Alec Tritton <alec.tritton@one-name.org> (Vice-Chairman (Acting as Chairman), Federation of Family History Societies) has asked that this message below is circulated to gen lists. ########## Hi everyone I am putting this out to a number of lists so that everyone who has not yet received their ordered copy of the NBI is fully aware of the situation. Firstly I re-iterate my statement on behalf of the Federation and its publishing company that appeared on this list on 19th May "NATIONAL BURIAL INDEX If you've already placed an order which you haven't yet received, we apologise for the delay. The NBI has proved even more popular than we had anticipated and our FFHS Publications company have received almost 12,000 orders. You'll be glad to know that they've taken on additional staff to cope with the resultant backlog, and I trust that you'll receive your copy of the NBI very soon. Please note that they will not have cashed your cheque or debited your card payment until they have sent out your order. Thanks again for being so patient." UPDATE This evening have been in contact with the Bob Boyd, the Managing Director of Federation (Publications). Primarily because of the high demand, the publications Company have been out of stock for the past ten days. The latest batch were received into the Federation Warehouse today. I am assured that all the addressing of labels etc has already been completed and that all remaining orders should be despatched by Wednesday next week at the latest. It is then hoped that normal service will be resumed by the end of the week i.e new orders will be despatched within 24 hours. Once again I can only offer anyone who has not received their copy the apologies of the Federation and its Publishing Company for the delay. The product has been a lot more successful than anyone anticipated. The Publications staff at Bury have been working all hours trying to meet the outstanding orders. Please also remember that we are family historians who have volunteered our efforts to give something back to a hobby we all enjoy. There is always room for any individual who would also like to do the same. For example currently the Federation executive is looking for someone to take on the role of UK Liaison - if interested, please reply privately off list. Alec Tritton Vice-Chairman (Acting as Chairman) Federation of Family History Societies #################. 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