Cathy Sorry but I for one have no personal knowledge of these CD's. I haven't even subscribed to the English on-line records thinking that some will surely be available at familysearch.com - indeed ancestry.com refer to this resource for verification of some records! I may be misjudging them but like you am wary to fork out without knowing a bit more. That having been said, the LDS records only cover baptisms and marriages so any burial/tombstone/obits/Wills data will not be available at familysearch.com I can't imagine that there will be widespread coverage - more likely extracts that have been donated although Ancestry.com/Rootsweb did boast at least one large unique collection. I say 'did' because I just went to their intro page and cannot now see the name. Perhaps someone else can help or put us on to someone who can. bfn Alan > Any Listers have experience here? > > Cathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Knibbs > Subject: Re: RootsWeb CD's question > > > Hi Cathy, > > I'm afraid I don't know if these are any good or not - I've never tried > them myself. I'm wondering if it's worth messaging the KNIBB list to see if > anyone there has any experience of the RootsWeb CD's. I know Alan has > several CD's of data but I don't know where he gets them from. > > Don > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Don, > > This offer from Roots/Web -- English Parish Records: England (General) > The 1,142,711 records in this database come from parish records and similar > sources in England around 1538 to 1837. Some non-parish records may be > included from as early as the twelfth century. Parish records--primarily > births, baptisms, marriages, and burials--provide the best source of vital > record information in the centuries before civil registration. This > collection includes parish records and similar sources in the United > Kingdom approximately 1538 to 1837. The records include baptisms, burials, > marriages, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, wills, and other > miscellaneous types of records. > > Is this what I should be looking to purchase? I think I would need four > of them: 1) English Parish Records: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, > Oxford, Worcestershire Retail $39.95 Sale Price $29.95; 2) English Parish > Records: Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex Retail $39.95 Sale Price $29.95; > 3) English Parish Records: Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, > Buckinghamshire Retail $39.95 Sale Price $29.95; and 4) English Parish > Records: Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland Retail $39.95 Sale Price > $29.95. > > At $29.95 each I want to be sure that I'm getting something useful and I > know you have a better handle on what is useful and what is not. > > Thanks, > Cathy > > > > >