Gloucestershire Family History Society proudly presents the long awaited ..... 1851 Gloucestershire Census on CD-ROM! At a price of only 20 pounds plus £1.50 postage and packing, this superior product brings you a full transcription plus county wide index. [I say 'full transcription', it doesn't actually include gender implied by using two columns for the age of a person.]. Thanks to a band of transcribers scattered throughout the world and checkers living locally, data has been carefully transcribed, checked, double checked and checked again by those with expert knowledge of local names and locations. In cases of doubt, parish registers and GRO indexes have been used to confirm details. So the data is as accurate as it is possible to make it. The data can be accessed in any of three formats, using: - an .exe file provided on CD - Portable Document Format (.pdf), which is read by Adobe® Acrobat - Microsoft® Access database Originally, the last two methods were to be offered. The Adobe Acrobat file was for use by anyone who did not have MS Access installed on their computer. The MS Access program offered a facility for searching on all fields and was by far the better option of the two. Shortly before finalising the CD, a third option was discovered, the .exe file, produced by Rhys Roberts, for the Glamorgan FHS 1851 census. This was developed until it equalled the standard provided by the MS Access census program. So now anyone who does not have MS Access will still have the opportunity to search the file in a variety of ways, using the .exe file. As all background details are included on the CD, you can read the information on each Enumeration District, including the names of Enumerators, Registrars and Superintendent Registrars. You can search in three ways: - As Enumerated - By surname, alphabetically - By fields: - Surname - Forename - Age - Occupation - Address - Parish of birth - County of birth In the main program, you also have the option to search by exact surname or using the Soundex method. Once you have found a family, you can also view Neighbours. Finally, you can cut and paste the data or print out the results. This is undoubtedly an excellent product which would have been impossible without the efforts of a multitude of people, mainly members of Gloucestershire Family History Society. It is impossible to mention them all but those who should be named are Alan Merryweather who organised the transcriptions with his band of helpers and Mike Gwilliam who was responsible for producing the electronic version, latterly with the help of Rhys Roberts. The CD can be ordered by sending a Sterling cheque, made payable to 'Gloucestershire Family History Society' to: Dr H Kearsey Windmill Place Windmill Road Minchinhampton Stroud Gloucestershire GL6 9EE To pay by credit card, log on to our web site www.gfhs.org.uk or www.cix.co.uk/~rd/GENUKI/gfhs.htm where you will find a form to complete with your credit card details. As we do not have a secure web site, you will need to print out the form and send it by post to the above address. Please allow 28 days for delivery. And one last comment, for those of you with ancestors who may have strayed over the border into Wiltshire, the 1851 Wiltshire Census on CD is well on its way, in the same formats! Watch this space. Apologies for the long mailing - but it is worth it! Cheers Liz Elizabeth Jack : [email protected] In Gloucester Hidden Heritage : http://www.gloster.demon.co.uk Glorious Gloucestershire Photographic Collection : http://www.gloster.demon.co.uk/cdindex.html Gloucestershire Family History Society : http://www.cix.co.uk/~rd/GENUKI/gfhs.htm Researching : BLINKHORNE / BLENKARN : SOSBE / BASTARD : GWINNUTT / RANN : JACK / SESSIONS / COLLETT : PHILPOTT / PURDON both in Ireland only