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From: "Annemarie Shuttle" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-Burbage] 1851 Census of Wiltshire
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:43:41 -0000
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No problem Colin and I hope someone will be interested.

Annemarie
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From: Colin Younger <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: [UK-Burbage] 1851 Census of Wiltshire


> I know this is a bit of a cheek and not what this mail-group is for but
I'm
> selling my set of 1851 Census CDs of Wiltshire. I intend to put them up on
> eBay next week but if anyone wants them for £8 + p&p 60p (UK only I'm
> afraid) then let me know. I believe the current retail price is £14 plus
> postage.
>
> What are these CDs? It is a set of 4 put together by Gordon Beavington of
> Canada. The transcripts seem to have been published in a few other of his
> collections but this one has the major benefit of containing scanned
images
> of the actual census reports as well as his transcripts and indices. As
far
> as I can tell they contain every parish (and extra-parochial area) in the
> county including Bedwyn and surrounding area (which is often grouped with
> Hungerford, Berkshire. Of note is that while there are only the
transcripts
> of the Wiltshire parishes - Aldbourne Ramsbury, G Bedwyn etc, the CD also
> contains the census images of the Berkshire parishes like Hungerford,
> Inkpen, Kintbury, Lambourne)
>
> Those who have used these transcripts will be aware of their limitations.
> When I compared his of Burbage with mine (done from A3 photocopies of the
> census returns I bought some years ago) there are a considerable number of
> differences. I can only assume his was a one-off transcription exercise
> without any proof reading as some of the errors / omissions are glaring.
> However with the benefit of the actual census returns on the CD you do not
> have to rely purely on the transcripts but can spent many happy hours in
> the comfort of your own home wading through the images as if you were in
> the Records Office - what better way to spend Christmas!
>
> Full details of the product can be found at
> http://www.mycensuses.com/Wiltshire.htm
>
> I shall not be checking my email again until Monday so if more than one
has
> replied I'll put the names into a hat and let Frankie (the office cat)
choose.
>
> BTW. To be fair, if your interest if only in the Burbage census of 1851
> then save your money as I shall be putting my transcript up on my web site
> in the next couple of weeks.
>
>
> Regards
> Colin
> www.burbage-wiltshire.co.uk
>
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