This was on the ALL list today, fwd'd from another list. >>I don't know if anyone is interested in this or not, but I thought I >>would pass it along as I know I am. >> >>The LDS Church announced it is making two new CD-Rom packages available >>for home use. >> >>"The North American Vital Records Index" lists nearly 5 million names >>taken from church and civil records and from other collections in the >>United States and Canada. The items in this 7 CD set focus on marriage >>records (6 discs) and also list some births and christenings (1 disc). >>The North American records indexed date from 1620 to 1888. It is priced >> >>at $19 US. >> >>"The British Vital Records Index" contains nearly 5 million names from >>parish registers, civil registrations and other record collections in >>England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The records on the index span >>more than three centuries, from 1538 to 1888. The 5 CD's in this set >>concentrate on birth and christening records (4 discs) and also list >>some marriages (1 disc). It is priced at $15 US. >> >>These items can be ordered from the Church Distribution Center, 1999 >>West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104-4233. Telephone: 800-537-5950 >> >>(from the US or Canada) 801-240-1126 (international). Fax orders: >>801-240-3685. >> >>The Family History Department expects to begin releasing the 1880 US >>Census and the 1881 British Census in early 1999. This collection will >>total more than 80 million names.