Check the LDS website at http://www.familysearch.org for what is available to buy. I personally have bought quite a few things from them, and no problems whatsoever.......my recommendation!! George M. McCaig wrote: > > Lesley, > I have the 1881 census on CD from LDS. I find it an > excellent searching aid as it includes an index for all of > England, Wales, Scotland, and I believe part of Ireland (not > sure about that). > I find it a great help in getting ideas where to look for > the females of a family line. It has the ability to search > on a CHRISTIAN name, date and place of birth. When you do > this, it gives you a list of all of that name and age born > in that county (as reported at census time) with their > entire families (husband, children, etc.) > If there are not too many, you can then start looking at > marriage films to see if it is the right female. You have to > estimate the year of marriage based on the parents ages, or > the ages of their children. > LDS has films of indexes of Scottish marriages, by year, > that you can peruse to find the marriage you want to check. > My LDS has these in stock to be examined at any time. You > then order the film for the parish marriages of interest and > find who the parents are. When you hit the right one, you > also have the parents of her husband. > A note on examining films when you get them. They will > include more parishes than the one you have requested, > sometimes several. Take the time to check them all (they > have an index at the beginning to see if the surname you are > searching is included). I had deaths for Kilmarnock for 1864 > hoping to find my GGGgrandmothers death registration. Wrong > one, but I did find quite by chance the death registration > on my grandfathers brother. You never know what you will > find. > George M. McCaig, > Dwight, Ontario, Canada. > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > For Scotland history..... > http://members.aol.com/Skyelander/timeline.html > > ============================== > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! -- Regards Pat Stedman Queensland, Australia ============================================================ See my webpage at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8397 One name studies for Kiellor and Rawden ============================================================