Fwd for Brian. Gareth List Administrator for Dyfed, CGN & PEM. tirbach@clara.co.uk Lookup Exchange http://home.clara.net/tirbach/lookup.html Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Comley" <brian@bcomley.freeserve.co.uk> To: <GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: Archive CD Books Project > Just in case new Listers are not aware of Rod Neep's Archive CD Books > Project have a look at http://www.archivecdbooks.com > > The Archive CD Books Project exists to make reproductions of old books, > documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians, and to > co-operate with libraries, museums and record offices in providing money to > renovate old books in their collection. ACDB has now been up and running for > just over a twelve months. > > Essentially, the old books for the project are lent to Rod, and those doing > the lending gain something. Sometimes he buys books too, and they are > usually given away (to organisations who lend us books) when the project has > finished with them. > > The CD books are sold at a very reasonable price. Mostly GBP 8.50 (plus p&p > and VAT on sales within the UK) Folks like that. Funds from the proceeds of > CD sales buy more books for the project, or pay for books loaned by County > Record Offices, museums, local studies libraries, museums, etc. to be > renovated. > > People who purchase the CDs continue to be involved - because it is they who > volunteer to do the indexing of these books, and when completed, the indexes > are put up on the project web pages for anyone to download for free. > > Some of these books have been kindly lent to the project by various > individuals, some from County Record Offices, museums, family history > societies and libraries, and some which Rod has purchased. All of them are > old and rare. Many of those books which have been purchased from book > dealers (no matter how expensive they were) are subsequently given away to > one of the above organisations. > > The first batch of new CD books released this month from Archive CD Books... > some specialised, and some for *everyone* and includes. e.g. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > The Farmers' Almanac and Calendar for 1849 > > A must for those with farming ancestors. > The CD also contains images from the advertisements that you can use in > your own family history book, and which can be opened using any graphics > software. A fascinating insight into farming and farm life in the mid > 1800s. Farming methods, daily life, and what to be doing during each > month. GBP 8.50 (plus p&p and VAT on sales within the UK) > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Abstracts of PCC Wills - 1620 > Abstracts of PCC Wills - 1630 > Abstracts of PCC Wills - 1658 > > Abstracts of wills contain *all of the essential details* from the > wills, including names of beneficiaries, etc. Superb for identifying > families and relationships! Good complete indexes of every name > mentioned. (beneficiaries as well as the deceased). The book also shows > what you have to ask for to be able to order copies of the original > wills. > > PCC wills are wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. They > contain the wills of people from all over England and Wales! They are so > worth having, as even if your own ancestor didn't die in one of those > years, they may well be mentioned in the wills of those who did. It is > possible to build up two or three generations of a family in one go > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > There is a discussion forum for the Archive CD Books Project hosted by > Rootsweb, just like any of the normal Rootsweb mailing lists. Essentially it > is for discussion about the project; Very latest information and news about > latest projects; Latest news of CD production - and any delays; New releases > the day that they come out; Ideas for new CD books; Questions & Answers; > Support; You can either just read the messages to keep yourself updated with > what is happening, or join in with the discussions. > > How to Subscribe > > You can subscribe to your list in mail mode by sending a message to > CDBOOKS-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe and nothing > else. > > If you prefer digest mode (several messages in one e-mail), you should send > the subscribe command instead to CDBOOKS-D-request@rootsweb.com. > > Please do spread the news on the county mailing lists you belong to. Your > help in promoting the new CDs does make a difference to the Archive CD Books > Project. > > Brian B Comley > Porthcawl, Glamorgan (South Wales - UK) > email - brian@bcomley.freeserve.co.uk > > > ==== GLAMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Archive Repositories in Wales: > http://www.llgc.org.uk/cac/0023.htm > This Mailing List is Independent of all Family History Societies > > >