I notice that the Cambridgeshire Family History Society and many other similar organisations have information available on microfiche. What do people do to read such material? I have checked that the local libraries still have fiche readers, but they are a long way from my computer and other genealogical environment. ==John ffitch
John, CFHS also has quite a collection of certain parish records on CDs . Excellent if it is your area and worth the investment. Also I found it helpful to join as they have more records only available to members. If you are near a Mormon church , it is possible in some locations to go to their family history center. In California that was as close as a fifteen minute drive for me. An online friend in Yorks invested in a fiche reader when I was in touch with her two years ago. She recently responded to a query on the http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-CAM-LINTON.html , I think it was, that I had posted about John Day and has a big collection of data from SE Cambs parishes especially.that she has transcribed.... as has Marlene at http://www.rd29.net/cc/ that she is willing to share. Hope this helps! Judy On Feb 25, 2007, at 8:39 AM, jpff wrote: > I notice that the Cambridgeshire Family History Society and many other > similar organisations have information available on microfiche. What > do people do to read such material? I have checked that the local > libraries still have fiche readers, but they are a long way from my > computer and other genealogical environment. > > ==John ffitch > > ------------------------------- > 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 John, I bought a fiche reader through ebay several years ago. Quite reasonably priced but rather large. there are smaller hand-held fiche readers which can be purchased new - Try a search on Google. Mo ----- Original Message ----- From: "jpff" <[email protected]> >I notice that the Cambridgeshire Family History Society and many other > similar organisations have information available on microfiche. What > do people do to read such material?