Thank you Angela, Shawnna & Judy for your advice on the CD roms, it's always good to ask! I take in what you say about the state of some of the original registers! I've just had 2 films out from the LDS and most of the pages were so bad, I suppose they were covered in mould? I couldn't even tell if the records I wanted were on the film. However, considering how old the books are and they were probably just stacked in an old, damp cupboard, we really are lucky to get so much info off them. We've all heard the "horror" stories of how they were sometimes "recycled"! Anyway I just gave up in the end, (spoiled computer brat!) that's when I thought about buying the CDs. I'm sure the few mistakes in the transcripts don't take away from the great resource these good people have given us. My order is in & I'm eagerly awaiting my little parcel. Thanks Ladies Barbara West OZ (where it is actually raining!) > > Hi Barbara > Most OFHS cds are a very useful resource to purchase - much credit due to > the transcribers. > To be able to research from the comfort of home also has many benefits. > > However there are problems with some parish records OFHS have put onto cd > format. > > Some have information missing from the indexes, so as Shawnna suggests - > don't rely on the indexing. > > Some are almost impossible to read at certain points - ie you may be able > to > pick up on 2 letters of a 7 letter surname. > Not very helpful for those that don't know for certain who, what & when > they > are looking for in a parish. > > Wendy Archers opinion is that the scanning of fiche to cd lost resolution. > But having identified a need to resolve this problem on OFHS cd's - > appropriate action to rectify the situation would be discussed by OFHS. > > That was December 2006! > > I haven't heard anything further on those comments - Wendy, Hugh? > > Angela > > > >> Hi List, >> I'm thinking of buying one of the CD roms of parish registers from the >> Oxfordshire Family History Centre & wondered if anyone else had bought >> them. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > British History Online > ------------------------------- > 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 >