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Census: The Expert Guide Review
Census: The Expert Guide by Peter Christian and David Annal Review... Read More
Issue - Ancestors Magazine - Simon Fowler
Census Returns
The 1841 Census contains less useful information for family historians than later ones, but it is nevertheless worth investigating... Read More
Trade and street directories
County or regional trade directories normally list people in charge of different businesses, this review covers two such directories.... Read More
Shropshire 1871 Census
Shropshire 1871 Census Images contains digitized copies of the original pages... Read More
Kathy Chater’s guide to recent releases Victorian biographies
The Imperial Dictionary of Univeral Biography (S&N, 3 CD-ROMs, £24.95) is one of those splendid Victorian undertakings, an attempt to summarise all those who had contributed to the development of Western civilisation up to the nineteenth century.... Read More
Issue - Ancestors Magazine - Kathy Chater
Reproducing the Census - 1841 Census Image Quality
S&N's Greyscale images offered 30% more readable pages... Read More
Issue - Misc - David Tippey
The London 1891 Census on CD-ROM
S&N Genealogy Supplies has released a huge new resource on CD-ROM disks: the 1891 census of greater London. This new offering fills 38 CD-ROM disks. No, that is not a typo error; it really does fill thirty-eight CDs! For those with a DVD player in their c... Read More
Issue - Misc - Dick Eastman
London and Lancashire 1891 FGS Forum
Three DVDs provide images of the 1891 census pages for all of London (covering Public Record Office piece numbers RG12/1541), and another three show Lancashire (RG12/ 2898-3488). These images are also available on CD-ROM in boxed sets containing 38 and 33... Read More
Issue - Misc - Paul Milner
