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what cd to buy

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Lucky

Lucky Report 19 Oct 2004 11:28

How about an Ancestry subscription instead. You could have a quarterley one or and annual one. Depending what type of cd you were after the cost wouldn't be much different. You have access to many census and other records. Diane

Unknown

Unknown Report 17 Oct 2004 16:38

Doesn't the CD come with an index? nell

Fairysgodmother

Fairysgodmother Report 17 Oct 2004 16:25

Thanks Carol, I will give that website a try. elaine:))

TinaTheCheshirePussyCat

TinaTheCheshirePussyCat Report 17 Oct 2004 13:02

Theresa What is the paracensus of Australia? What time scale does it cover and where would I find it? (You've got me all excited now as have mislaid relatives in Victoria - oh how careless of me - or them!) Tina

Carol

Carol Report 17 Oct 2004 11:42

I know what you mean Elaine, most of the census cds are just images which we have to trawl through and get squiffy eyes. What you really need is a census of your area of research that has an index of names. Gordon Beavington does a good range of 1851 and 1891, he is in Canada but does have an agent on ebay. You need to read the description though, as even some of his are scanned images only. http://www(.)mycensuses(.)com/

Brenda

Brenda Report 17 Oct 2004 11:32

thats what i would like to know too, buy a cd get a subscription what would be the best choice. of course it would have to cover the area you are researching. brenda x

Theresa

Theresa Report 17 Oct 2004 11:22

Personally i would like the New Burial index, or the paracensus of Australia, hopefully both, here's wishing. Regards Theresa

Fairysgodmother

Fairysgodmother Report 17 Oct 2004 11:16

last christmas my husband bought me the 1891 census for christmas. I am obviously doing something wrong because whenever I need something from there I have to post a request here. I have to trawl through hundreds of pages in the remote chance of finding someone. Any ideas on what would be a valuable cd for this christmas, one that I can actually use! elaine:))