11:08 To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BKM] Bucks 1861 census project Hello Jane > >Is there any news yet of when we will receive our pre-ordered CD-ROMs??? >Not 'pushing' at all, just hoping I haven't been forgotten! No you have not been forgotten. The short answer is I don't have a definitive date when the CD-ROMs will be ready, but we are hoping it will not be too long now, so I can only request that people are patient for a while longer - I am personally very keen to see the end product from all the hard work we have put into this. As members of this list are probably aware, we completed the transcription and checking stages of the project some months back, and at that point all the data was passed over to the software company which is responsible for creating the CD-ROMs - the completion is now entirely in their hands. They have to take the census data and import it into their search engine software - the search engine is superb, allowing mapping of data and complex searches etc. but to do this requires the porting of the data (as provided by the BGS) to the format of the CD database and the creation extra relational indexes etc. and its this process which is being worked on. Regards Kevin Quick Tina wrote: > Hi, > I seem to be stuck on a couple of things in particular to do with my family > which I think finding them on the 1861 census would really help and I just > wondered if anybody could please tell me if there is anywhere where you can > possibly buy the 1861 census for Buckinghamshire at the moment or if any record > office might possibly hold a copy whereby I might possibly be able to pay a > researcher to do a look up for me please? > Thankyou very much for your kind advice. > Kind regards, Tina Connell