NEWSLETTER - 20 August 2004
Contents:
1 WELCOME
2 WHAT’S IN THE NEWSLETTER
3 NEW CANADIAN RELEASES
4 COMING SOON
5 NEW RELEASES FROM OTHER PARTNERS
5a USA New Releases
5b Census of Great Britain
5c British New Releases
6 FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
7 NEWS & GOSSIP
8 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS
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1 WELCOME:
This is the fourth newsletter from Archive CD Books Canada. This newsletter will be published whenever we have enough information to make it worth your while reading but we expect that will mean there will be about one a month.
Remember this Newsletter is published for you so if you think we’re missing something important drop me a line to malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca .
Newsletters work best when they get a good circulation. We’re doing our best to let people know about it but you could help us along by mentioning it to your genealogy buddies and generally spreading the word.
2 WHAT’S IN THE NEWSLETTER:
We have a batch of new releases from the US partners this time. Great material! Go and have a look.
It may look as if we have slowed down a bit as we're only listing two new Canadian releases. Not the case at all! There are an amazing number of things we have to do and the summer is one of our best opportunities to go "book hunting." You will be seeing some of the fruits of our summer adventures in the coming months. We have also been making new friends in the Atlantic Provinces and are hoping that some really interesting things will be coming from that.
We've also noticed that many of you are taking a well deserved break from your researches - or could it just be the summer research field trip?
3 NEW CANADIAN RELEASES:
(To find a book on our web site http://www.archivecdbooks.ca take a note of the catalogue number - or use the “copy” function - go to the web site, click on the “Search Page” link and enter, or “paste,” the number into the “Product Number” box. Hit “Search” and then “More” and you will be in a position to reread the description or to place your order. There is frequently more information about the books available on the web site.)
Only two new Canadian books this month but what they lack in quantity they more than make up for in quality.
* Stoddard's Lectures - Canada, Malta & Gibraltar - 1902
CA0037-X2 $19.00
John L. Stoddard was an American gentleman Victorian adventurer who explored the world and brought his tales and pictures back to an audience of Victorian town dwellers eager to share his “wild” experiences. One of the pioneers of photography, every page is illustrated with at least one of his remarkable pictures. Despite his Victorian heritage Mr. Stoddard’s written style remains very readable and could easily be mistaken for the writing of a contemporary author were it not that the subject had undergone such profound change since his time. The two combined lectures on Canada occupy 240 pages, Malta 58 pages while Gibraltar is covered in 30 pages.
The index is based on place names and major topics while the list of illustrations is in order of appearance but each entry is usually started with a place name. The book's text is fully computer searchable. A wonderful living image of Canada, Malta and Gibraltar at the turn of the century. Approximately 400 photographs. This is a reproduction of the 1911 edition and so includes a number of "colorized" plates.
The Stoddard's Lectures are published as a series of 15 volumes in total. Each volume tells of Mr. Stoddard's travels in a different area of the globe and all are as interesting and well illustrated as this one. We chose to publish the Canadian one first for obvious reasons but we will - eventually - have to whole series available.
* Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Lambton 1906
CA0048 $35.00
Here's a treat - instant family history! The index of this book indicates over 1000 entries all of whom are, "Prominent & Representative Citizens and many of the Early Settled Families," to quote the book's title page. We estimate over 18,000 people are identified in this book. You will find a list of the indexed family names on the ArchiveCDBooks Canada web site, http://www.archivecdbooks.ca in the "more information" panel for this book.
This book was published in 1906 by J. H. Beers and Company, the same company responsible for the famous County Historical Atlases so popular with Canadian family historians today. In all probability then this book contains entries for those families who were willing to pay to appear in it, similar to how the entries were chosen to be made in the County Atlases.
But how much more information this book contains compared to the Atlases. Not just a single entry of the landowner's name, but a complete family history covering at least three generations, including details of spouses and their families. Many of the entries are accompanied with a good photographic portrait of the primary subject, often titled with their signature. What a prize for your family history!There is one significant difference between this and the County Historical Atlases though. As far as I can tell these Biographical Records were only produced for the counties of Essex, Kent, York and Lambton.This is a large book being 10 1/2 inches by 8 inches and containing 840 pages.
Our reproduction is fully text searchable in Adobe Reader® or any similar PDF file reader. This means you will not need the very expensive, paper, "Complete Index" to the book in order to find every mention of the people you are researching.
As a bonus one of the book's previous owners - apparently a member of the David M. Johnston family - has pasted in newspaper clippings relating to significant events in their family's history since the book was published and we've reproduced these as a part of this great CD.
4 COMING SOON:
* Sunset Canada, British Columbia and Beyond - 1918
CA0045
The early days of British Columbia including the influence of the Hudsons Bay Company.
* Directory of Smiths Falls
An early telephone directory of this important railroad town in Eastern Ontario.
* The Parish Register of Kingston Upper Canada 1785 - 1811
CA0077
An great book for anyone researching the city which played such a significant role in the formation of Upper Canada. Include records of Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals as well as much more. Fully indexed.
5 NEW RELEASES FROM OTHER PARTNERS:
5a USA new releases:
* 1904 Holland, MI Directory
US0001 $20.30
Holland City Directory for 1903-04 containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens and a miscellaneous directory of the City, County and State Officers, Public and Private Schools, Churches, Banks, and Secret Societies, etc.
* 1914 Holland, MI Directory
US0002 $20.30
Holland City Directory for 1913-14 containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens and a miscellaneous directory of the City, County and State Officers, Public and Private Schools, Churches, Banks, and Secret Societies, etc.
* 1844 Chicago, IL Directory
US0003 $20.30
A 1904 Reprint of the original 1844 Chicago City Directory.
* 1906 Lancasater, PA Directory
US0004 $33.80
Polk's city directory for Lancaster, PA includes a Street Directory, Alphabetical Directory of Citizens and Businesses, and a Classified Business Directory.
* 1917 Carthage, NY Directory
US0005 $20.30
City directory for Carthage and West Carthage, NY includes a Street Directory, Alphabetical Directory of Citizens and Businesses, and a Classified Business Directory. It also has an alphabetical directory of the Rural Free Delivery (RFD) residents
* 1916 Alliance, OH Directory
US0006 $20.30
Alliance City Directory including Rural Routes and Adjoining Towns. Embracing a complete Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants, 15 years of age and over, Maried Women, Business Firms and Incorporated Companies, Special Street Directory. Miscellaneous Information, Etc.
* 1887 Cleveland, OH Business Directory
US0007 $27.00
Business Directory embracing an Alphabetical and a Classified list of all Business Firms and Individuals Engaged in Business or Professional Pursuits, and Miscellaneous and Useful Information, Etc. Contains all Phone Numbers
* 1864-1905 University of California Directory of Graduates
US0008 $20.30
Contains an Alphabetical Index as well as a year by year listing of Graduates, their degree, and address.
* 1913 Harvard University Directory
US0009 $47.30
A Catalog of Men now (then) living who have been enrolled as students in Harvard University; Including also officers of instruction and administration. Contains over 35,000 names with addresses for all but 1,200. Over 1,600 pages.
* 1912 Montgomery County, OH Directory
US0010 $20.30
Over 11,000 names of Montgomery County Farmers and also prominent residents of Mongomery County Towns and Villages, outside of Dayton, giving the names alphabetically as a whole, the Township for each party, mail address, and the amount of the latest tax evaluations, both on Personal Property and Real Estate.
* 1902 Lexington, MA Directory
US0011 $20.30
Resident and Business directory of Lexington, MA 1902-03, containing a Complete Resident, Street, an Business Directory, Town Officers, Schools, Societies, Churches, Post Offices, etc.
* 1889 New London, CT Directory
US0012 $20.30
A directory containing a general list of residents, Business Houses, Public Buildings, Blocks, Societies, Associations, Etc. Also a list of the Male Residents of Adjacent Towns, with Post Office address
* 1906-07 Spencer, Brookfield & Warren, MA Directory
US0013 $20.30
A complete directory of the inhabitants, business and address, maps and other local information.
* 1910 Kansas City, MO Co-op Members Directory (ca. 1910)
US0014 $27.00
A unique card file containing pictures of the members, their business and a listing by street address.
* 1908 Oshkosh, WI City Directory
US0015 $33.80
A directory comprised of county and city officers, schools, societies, churches, street directory, by numbers and names, a classified business directory.
* 1874 Providence, RI Directory & map
US0016 $27.00
A directory & map containing a general directory of the city, a record of the city government, its institutions, etc., together with a complete business directory and register of the entire state.
* 1916 Williams County, OH Directory
US0017 $20.30
A directory (The Farm Journal Illustrated) with a complete road map of the county.
* 1907 Rockland, Hanover & Norwell, MA Directory
US0018 $20.30
A directory containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools, societies, churches, post-offices, state census of 1905, etc.
* 1922 California Blue Book & Client Directory
US0019 $27.00
The California Blue Book & Client Directory containing the names and addresses, with private telephone numbers for the leading families in the following cities and suburban towns: San Francisco, San Mateo, Burlingame, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Jose, Woodside, Oakland, Piedmont, Berkeley, Claremont, Alameda, Belvedere, Ross, Sausalito, San Rafael, San Anselmo, Mill Valley, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Pasadena and San Diego.
* 1915 Lowell, MA Directory
US0020 $33.80
A directory with a general directory of the citizens, street directory, business directory and a record of the city government, institutions, etc.
* 1916 Erie County, PA Rural Director
US0021 $27.00
A directory containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens of Albion, Corry, Edinboro, Girard, North Girard, North East and Union City and a complete list of Rural Routes in Erie County from the official records, arranged alphabetically with name of resident, post office address, township and the assessed valuation of property.
* 1917 Cayuga County, NY Rural Directory
US0022 $20.30
A directory (The Farm Journal Illustrated) with a complete road map of the county.
* 1922 Manchester, NH.Directory & Map
US0023 $33.80
A directory containing a directory & map of the citizens, house directory, business directory, street directory and city record with map.
* 1920 Meriden, CT Directory
US0024 $27.00
A directory containing a general directory of the citizens, street guide, business directory, street directory, map, officerso the city government, churches, societies, etc.
* 1883 Daughters of America; or, Women of the Century
US0025 $20.30
America has been richly blessed in its women. This book provides information concerning women in America who played prominent roles in our early history.
* 1874 Lowell, MA Directory
US0026 $27.00
A directory containing an alphabetical list of residents, business directory, and city government, societies, churches, schools, etc.
* 1923 Lockport, NY City Directory
US0027 $27.00
A directory including a business, church and miscellaneous directory and an improved street and house directory
* 1914 Yates, Schuyler, Tompkins & Seneca NY Counties Farm Directory
US0028 $20.30
A rural directory and reference book including a road map of the counties covered.
* 1902 Hartford & New Haven CT Business Directory
US0029 $20.30
A business and Professional directory of Hartford and New Haven, with entries for New Britain, Meriden, Bristol, Wallingford, Southington, Plantsville, Plainville, E. Hartford, Middletown, Torrington, Winstead, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Manchester, Rockville, Portland and E. Hampton.
* 1914 Meriden CT Directory
US0030 $27.00
A general directory of the citizens, street guide, business directory, street directory, map, officers of the city government, churches, societies, etc.
5b Census of Great Britain New Releases:
(See our web site for details of what areas are covered by each title.)
* GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1841 CENSUS
C1841GLS $110.70
FULL COUNTY SET HO107/346-380
* the GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1841 CENSUS is also available as 19 individual CDs at $16.10 each. See our web site for the details of the areas covered by each of the 19 parts.
* Devon 1861 Census Supplement 1 - Places in Cornwall RDs
C1861DEV-S1 $21.90
* Sussex 1861 Census Registration Districts
C1861SSX $72.30
RG 9/557-630
PIECE NUMBER 601 (A SMALL PART OF BRIGHTON) NOT INCLUDED, ORIGINAL CENSUS BOOKS WERE LOST BEFORE FILMING.
* 1861 Census - RG9/3274-3304 Halifax Registration District (Yorks. West Riding)
C1861WRY-06 $21.90
* 1871 London Kent - Greenwich
C1871LONK-01 $21.90
RG10/741-761
* 1871 London Kent - Lewisham
C1871LONK-02 $21.90
RG10/762-773
* 1871 London Kent - Woolwich
C1871LONK-03 $21.90
RG10/774-794
* Middlesex 1871 Census Registration Districts
C1871MDX $72.30
RG10 /1303-1348 Note: excludes central London parts of Middlesex. For those, see 1871 London set.
5c British New Releases:
* District Handbook Ratepayers' Guide and Almanack
GB0601 $21.90
For Bowes Park, Palmers Green, Southgate, Winchmore Hill, New Southgate in 1911This little book is bursting full of information. It contains essays on the problems of unemployment; the charitable work carried out for the poor and destitute, children, animals, insane and more, which provide an insight into views at the time. Includes a fold out map of the long gone tramway system.
* Cassell's Illustrated History of India
GB1108 $35.30
Two large volumes, over 1100 pages with many beautiful and intricate illustrations this book describes the history of India from the formation of the East India Company to around 1880 after Queen Victoria had been crowned Empress of India.A truly fabulous book, which is a must for those researching ancestors' lives in British India.
* Yorkshire Oddities
GB1208 $35.30
A large book containing odd and out-of-the-way information concerning Yorkshire folk. Each of the 22 chapters is devoted to a different story and set of characters.
* Highways & Byways in Yorkshire
GB1209 $27.80
This book will always be popular with those having ancestors from the area. It gives a tour around all of the towns and villages explaining their history, antiquities, churches and people. Fascinating reading and great background information for your family history.
* The Parish of Kirkby Malhamdale in the West Riding of Yorkshire
GB1210 $35.30
Using all resources available to him, Rolls of many kinds, Fines, Inquests, Wills, Title Deeds, Parish Registers, Public Records and other written material, John Morkill has compiled an accurate chronicle of this dale. He traces the parish's history as far back as the Pre Norman period and tries to inject, as much as possible, the social and human aspects of Kirkby Malhamdale
* The Striding Dales
GB1211 $35.30
By Halliwell Sutcliffe with 12 plates in colour and 74 line illustrations. The book contains the stories of the Dales, not steeped in dates and facts but with human encounters and feeling that give a real sense of the history of the people who lived there. A charming read.
* The History of Scarborough
GB1212 $35.30
Did your ancestors live in Scarborough? Do you live in Scarborough? If the answer is "yes" this book is for you. The history of Scarborough from the earliest date, written by Joeseph Baker, was published in 1882 with many illustrations and maps.A very worthwhile read for those with Scarborough interests
* Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire 1939
GB1220 $27.80
Huge "pull out" (not from the CD of course!) map of Oxfordshire. These late directories are comprehensive and thoroughly indexed. Contains detailed descriptions of each place in the county and lists the private residents and trades people.
* The Coins of England
GB1242 $16.10
This is an absolutely beautiful book, which is full of richly coloured illustrations. English coins are intimately connected with the general history and progress of the country, of which they form interesting and informative monuments. The coins of Saxons, the Commonwealth, Cromwell and every Monarch are all thoroughly investigated.
* Traditions of Lancashire 1882
GB1248 $21.90
Containing engravings to illustrate. This book uses poems, short stories and brief histories to tell tales of Lancashire, often using snatches of speech in local dialect. A witty little book that will amuse those currently living in Lancashire or those with Lancashire ancestors.
* The Cathedral Church of Southwell
GB1257 $21.90
With thirty eight illustrations.The aim of the writer was to compile a work that provided archaeological, historical, accurate information in a language not too technical for the reader.
6 FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa's 2004 Fall Conference invites you to:
Celebrate Your Anglo-Celtic Roots!
The Society's 2004 10th Anniversary Fall Conference - “Celebrate Your Anglo-Celtic Roots!” - will be held at Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, September 17, 18 & 19.
This will be a family history event not to be missed. Mark it on your schedule now!
Visit the BIFHSGO web site at < http://www.bifhsgo.ca/index.htm > for full details.
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The B.C.Genealogical Society proudly presents:
Ken Aitken, Family History Lecturer, Instructor & Researcher
Saturday, September 25, 2004 all day seminar 9:00-4:00 pm.
4 - 60 minute lectures
Edmonds Centre for the Retired, 7282 Edmonds St., Burnaby. B.C. (corner of Edmonds & Kingsway). Door opens 8:30 am.
Tickets $20 for BCGS & Affiliate Members; $25 for non-members
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Ken Aitken will also be giving a Friday night session---September 24, 2004
6:30-9:00 pm, BCGS Resource Boardroom, Unit 211, 1237-76 Avenue, Surrey, B.C.
Door opens 6:00 pm.
Very limited seating for the Friday night session, please reserve early.
See BCGS web site < www.bcgs.ca > for details.
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From: "Muriel M. Davidson" < muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca >
To all readers who have wonderful homepages:-
Homepages are great -- and often could use more exposure, more people searching for family members and other interests.
There is one way this could be done and would greatly benefit the Canada Census committee, whose work has been attempting to gain release of the Canadian 1911 census records.
We are inviting you, as one with a webpage, to add a link to either or both of the following:-
http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/
[Site in posted in both English and French]
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm
Let us know and a reciprocal link to YOUR site will be placed on the census pages - we only need the address of your site.
Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca
Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee
7 NEWS & GOSSIP:
ON THE ROAD:
We will be supporting the BIFHSGO 2004 Annual Fall Conference (see under item 6 above) as well as providing some door prizes and making a very special voucher offer to attendees.
We will be offering some of our over 1500 strong catalogue of books on CD for sale at the meeting, including all our Canadian titles and a good selection of British subjects. The sale of our CDs at this meeting is a cooperative venture with BIFHSGO and and they will receive a part of the proceeds from all sales. By buying your Archive CD Books at the BIFHSGO meeting you will helping to support the society. If the Archive CD Books title you want isn't on the table you will also be able to fill in an order form to have it delivered to you, and BIFHSGO will still receive their portion of the sale.
Mark the 17, 18 & 19 September in your calendars!
FROM THE US PARTNER:
It gives us great pleasure to report that we have just concluded a collaboration that is truly outstanding.
Here in San Antonio there is a gentleman, Col. Ernesto A. Montemayor (ret.), who holds what is probably the foremost private library and collection of genealogical and historical books covering the Southwest United States and Hispanic America. Col. Montemayor, who has been conducting his research and collecting books worldwide for more than 40 years, enjoys international recognition in the field of Hispanic genealogy.
Col. Montemayor and his partner, Mr. George Farrias also have a bookstore in northwest San Antonio known as Borderlands Bookstore. Prior to our collaboration they had begun to publish soft cover books for their clientele, much as we produce CD Books. They published these books under the auspices of Borderlands Press. They quickly recognized the value we represent with our capability to produce fully searchable faithful reproductions of their rare works. Effective 2 August, our agreement was concluded and our first joint effort is the rare two volume set "The Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas" (US0219 and US0220). Look for many more interesting books from this great collaboration.
COMMENTS FROM CUSTOMERS:
“WOW - that was quick CD's arrived at noon today! Guess I'll have to careful about calling our local mail - snail mail! Thanks Jim"
8 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED BOOKS:
Archives of this newsletter showing all the previous release announcements are available in the newsletter archive which can be reached through,
< http:/archivecdbooks.ca/NewsletterArchive.html >
All our newly released books are listed on our web site in the New Releases and Special Offers page. Go to:
< http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/new.html > for an instant update on our new products.
Archive CD Books Canada Inc.
Attn: Malcolm Moody - President
P.O. Box 11,
Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A2, Canada.
e-mail: malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca
Canadian web site: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca