The following is forwarded for information: apologies to those who may have seen it on other lists.... List Owner On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:45:38 +0000, Geoffrey <lists@sog.org.uk> wrote: > > English Origins Launch – Press Release > > London, England – 18 January 2001 > >Origins.net, in collaboration with the Society of Genealogists, announces >the launch of English Origins. This will operate on a similar ‘pay per >view’ basis to the company's existing Scots Origins service. > >The Society has agreed with Origins to allow important parts of its unique >collection of British Isles material to be made available over the >Internet, no longer restricting access to those able to visit the Society’s >Library in London. > >The initial datasets are all of English records and will appear on the new >English Origins site. Others may appear on different parts of the Origins >site in due course. > >The English Origins database currently includes over one million names, >covering the period 1568 to 1850, and including the indexes listed below. >These indexes provide rich genealogical and biographical details and also >allow you to locate otherwise inaccessible source documents. > >· Vicar-General Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1694-1850 >· Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1701-1850 >· Bank of England Will Extracts Index, 1717-1845 >· London City Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1568-1850 >· London Consistory Court Depositions Index, 1703-13 >· Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index, 1700-1807 > >Other records, which will be added to the collection over the course of >2001, include: > >· Boyd’s Marriage Index, over 6 million records >· Apprentices of Great Britain,1710-74; over 600,000 records >· Boyd's Inhabitants of London,14th-19th centuries; 60,000 families >· Boyd's London Burials; 50,000 names >· Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1750-1800; 333,000 records > >Access to the English Origins database is by credit or debit card, via a >secure payment system. The charges are: £6 (about $9) for 48 hours >continuous access to the database, with hard copies of original documents >(which can be ordered online) costing £10 (about $14.50). A free surname >search facility is available to determine whether there are any potentially >interesting records for a given surname. > >Members of the Society of Genealogists are allowed one free 48 hour access >each calendar quarter. This will allow members to view a maximum of 150 of >the Society's online records during each of these accesses. Additionally, >members will be given a 20% discount on orders made via English Origins for >hard copies provided by the Society, i.e. £8 instead of £10. > >About the Society of Genealogists >The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of research >material, guidance and support for those interested in family history. It >is a charity whose objects are to promote, encourage and foster the study, >science and knowledge of genealogy. Their library is the foremost in the >British Isles with a large collection of family histories, civil >registration and census material, and the widest collection of Parish >Register copies in the country (over 9,000). > >Robert Gordon, Director of the Society of Genealogists said "As an >educational charity, the Society is eager to make its unique collection >available to family historians world-wide – not just to those who find it >convenient to come to our Library in London when we are open." > >About Origins.net >Origins.net was founded in 1997 to work with the custodians of valuable >genealogical information to assist them in using the Internet to provide >broader access to family history researchers. Since this time it has been >home to Scots Origins, providing exclusive on line access to the General >Register Office for Scotland’s birth, marriage and death records, covering >the period 1553 to 1925 > >Origins.net is quoted in The Good Web Guide as: "an absolutely central >resource for all genealogists..." Scots Origins has been praised by The >Herald as: "a model consumer website with clear instructions and an >excellent demo." > >Ian Galbraith, CEO and founder of the company, stated: "Origins.net and the >Internet allows millions of family historians worldwide to access an >extraordinary amount of genealogical material, allowing for more productive >research. Using the Internet for family history research eliminates >distance barriers, and creates strong ‘virtual communities’, linked >together by family, heritage and history. We are delighted to work with the >Society of Genealogists to allow Web access to their rich holdings." > >Contacts > >Jane Hewitt Robert Gordon >Origins.net Director >Charter House Society of Genealogists >2 Farringdon Road 14 Charterhouse Buildings >London EC1M 3HP London EC1M 7BA > >T: 020-7251 6117 T: 020-7251 8799 >F: 020-8868 1160 F: 020-72550 1800 >E: pr@origins.net E: director@sog.org.uk > >=========== > >The 48 hour period starts when you register for access and runs out after >two days. You may come and go during that period using your registered >user-name. I would strongly advise users to explore the site, read about >the databases, try the free search and understand the site before >registering. Plan your searches in advance. > > >Geoffrey T. 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