This weeks news from CD Books. Note they have a new web address. Pam. I use Archive CD Books in my research. The Archive CD Books Project http://www.archivecdbooks.org List Admin BRUNT-L@rootsweb.com ELSMORE-L@rootsweb.com GROCOTT-L@rootsweb.com BROWNSWORD-L@rootsweb.com THRASHER-L@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Neep" <rod@neep.demon.co.uk> To: <CDBOOKS-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: [CDBOOKS-NEWS] Issue 23 - January 19th 2002 > Archive CD Books News > Issue 23 - January 19th 2002 > > PLEASE NOTE OUR *NEW* WEB PAGE ADDRESS > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > ========================================================= > > In this issue > > * New CD Releases > * New Web Site Address > * Email problems > * Current CD delivery Status > * 1902 London Suburban Directories! > * A Taster of What's Coming Next > > ________________________________________________________ > > NEW CD RELEASES > =============== > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1870 > Every place in Worcestershire is described > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1940 > An extremely comprehensive directory of Worcestershire in 1940 > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1912 > A very comprehensive 512 page directory > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire 1940 > A huge directory covering Warwickshire. > see Warwickshire directories page > > * The Book of Manchester & Salford (BMA) 1829 > Contains descriptions of the history of Manchester & Salford, > its development, people and industries. > see Lancashire History page > > * 1857 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire - F White > One of the most comprehensive directories ever produced > for Derbyshire, with 996 pages. > see Derbyshire directories page > > * Directory and Gazetteer of Staffordshire with Dudley 1861 > A very large and particularly comprehensive directory > see Staffordshire directories page > > The easiest "launch" page to visit to see those is the "Latest Releases" > web page at: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/new/ > > >From that page (at the top left corner) it is also possible to download > a PDF file of the complete current lists of CDs in reference number > order. That was updated a few days ago, and contains all but the very > latest releases. > > We have several "special offers" running at the moment, until 31st > January, with compendiums of three CDs for the price of two, etc. Those > are also listed on the "Latest Releases" page. > _________________________________________________________________ > > * New Web Site Address > > PLEASE NOTE OUR *NEW* WEB PAGE ADDRESS > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > (Not .com as previously) > > We are still struggling here at Archive CD Books.... and trying not to > become too frustrated in the process. > > It would appear that the ISP that we use for "archivecdbooks.com" has > disappeared off the net, and they cannot be contacted by phone. > > That is serious for all our email addresses : > mail addressed to anything @archivecdbooks.com is bounced as > undeliverable. If you have written to us during the last few days, we > won't have received your message. > > Permanent solutions: > > 1. the main web page address for the Archive CD Books Project is now: > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > Please amend your bookmarks, etc. accordingly. > note: .org and *not* .com > > 2. there is *one* email address working at present > orders@archivecdbooks.org > > PLEASE do *not* use this as an excuse to write and ask > "where is my CD?" - please! Yes, we did have a large backlog, > yes, the backlog of order processing has now been cleared. > Mailing of the last of the outstanding backlog orders > will be completed by Monday/Tuesday. > > 3. other e-mail addresses @archivecdbooks.org > *may* be working tomorrow (Sunday 20 Jan) > We shall see, and I will announce when they are running. > > Related things: > > The *main* part of our web site is hosted at a different ISP, and > therefore has been up and running all of the time. > (It was just the "front door" that went AWOL). The on-line catalogue and > shopping cart has always been working, and all orders for CDs have been > coming through as normal. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Current CD Delivery Status > > The lack of e-mails arriving here has had its plus side! On Wednesday, > Thursday and Friday, Cathy and Maxine worked their socks off to totally > clear the backlog of order processing. > > All orders received up until Thursday have now been processed, and the > CDs made and packed into jewel cases. A lot of the packets were posted > out on Thursday and Friday, (those were the oldest orders, some over two > weeks old) and the remainder will go out on Monday and Tuesday all being > well. > > Hopefully, we can now settle down to getting newly received orders out > within two or three days. > > __________________________________________________________________ > > 1902 London Suburban Directories ! > ================================== > > Just before Christmas, we released the CD of the London 1902 Directory. > That covered an area of central London approximately 6.5 miles x 10 > miles. There was a lot of interest in that one, but also many requests > for the suburban directories, covering the remainder of London, North > and South. > > Thanks to Nina Jenkins of the Family Record Centre (the PRO), we also > now have on loan the 1902 London Suburbs Directories. It is in two > parts, both of which are *huge* .... > > 1902 London Suburbs North > 1902 London Suburbs South > (The dividing line being the River Thames) > > Each has: > > A. A full house by house, street by street directory of > households, with head of household and occupation listed. > (Not just those with trades, it includes labourers, and > those with other non-trade occupations, or no occupation) > > C. An Alphabetical Directory of names > D. A Court Directory (names alphabetically arranged) > > (normally one would expect the "posh" folks to be in the court > directory, but this is obviously not the case with these books - so you > will need to look in both). > > E. A Classified Trades Directory (like a yellow pages) > > We hope to have that CD available in about a week's time. > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Books Now Scanned and Waiting Mastering > > A taster of the CDs to be released next.... > > 0616 1900 Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire > 0623 Roots and Branches > 0632 White's History Gazetteer & Directory of Staffordshire 1834 > 0633 Staffordshire Directory 1818 - Parson & Bradshaw > 0634 Pigot's Directory of Staffordshire 1828 > 0635 Pigot's Directory of Staffordshire 1842 > 0637 Kelly's Directory of Birmingham 1913 > 0642 Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire 1880 > 0649 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire 1870 > 0652 Post Office Directory Essex 1862 > 0653 Post Office Directory Essex 1871 with map > 0654 Post Office Directory Essex 1874 with map > 0655 Post Office Directory Essex 1878 > 0656 1882 Kelly's Directory of Essex with map > 0657 1890 Kelly's Directory of Essex > 0658 1895 Kelly's Directory of Essex > 0659 1899 Kelly's Directory of Essex > 0660 1906 Kelly's Directory of Essex > 0671 Post Office Directory Sussex 1874 > 0600 Bootle (Cumberland) Parish Registers > 0612 Middlesex - Little Guide 1906 (with map) > 0455 Surrey - Little Guide (5th ed. 1926 with map) > 0240 Lancs. Old and New Rochdale > 0402 Worcester in Olden Times (1849) Noake > > __________________________________________________________________ > > We now have a new colour laser printer that is capable of printing the > jewel case inserts much faster, and of a superb quality. That makes a > lot of difference to the general presentation of the CDs. > > More Family History Societies are beginning to stock the relevant CDs > for their county. That is really good news to us, and I would be really > happy to be approached by more of them. > > It has been something of a hectic week..... on the down side we have had > the web site and e-mails problems which have taken up a lot of our time, > (and still not totally solved), but on the plus side we have finally > cleared that backlog of orders, and in addition, have managed to scan a > *lot* of books. > > Regards > Rod > > > -- > ARCHIVE CD BOOKS - old books for genealogists reproduced on CD > Web : http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > > > ==== CDBOOKS-NEWS Mailing List ==== > Always keep an eye open for new CD releases > on the "Latest Releases" page on the web site > The Archive CD Books web pages are at > http://www.archivecdbooks.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002