Anyone looking at the progress chart for the 21st edition of the Guild Marriage Index might have concluded that it would have over a million entries by the end of the year. Well, I can now say that it has: 1,117,167 entries for the 22nd edition. Many of the new entries are Cardinal Points, particularly useful for locating marriages given just a GRO reference. I think it would be very good to have some new coverage maps. The existing ones are for the 19th edition. The Index has grown by over 43% since then, so they are well out of date. I have no mapping software myself and do not even have the right operating system for GenMap. If any member with GenMap, or other suitable mapping software, would like to volunteer, I can supply the table of figures. Various national maps would be required, plus larger scale ones for London. I slice up the national maps to give overlapping sections for the regional maps. The source of the maps would of course be acknowledged on the web page. Peter Alefounder.

Could someone please tell me how I get to the Guild Marriage Index nowadays? I've just spent a frustrating ten minutes not finding it on the website. Paul On 26 November 2014 at 12:18, Peter Alefounder via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Anyone looking at the progress chart for the 21st edition of the > Guild Marriage Index might have concluded that it would have over > a million entries by the end of the year. Well, I can now say that > it has: 1,117,167 entries for the 22nd edition. Many of the new > entries are Cardinal Points, particularly useful for locating > marriages given just a GRO reference. > > I think it would be very good to have some new coverage maps. The > existing ones are for the 19th edition. The Index has grown by > over 43% since then, so they are well out of date. > > I have no mapping software myself and do not even have the right > operating system for GenMap. If any member with GenMap, or other > suitable mapping software, would like to volunteer, I can supply > the table of figures. Various national maps would be required, > plus larger scale ones for London. I slice up the national maps to > give overlapping sections for the regional maps. > > The source of the maps would of course be acknowledged on the web > page. > > Peter Alefounder. > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >