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1910 BUCKS LAND
TAX SURVEY (aka the 1910 Lloyd George Domesday Survey) – members at meetings £5; by post to members £6 (add £1 p & p); by post to non-members £8 (add £1 p & p).
This
survey listed all the land, property and rights in the county, the main
occupier, the owner and their address, the type of property and its address;
its 83,000 entries are fully searchable.
System
Requirements:
Available
on either a DVD or memory stick, full functionality requires either Microsoft
Excel (2010 or later) or Excel for Mac although instructions are given to
download a suitable free alternative.
MACH2 -
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1861 CENSUS INDEX ON CD-ROM (whole County) - £21 (excl.
p & p)
A British census
search engine linked to national and county maps (at the civil level). MACH
(Mapping and Analysis of Census Households) lets you search the census data
by any field, using wildcards in any way. The CD-ROM contains all the 1861
census data for this county.
MACH -
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1881 CENSUS INDEX ON CD-ROM (whole County) - £15 (excl.
p & p)
A British census
search engine linked to national and county maps (at the civil level). MACH
(Mapping and Analysis of Census Households) lets you search the census data
by any field, using wildcards in any way. The CD-ROM contains all the 1881
census data for this county.
MACH -
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1891 CENSUS INDEX ON CD-ROM (whole County) - £15 (excl.
p & p)
A British census
search engine linked to national and county maps (at the civil parish level).
MACH (Mapping and Analysis of Census Households) lets you search the census
data by any field, using wildcards in any way. The CD-ROM contains all the
1891 census data for this county. Not Windows 10. click here for more details
A HISTORY OF
NEWPORT PAGNELL, by Frederick William Bull - A CD-ROM facsimile, £12.99 (excl. p & p)
This book was
published in 1900, and contains over 300 pages. This detailed history
includes illustrations and index. The book can also be searched using Adobe
Acrobat's 'find' tool.
System Requirements:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or better. Or Apple Mac. CD-ROM Drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 5.0 or later). An installer for this software (for
Windows) is included on the CD-ROM. It is also available free from the Adobe
web site www.adobe.com
BUCKS POSSE
COMITATUS, SOFTWARE - £20 (excl. p & p)
Census of males
between the ages of 16-60 made 1798 for Buckinghamshire. This windows package
allows searching of a 20000+ database by name, occupation and parish, and
gives a graphical display of the distribution through the county.
BUCKS ANCESTOR
1992-1994
- £10 (excl. p & p)
The Bucks Ancestor
is the quarterly journal of the BGS. This CD contains facsimile reproduction
of the magazines published from the start of the BGS in 1992 to 1994
inclusive. The Bucks Ancestor typically contains the following:
- Details
of new members and the names they are researching.
- Detailed
articles covering the topics discussed at the talks given at the
Society's monthly meetings
- Book reviews
- Miscellaneous articles on Buckinghamshire, and
snippets of information taken from Buckinghamshire records.
System Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or better. Or Apple Mac. CD-ROM Drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or later). An installer for this software
(for Windows) is included on the CD-ROM. It is also available free from the
Adobe web site www.adobe.com
HISTORY OF THE
PARISH OF WRAYSBURY, ANKERWYKE PRIORY AND MAGNA CHARTA ISLAND; WITH THE
HISTORY OF HORTON AND THE TOWN OF COLNBROOK, BUCKS, by Gordon Willoughby
James Gyll - A CD-ROM facsimile, £12.99 (excl.
p & p)
This book was published
in 1862, and contains over 300 pages on the histories of Wraysbury, Horton
and Colnbrook. The book is packed with useful information for both local and
family historians. Examples of the details included are:
Village histories, map of
the locality, tens of pedigrees, biographies of local people, church and
graveyard memorial inscriptions, church histories, lists of vicars and
rectors, extracts of parish registers, extracts of manorial records, lists of
landowners, charities, churchwardens accounts, overseers accounts etc.
System Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or 10. Or Apple Mac. CD-ROM Drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or later). An installer for this software (for
Windows) is included on the CD-ROM. It is also available free from the Adobe
web site www.adobe.com
THE HISTORY &
ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM, by George Lipscomb - A CD-ROM facsimile, £29.95 (excl. p & p)
The original
book, published in 1847, runs to over 2600 pages, spread over 4 large volumes
and is recognised as one of the main histories of the County, covering all
parishes.
The book starts with a
general introduction to the county, and then proceeds to describe each
parish, grouped in their appropriate Hundred. The description given for a
parish, usually includes a topographical description, manorial history,
pedigrees of the important families, lists of the clergy, a description of
the church and the monuments therein, and also extracts from the registers.
The book is additionally
illustrated with numerous drawings and elaborate vignettes. The illustrations
show churches and important buildings, as well as monumental brasses etc.
System Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or 10. Or Apple Mac. CD-ROM Drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or later). An installer for this software
(for Windows) is included on the CD-ROM. It is also available free from the
Adobe web site www.adobe.com
Click to see some thumbnails of sample pages
THE HISTORY &
ANTIQUITIES OF THE TOWN, HUNDRED AND DEANRY OF BUCKINGHAM, by Browne Willis - A CD-ROM facsimile £14.99 (excl. p & p)
The book, published
originally in 1755, contains histories of all the parishes in the Buckingham
Hundred i.e. it includes details on Addington, Adstock, Akeley, Barton
Hartshorn, Beachampton, Biddlesden, Buckingham, Caversfield, Chetwode,
Edgcott, Foscote, Hillesden, Leckhampstead, Lillingstone Dayrell, Luffield,
Maids Moreton, Marsh Gibbon, Padbury, Preston Bissett, Radclive, Shalstone,
Steeple Claydon, Stowe, Thornborough, Thornton, Tingewick, Turweston,
Twyford, Water Stratford, and Westbury.
The author of the book,
Browne Willis, is perhaps the most distinguished antiquary that
Buckinghamshire has produced, and during his lifetime he also published
famous works on Parliament and on the Cathedrals of England. Although he
amassed a huge collection of manuscripts on the history of the county of
Buckinghamshire (now held at the Bodleian Library), he only ever produced
this book on the county.
System Requirements:
Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, XP or 10. Or Apple Mac. CD-ROM Drive
Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 4.0 or later). An installer for this software
(for Windows) is included on the CD-ROM. It is also available free from the
Adobe web site www.adobe.com
MACH -
BERKSHIRE 1881 CENSUS INDEX ON CD-ROM (whole County) - £15 (excl. p & p)
A British census search engine linked to national and
county maps (at the civil parish level). MACH (Mapping and Analysis of Census
Households) lets you search the census data by any field, using wildcards in
any way. The CD-ROM contains all the 1881 census data for Berkshire. Not
Windows 10.
MACH -
BERKSHIRE 1851 CENSUS INDEX ON CD-ROM (whole County) - £15 (excl. p & p)
A British census search engine linked to national and
county maps (at the civil parish level). MACH (Mapping and Analysis of Census
Households) lets you search the census data by any field, using wildcards in
any way. The CD-ROM contains all the 1851 census data for Berkshire.
These publications are also available for purchase online via the Buckinghamshire Genealogical
Society's section of the GENfair
web site.
For further
information regarding these publications email Mrs Eve McLaughlin at eve@varneys.org.uk
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