USEFUL CD-ROMS FOR GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH

 

(This list has been submitted by people that have used the products with satisfaction and are not necessarily used by the website designers)


UK-INFO DISK 2000 SE.
Addresses and Telephone Information for the United Kingdom and Ireland.  Contains 1999 UK Electoral Roll.  47 Million residential & business records.Available as a free program on CD ROM issued with well known computer magazines

MICROSOFT ENCARTA WORLD ATLAS
Well known commercial production.  Very good for searching for places throughout the world and in England

ATTICA OS ORDNANCE SURVEY ATLAS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
A very good Atlas for locating present day places in Great Britain. 

POLYMEDIA ATLAS OF NEW ZEALAND
Can search for maps and descriptive text under many headings in addition to Localities and Population Centres  - such as Historical Sites, Railway Stations and Sidings, Geographical features etc

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH DIRECTORY 1990-1999. 
Contains the Surname, Subject and OneName sections of the past 10 volumes of the Genealogical Research Directory.  Some 600,000 queries.  Place names an also be searched.
Representative in Britain: Mrs Elizabeth Simpson, 2 Stella Grove, TOLLERTON Notts. NG12 4EY ENG. Fax: (0115) 937 7018

CASSELL'S GAZETTER OF THE BRITISH ISLES
CD14 ISBN: 1-58211-053-0: Quintin Publications
www.quintinpublications.com
28 Felsmere Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861-2903 (401)723-6797. 
1899 Gazetteer.  Close to 3,000 pages of text: descriptions of parishes, towns, cities boroughs, hamlets, villages, rivers, lakes, prehistoric remains, castles, ecclesiastical ruins, historic houses; population as at 1891; illustrations; spelling of place names as in 1891 census. Uses Adobe Acrobat Reader.

CARY'S 1794 ATLAS
CD11 ISBN: 1-58211-052-2: Quintin Publications
www.quintinpublications.com 28 Felsmere Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861-2903
Tel: (401)723-6797. Contains 85 page index to town/county/map number - approximately 22,550 cities, towns, parishes, hamlets, parks, forests etc. Uses Adobe Acrobat Reader.

BEEHIVE BOOKS (New Zealand)
email
sales@beehivebooks.co.nz Or phone/fax/write to: Beehive Books
fax 09 521 1518, P O Box 25-025, Auckland 1130 New Zealand.
http://beehivebooks.co.nz
It's easier for me to buy through them than try to resource items overseas.  Jan Gow, the owner,
jangow@beehivebooks.co.nz has both a wide knowledge and sells a wide variety of things Genealogical.

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