I think this was meant to be sent to the CGN List. John Ball ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dewi Evans" <dewi.evans@web.de> To: "John Ball" <wfha@clara.co.uk> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [WLS-CGN] Burials bool I can back up Johns comments on this. I bought it "blind" but in good faith. Of all the counties where my ancestors hailed, only Cardiganshire is of any use, and none of the 11,000 entries are of relevance to me. Dewi -- Dewi Evans http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dewievans/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ ______ WEB.DE FreeMail wird 5 Jahre jung! Feiern Sie mit uns und nutzen Sie die neuen Funktionen http://f.web.de/features/?mc=021130 "John Ball" <wfha@clara.co.uk> schrieb am 18.12.03 11:09:55: > > Christene Hartley <chartley@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Im wondering if anyone can tell me what the book below hold > This has been offered for auction and Im not going to be able to get to > a library etc in time > GENEALOGY - National Burial Index Eng & Wales > ================= > > Dear Christene, > > I think the publication you have described is a double CD rather than > a book. > > I have a copy of the first edition of the "National Burial Index for > England and Wales" published on two CD-Roms in 2001 by the Federation > of Family History Societies. > > I've found it rather disappointing, particularly for Welsh research. > While the index is claimed to include over five million records, there > are few entries for burials in Wales. For example there are about > 11,000 entries for Cardiganshire, 5,000 for Radnorshire, less than 1000 > for Monmouthshire and Montgomeryshire, 249,000 for Glamorgan, > and none at all for the remaining eight Welsh counties. > > > Kind regards, > > John > ---------------------------- > John Ball, Ystalyfera, South Wales, UK > E-mail: wfha@clara.co.uk > Homepage: http://home.clara.net/wfha/ > Welsh Family History Archive: http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/ > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 15/12/2003 > > > ==== WLS-CARDIGANSHIRE Mailing List ==== > South/West Wales Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 15/12/2003