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Origins.net Newsletter - 16 March 2001
Dear
Origins.net user,
Thank you for choosing
Origins.net for your family history research.
Contents:
1. Launch of English Origins
2. About the Society of Genealogists
3.
Origins.net in the press
4. Customer Feedback
5. Subscribing and Unsubscribing from this email
1. Launch of English Origins
We are pleased to announce that we have now launched English Origins
(
www.englishorigins.com) with the co-operation of the Society of
Genealogists, which has allowed exclusive Internet access to a number of
their valuable collections.
Please visit:
http://www.origins.net/EnglishOriginsPR.html to view our
Press release.
The new site works in much the same way as Scots Origins, but access is £6
(about $8) for 48 hours not 24. Within this time period, users will be
able to view and download 150 records with the option to purchase more
'credits' and time if necessary.
Hard copies of the source materials can be ordered online for £10 (about
$14) as on the Scots Origins site.
Users will also be able to take advantage of the FREE surname search
before registering. This is to allow customers to determine whether there
are any records that will be of interest to them before committing
themselves to the £6 search fee.
The English Origins database currently includes over one million names,
covering the period 1568 to 1850, and including the datasets listed below.
These datasets provide rich genealogical and biographical details and also
allow you to locate otherwise inaccessible source documents.
· Vicar General Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1694-1850
· Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1701-1850
· Bank of England Wills Extracts Index, 1717-1845
· London City Apprenticeship Indexes, 1568-1850
· London Consistory Court Depositions Index, 1700-1713
Other records, which will be added to the collection over the course of
2001, include:
· Boyd's Marriage Index, over 6 million records - The Cambridge records
will be available online within the next few weeks.
· Apprentices of Great Britain: 1710-1774; over 600,000 records
· Boyd's Inhabitants of London: 14th-19th centuries; 60,000 families
· Boyd's London Burials: 50,000 names
· Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills: 1750-1800; 333,000 records
2. About the Society of Genealogists
The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of research
material, guidance and support for those interested in family history and
the lives of earlier generations. It is a charity whose objects are to
"promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge of
genealogy."
The Society's collections bring together thousands of source materials
such as parish registers and bishops' transcripts, monumental inscriptions
and censuses,
local history, as well as an unequalled assembly of research notes on
families. More important are the unique indexes and finding aids that have
been compiled
from a number of sources that enable access to a vast fund of useful
genealogical data.
Please visit their site:
http://www.sog.org.uk for full details about how
to become a member of the Society.
3. Future plans
We are planning major improvements to the Scots Origins service in the
next couple of months. We will let you know more in our next Newsletter.
4.
Origins.net in the press
Over the past year
Origins.net has been favourably recognised by The Good
Web Guide (
http://www.thegoodwebguide.com/) as: "an absolutely central
resource for all genealogists..."
Added to this, Scots Origins has been praised by the Herald as: "a model
consumer website with clear instructions and an excellent demo." Please
visit
http://www.theherald.co.uk/icon/archive/3-11-19100-22-54-46.html to
view this article.
Finally, in January the Doors supplement in the Sunday Times ran a feature
on genealogy sites, giving
Origins.net a pleasing four out of five stars.
Please visit:
to view this article.
5. Customer Feedback.
We are continually striving to improve the standard of service at
Origins.net and always welcome your comments and suggestions. A selection
of your comments can be accessed from the front page of English Origins:
http://www.englishorigins.com/customerfeedback.html
If you would like to comment on either the Scots Origins or English
Origins services, please use the customer comment form found on the
Customer Feedback page.
http://www.englishorigins.com/commentform.html
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