Hello Keith & All Description The British Isles Vital Records Index (Second Edition) on compact disc contains information from birth, christening, and marriage records from selected parishes and other sources in the British Isles. The records are from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. This set of compact discs update and includes the previously released British Isles Vital Records Index File. The British Isles Vital Records Index (Second Edition) includes: Records that cover an approximate time period from 1538 to 1906. Approximately 12.3 million people of 16 compact discs, plus the Family History Recourse File Viewer disc needed to view the information. The names of the individual; the parents' names and when available, the date and place where the birth, christening, or marriage was registered; the name of the individual's spouse. Reference information that allows you to locate the original record on a microfilm. Other features of the program include a parent search, bookmarking, print options, and a GEDCOM export. A collection search allows you to view other records from the same locality or from multiple localities. Please note that this collection does not contain all available records from the time period or from all these places. Your ancestor may not appear there even though you know he or she lived in a time and place covered by the index. Some names found in the Vital Records Index may also be found of the International Genealogical Index (IGI), produced by the Church. Records have be transcribed more completely from some counties than from others. The more records that have been transcribed from a county, the great your chance may be of finding your ancestor. System Requirements Pentium® processor (or higher) MS Windows® 95 (or higher) or MS Windows NT® 4.0 (or higher) operating system 8 MB RAM minimum (16 MB recommended) CD-ROM drive (4X minimum recommended) VGA monitor with 256-colour-capable video card 35 MB hard-disk space Regards Barbara Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Taylor" <keith.taylor1@ntlworld.com> To: "Barbara Mallyon" <BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:39 PM Subject: Re: British Vital Records (BVI) > Hello Barbara, > > Sorry, but as a newcomer and ignoramus could you give me a little outline on > the likely contents of this publication from the LDS. > > Regards, > > Keith