Nice to know as I was just about to order one! Chasemore 10375 On 2 Dec 2012, at 19:40, Cordelia Hull <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Joe > > It should also be noted that the CD doesn't seem to work on a Mac > computer. I don't THINK it is just my lack of computer skills > (although I am ready to stand corrected on that one any time). > > My SMI CD lies a-mouldering pristine in its pack because I cannot use > it on my computer. > > Cordelia > 14526 > > On 2 December 2012 23:25, Joe Bysh <[email protected]> wrote: >> I sense some misunderstanding on this List about the Sussex Marriage Index >> which SFHG issued on CD in 2004 comprising details of over 300,000 marriages >> by Banns or Licence and includes Catholic, Nonconformist and Quaker >> marriages. As well as marriages in Sussex it includes Sussex spouses who >> married in Surrey, London and Fleet. >> The few addenda were put on the SFHG website and are included on later >> copies of the CD. But as the completed index of every extant record is on >> CD, SFHG have no plans to put the Index on the members' Data Archive. >> >> When the Index was conceived nearly 50 years ago it was intended as a >> finding device for EVERY known marriage prior to General Registration which >> began on 1st July 1837. >> If you have found just one Sussex ancestor who married before 1837, the >> Index can potentially find thousands more of your ancestors in the preceding >> 12 generations in the 300 years back to 1538 when King Henry VIII set up >> Parish Registers. >> >> A Sussex Family Historian without the Sussex Marriage Index CD is like a >> writer without a dictionary ! >> >> Joe Bysh, Publications Officer, SFHG #5525 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:26:44 -0000 >>> From: Judy Excell <[email protected]> >>> Think I should point out that SMI is up to 1837, erratically a little >>> further. >>> Judy Excell >> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:26 PM >>> The SMI only covers as far as 1850, Roger. .... >>> Phil Vaughan >>> >>> Roger Nash >>> Sent: November-27-12 1:59 PM >>> Subject: [SFHG] Denyer marriage >>> Please can someone with access to Sussex Marriage Index check out a >>> marriage in about 1870 +- 5 years for James Denyer of Kirdford to Martha. >>> They have no children in 1871 census in Plaistow Kirdford, so I believe >>> them >>> to be newly married. A possible marriage is to Martha Meredith Nightingale >>> (born Warnham) in 1871 Petworth District. My normal method of finding them >>> on the same page in the indexes on Ancestry has defeated me! >> >>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:04:58 -0500 >>> From: sandra moffatt <[email protected]> >>> Does anyone with access to the Sussex marriage index do a look up for me? >>> I'm trying to see if a James Hobden appeared on many marriage records in >>> Bolney as a witness. (1800-1830) Thank you,Sandra >>> 22/11/1820 >>> ?Groom??????????HOBDEN Thomas >>> Bride???????? ????STARLEY Martha >>> Witness???? HOBDEN James >>> Witness???? TAYLOR John >>> ? >>> ? >>> Neal >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It's probably due to the protection system put on the cd not being compatible with a Mac. Lionel On 02/12/2012 22:44, Alan Gates wrote: > Nice to know as I was just about to order one! > > Chasemore > 10375 > On 2 Dec 2012, at 19:40, Cordelia Hull <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Joe >> >> It should also be noted that the CD doesn't seem to work on a Mac >> computer. I don't THINK it is just my lack of computer skills >> (although I am ready to stand corrected on that one any time). >> >> My SMI CD lies a-mouldering pristine in its pack because I cannot use >> it on my computer. >> >> Cordelia >> 14526 >> -- Take a look at the free Dropbox to keep copies of files safe in the 'clouds'. I get extra storage space if you use this link to register. http://db.tt/AFAsdJHX