Sorry if you see this more than once NEW CENSUS CDs FROM THE ARCHIVE CD BOOKS PROJECT I have now finalised on a list of censuses (for the first batch) that will be released by the Archive CD Books Project. (Most are for 1861, and some are for 1891). RG 9/985-1015 Bedfordshire 1861 RG 9/4110-4145 Carmarthenshire 1861 RG 9/4328-4360 Carnarvonshire 1861 RG 9/2556-2649 Cheshire 1861 RG 9/1512-1600 Cornwall 1861 RG 9/2487-2555 Derbyshire 1861 RG 12/2719-2787 Derbyshire 1891 RG 9/1370-1511 Devon 1861 RG 9/1325-1369 Dorset 1861 RG 9/3678-3809 Durham 1861 RG 9/1054-1123 Essex 1861 RG 9/1712-1807 Gloucestershire 1861 RG 9/631-718 Hampshire 1861 RG 9/462-556 Kent 1861 RG 9/2244-2304 Leicestershire 1861 RG 9/2311-2411 Lincolnshire 1861 RG 12/2552-2637 Lincolnshire 1891 RG 9/762-802 Middlesex 1861 RG 9/1190-1267 Norfolk 1861 RG 9/3810-3896 Northumberland 1861 RG 9/2435-2486 Nottinghamshire 1861 RG 12/2638-2718 Nottinghamshire 1891 RG 9/880-920 Oxfordshire 1861 RG 9/4146-4172 Pembrokeshire 1861 RG 9/1601-1711 Somerset 1861 RG 9/1905-2062 Staffordshire 1861 RG 9/1124-1189 Suffolk 1861 RG 9/557-630 Sussex 1861 RG 9/2128-2243 Warwickshire 1861 RG 9/2063-2127 Worcestershire 1861 (more are scheduled) I am very proud of the superb quality of the scanned images. We have worked from really excellent films (not microfiche) copied from the first generation films at the PRO, and have then used the very best possible film scanner currently available to digitise the images at a high resolution. That's £45,000 worth of scanner. QUALITY. Using Adobe Acrobat Reader you can zoom in and in to read the pages. You really don't have to squint to read the them. Zoom in to 100% without any loss of detail. That's because of the very high quality of the scanning. Yes, that's right..... UP TO 100% (and beyond). The detail is perfectly readable at a much lower magnification of course. Rather than digitise to a lower quality and then have magnification and distortion start to make it hard to read, we have given you the best QUALITY to start with. Print quality is excellent too! Even on a standard bubble jet printer you can get superb results. You can print first class copies of any page for use in your family history documents. QUALITY DO print out pages of the census enumerator's books to include in your family history files. Not only are they the proof to support your research, but other family members find it absolutely fascinating to see these actual old original documents (no matter how sceptical they may be about your hobby). Download the samples from the project web page, and see for yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Advance orders will be accepted, but credit cards will not charged until the CDs are ready for despatch. Orders placed in advance will be charged at the stated price or *less*. That's right... or LESS. IMPORTANT. READ THIS With some of the sets, I have a very good idea of the quantities that may sell. With those, the price has now been fixed, to cover the costs. The final price *may* reduce a little. BUT Some of the sets are subject to sufficient advance orders being received. The maximum price of these if you order now will be shown. The more advance orders over 100 that we receive, the cheaper the final price will become, and everyone pays the cheaper price. Some of these projects are very large and very expensive to produce. Prices are based on the anticipated number of sales of each set (which varies from county to county). The object of the exercise is to make the censuses *available*, and *not* to make huge profits. That is one of the basic principles of the Archive CD Books Project. Therefore, the more people who pre-order those marked as such, then the cheaper the price will become - for everybody! I hope that you like this idea! For example, if the stated "starting price" of a particular county is 50.00 and lots more people order before the final release date, then the finishing price could become substantially lower. Say, 30.00. Whatever happens, then *everyone* will be charged at the lower price. Credit cards will not charged until the CDs are made and ready for despatch. It is in everyone's interest to place advance orders early. For more details, samples and prices, see: http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/census/index.htm So.... go and have a look, and then please do tell your friends on the relevant mailing lists. The more that order in advance, the cheaper they become! 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