----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Neep" <rod.neep@archivecdbooks.org> To: <CDBOOKS-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:14 AM Subject: [CDBOOKS-NEWS] Issue 24: 26 January 2002 > Archive CD Books News > Issue 24 - 26 January 2002 > > In this issue: > > * Archive CD Books goes .org > * London SUBURBS 1902 Directories > * Latest releases > * Current CD delivery status > * Illustrated London News 1874 CD problem > * More books from Sandwell Record Office (W. Midlands) > and 3 CDs for the price of 2 offers > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Archive CD Books Goes .ORG > > Owing to the demise of one of our ISPs (the one hosting > archivecdbooks.com) last weekend, we lost our main web pages, and all > email boxes. > > Fortunately, we already had a domain name "archivecdbooks.org" hosted > with a different ISP, and therefore we just swapped things over there. > It wasn't without its problems, because some folks thought that it was > we who had disappeared, and obviously didn't know about the ISP > disappearing, and of course, there was the "little" matter of trying to > inform folks of the new addresses, and completely set up the email boxes > here on our own network. > > So, the result is the following: > > The web page address for us is now: > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > Email addresses are: > > enquiries@archivecdbooks.org : for general enquiries > orders@archivecdbooks.org : things relating to orders placed > sponsors@archivecdbooks.org : sponsor contacts & book loans > support@archivecdbooks.org : tech support > > Those of you who have been kind enough to promote the Archive CD Books > Project by using our web page address in their email taglines/signatures > - please alter them to show the new web page address at > http://www.archivecdbooks.org. > > Thanks! > ________________________________________________________________ > > Two new and incredibly important 'London' CD's from the Archive CD Books > Project: > > Post Office Directory 1902 - London Northern Suburbs > Post Office Directory 1902 - London Southern Suburbs > ======================================================================== > > Following the release last year of the 1902 Central London Directory > there was quite a lot of discussion about which areas were covered. > Quite a few people mentioned that they wished we could scan the 1902 > Suburban Directory. > > Well, we found the books and they have now been scanned. > > They are divided into Northern and Southern Suburban directories, with > the dividing line being the River Thames. Both books are huge and have > been released as separate CD's. > > They were published as companions to the Central London Directory. Most > larger suburbs contain a street by street directory which lists > virtually every head of household by name, along with their trade. There > are even people listed with an occupation such as 'clerk', 'householder' > or 'jobbing gardener' so these are ordinary people in their homes, not > just tradesmen at their place of work. Smaller suburbs have no street > directory but instead include a list of private residents, which often > runs to several pages, plus a Commercial Directory of tradesmen. > > Also included is an Alphabetical Directory which lists people and their > addresses, plus a separate Court Directory which also contains names and > addresses. You have to get sneaky here and look for your ancestors in > both the Alphabetical *and* Court sections as they will usually be in > one or the other but very rarely both! The final section is a classified > Trades Directory which lists types of occupation, who performed those > trades and where. > > The books were kindly loaned to Archive CD Books by The Public Record > Office in London. Both the Northern and Southern Suburban Directories > were in quite poor condition with the bindings coming away, so funds > from the sales of the CD's will be used to pay for them both to be > rebound. > > The books are now scanned and are being renovated by Messrs Riley, Dunn > & Wilson who are one of the finest bookbinders in this country. > > For a full list of *every* place covered on each CD, go to: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/acatalog/Archive_CD_Books_Directories_124.html > > This is the proper URL for the London Directories page, so you won't > have to go through the site map. > > =================================================================== > > > LATEST RELEASES THIS WEEK > > * Middlesex: Little Guide > Contains an enormous amount of information about the > whole of the county. > see Middlesex History and Topography page > > * Surrey: Little Guide > A charming little book, originally published in 1903. > see Surrey page > > * Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1932 > A huge 1027 page volume. > see Derbyshire directories page > > * Post Office Directory of Worcestershire 1860 > County Directory, Court Directory and Classified > Trades Directory. > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire 1912 > Includes a map of the county in 1912. > see Warwickshire page > > * Billing's Directory and Gazetteer of Worcestershire 1855 > Covers the whole of the county. > see Worcestershire directories page > > * F White's Directory of the Borough of Birmingham 1855 > White's directories are by far the most comprehensive. > This is a real gem! see Birmingham page > > * White's History Gazetteer & Directory of Staffordshire 1834 > Many thousands of people listed with their trades. > see Staffordshire directories page > > * Post Office Directory 1902 - London Northern Suburbs > * Post Office Directory 1902 - London Southern Suburbs > Two fabulous and *incredibly* rare London Suburban directories. > see London directories page > > The direct link to the latest releases, as soon as they happen, see: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/new/ > > To search for books relating to different counties, the easiest way is > to use the site map: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/acatalog/sitemap.html > > Next week will see the release of another large batch of CDs of books > loaned from the Family Record Centre (The PRO) in London, and Essex > researchers can watch out for a superb collection of directories for the > county and some special offers. > > _______________________________________________________________ > > CURRENT DELIVERY STATUS > > The backlog of orders being processed, packed and posted has now been > cleared. Thanks to a tremendous amount of hard work and overtime by > Cathy, Maxine and Kim. > > The last of the older backlog orders were posted out Wednesday > .... phew! Some of those were much too old and overdue. > > We are now as up to date as we can be. New incoming orders are entered > into the system immediately, and the CDs are made that same day, and > packed and posted the following day (subject to the mail collection from > here by the Post Office). > > And at the same time, Lee, Joe and Eve have combined their efforts to > make it possible for us to release 39 new CDs so far this month, and > they have many more already scanned and awaiting mastering - 43 more! > Even Rob has been doing some scanning of books ;-) It is so much easier > to be more productive now that we are using four of the Bookeye > Scanners. > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > * Illustrated London News 1874 CD problem > > We have identified a problem with CD ref 0580 > The Illustrated London News of 1874. > > Please accept our apologies. We have slapped ourselves on the wrist > accordingly. Replacements are being sent automatically to all of the > people who ordered them. Please sit tight - they are on the way. > > ______________________________________________________________ > > * More books from Sandwell Record Office (W. Midlands) > > Today (Saturday) I shall be receiving more books from the Sandwell > Record Office. I'm not even sure yet what they will be ;-) But they are > sure to include more directories for the West Midlands counties of > Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire (plus Birmingham). Many > Thanks to Alan Hale for all his hard work in ferrying these books back > and forth from Birmingham to here. > > We have had a tremendous amount of support from those with Staffordshire > interests in response to the latest CDs released. Thank you all. It > makes us very confident to do more for you! > > If you haven't already ordered them, see the special 3 for the price of > 2 offers on Staffordshire and Birmingham directories at: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/new/index.htm > That offer lasts until 31st January. > > > Best regards > and thanks for your continuing support. > > Rod > > -- > ARCHIVE CD BOOKS - old books for genealogists reproduced on CD > E-mail: enquiries@archivecdbooks.org > Web : http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > > > ==== CDBOOKS-NEWS Mailing List ==== > The "Latest Releases" page on the web site gives > regular details of special offers - and free CDs! > http://www.archivecdbooks.org --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/2002