Hello Mary and All Mary wrote>> I don't know how many of you have looked at the Archive CD Project website > recently but advance orders are being taken for the 1861 Census for the ERY. > > There are only 27 orders in so far (one of them is me!) and so the release > of this collection of CDs won't happen for a good long time. > The cost is only ?25 for the set and it will reduce if lots of people order > before publication. 78% of the East Riding census for 1861 is already available on CD, transcribed by the East Yorkshire Family History Society. It is a full transcription with an excellent search facility. I typed in POSTILL and got not only 138 Surname entries, but also one for 'Postill Cottage' which I would never ever have found. Even when the original census images are available on CD this will still be a wonderful finding aid. It's brilliant. It is available in separate piece numbers on fiche or a CD covering all the places. The CD will be updated (free of charge, postage only) as soon as it is completed. The target date for this is later this year. Full details showing which areas are already available are on their website www.eyfhs.org.uk It actually covers more than just the East Riding, it is from the Humber to the Tees. S & N Genealogy supplies are also producing all the censuses for the whole of Yorkshire on CD or DVD. £49.95 pre-release price (but covers the whole of Yorkshire not just the East Riding) They hope all the Yorkshire ones will be available by the end of the year and both 1861 and 1901 should be available by the 'end of spring' Their website for censuses is www.BritishArchiveData.com' click on 'Yorkshire Census' and then 'Census Project' for the details. regards Brenda Ebberston, 6 miles East of Pickering, North Yorkshire Visit the Family History Research Library with accommodation Books for Genealogists on CD, 1901 Census Vouchers retailer. Visit our website: www.yorkshireancestors.com e-mail: brenda@yorkshireancestors.com

What a good thing that I posted my message or I would never have found out about the EYFHS transcription! This sounds a much better bet than the ERY 1861 from Archive CD Books. I was at the Pudsey Family History Fair on Saturday and I probably missed this information which was most likely right under my nose on one of the stalls. Thanks Brenda Regards Mary Pendlebury

In message <068401c2d10e$e04cc4b0$0100a8c0@OFFICE>, Brenda Green <brenda@yorkshireancestors.com> writes >S & N Genealogy supplies are also producing all the censuses for the whole >of Yorkshire on CD or DVD. £49.95 pre-release price (but covers the whole >of Yorkshire not just the East Riding) They hope all the Yorkshire ones >will be available by the end of the year and both 1861 and 1901 should be >available by the 'end of spring' One wonders, with so much out there to be scanned and published, why there is this duplication of effort? If Rod Neep has the better equipment, surely he should be left to get on with it, if the other folks have better equipment, surely Rod should get on with something different? John -- John Rouse, searching for PARR and TINDILL in Yorkshire.