Got this on another list I'm on. If it's true, what a bargain! Happy Hunting! Marsha Wilcox mwilcox@lnd.com Wilcox Web Design -- http://www.usroots.com/~wwd/index.html USGenWeb County Coordinator for: Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL Oconto Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/ Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/ Pat Hamp wrote: > > Here is an interesting item-new CDs from LDS. Enjoy. > > Dear Friends: Please do not consider this a 'commercial msg.' in any > way, shape or form. I am merely sharing a "news item" which I consider > interesting and perhaps some of you will, too. > > This news item came from the Angus, Scotland list. Thought someone out > there might be interested. Certainly seems a reasonable price to me, and > > will save me many trips to the library/research center. > > Have great days and peaceful nights! > Shirley: bobert@panacom.com > ------------------------------------------------- > Bill and Jennifer Agar wrote: > > 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. > .......................................... > Jennifer in cloudy but warm Kamloops, BC > ===================================================== > > -- > Pat Hamp > <hamp@voyager.net> AOL Messenger: "downbound2" > AUGER Family Assoc. <http://my.voyager.net/hamp/auger/> > Auger Surname Mail List <AUGER-L-request@rootsweb.com> "subscribe" > Auger Surname Mail List <AUGER-L@rootsweb.com> to post query > -- > G.L. Shipping Genealogy-Downward Bound > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~migls/index.html> > GLShips-L Mail List > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~migls/glshipsmaillist.html> > Gratiot Co., MI USGenWeb <http://www.rootsweb.com/~migratio/index1.html> > > ----------------------------------------------- > To contact the list owner, use stephenL@indiana.edu > > For information on available lists, other list options, and other > generally useful information, visit > http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm