Info from the LDS conference is below, lots of news: ---------- : From: Diana <[email protected]> : To: [email protected] : Subject: FYI : Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 4:52 AM : : Subject: : GENUKI: Re: News from LDS Conference : Date: : Tue, 07 Apr 98 09:06:49 PDT : From: : Colin Hinson <[email protected]> : To: : Genuki ips <[email protected]> : References: : 1 , 2 : : : Hi Folks, : As you can see, the information below came to me in a : round-about : route, but I thought it might be of interest to the "group" (assuming : it's : true of course :-) ). : : cheers, Colin. : : -----------Start of original message : : : Colin: : : The LDS Conference is taking place this week-end. : : The undernoted message was relayed to us locally via our listserve group : (moderator Judii Rempel). I don't personally know the originator, James : Anderson, but it looks authentic to me. I am particularly pleased to : have : some definite confirmation about the Extraction Resource File (new name : Vital Records Index). Rumours about this file have been circulating for : months. : : BTW my e-mail address is now: [email protected] : : Regards, : : Rene : : Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:32:12 : : JR: This looked like important news to me, so I thought I'd pass it : on. If Sally Rae or anyone else affiliated with the LDS center can fill : us in as more info comes available, that would be great, : : [email protected] wrote: : > : > I posted a more complete message at my LDS_Genealogy mailing list but : > here's what was just announced within the hour at the LDS Church's : > General Conference that is of interest to the genealogist. : > : > 1. Resource Guide CD. Available almost immediately. May be : > windows-based which means we might even be able to BUY this one! : > A CD-ROM just LOADED with research guides, sample letters, translations : > of common terms, etc. More later. : : JR: see update below. : : > 2. 1881 British Census. Now on fiche but soon on CD-ROM as part : > of FamilySearch. : > : > 3. 1880 US Census. To be out on CD-ROM within a few months. Looks : > like this is ahead of schedule. Complete US Census for that year as : > well. : > : > 4. Extraction Resource File. Now called a Vital Records Index with : > about 25 million names, the largest segment being 5 million names in : > the British Isles. To be released in segments over the next few months : > or so. : > : Just got this update: : : The Resource Guide CD will be available for purchase. It will sell for : $20 US and will require Win95 or NT 4.0+, a pentium class computer, and : need 8 MB RAM. : : A CD containing the 1851 British Census for three counties (the only : three that were extracted in 1851) will sell for $5 and will run on : Win3.1 : with 4 MB RAM and will probably work on a 486. : : More on that later. I'll also put the ordering info on s.g.marketplace : as well when I see it. : : James W. Anderson : [email protected] : http://members.tripod.com/~Genealogy_Infocenter/index.html : -- : In kinship, Judii Rempel <mailto:[email protected]> : Alberta Family Histories Society: <http://www.calcna.ab.ca/afhs/> : : : : : -- : Diana Hanson, Professional Genealogist : WorldGenWeb/IrelandGenWeb : Administrator, : Iowa Digital Education Association : ************************************* : Enhance, Enable, Empower : ************************************* : http://www.idea.edu/index.html :