Hello Kevin, Thanks very much for that. I shall be patient!! Best wishes, Jane -----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 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kevin Quick [mailto:k.a.quick@open.ac.uk] >Sent: 17 July 2004 18:52 >To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [BKM] Bucks 1861 census project > > > > >The BGS is taking pre-release orders. The cost of the CD-ROM is 21 >pounds (postage 1 pound UK and 1 pound and 75 pence overseas). However >for our own BGS members ordering pre-release, we are offering a special >price of 18 pounds, plus postage (as above). Orders should be sent to >Antony McLaughlin, Varneys, Rudds Lane, Haddenham HP17 8JP (cheques >should be made payable to 'Bucks GS' - and should be in pounds sterling) > > >Kevin Quick >BGS 1861 Census Coordinator ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== Questions about the list administration? Contact the listowners: Dave Carlsen - davidcarlsen@charter.net; Judith Young - Arkleside@btinternet.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.779 / Virus Database: 526 - Release Date: 19/10/2004