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BIRDIE version 2.10 for Windows

Birdie 3 is an event-based program that will accept data from a GEDCOM or CSV file, and provides tools for filtering, searching, sorting, printing, saving (as .CSV or .GED) and mapping to either county or parish maps. A map of the UK and its counties is provided with the basic program: additional parish maps/lookup tables will be made available as plug-ins on a county-by-county basis. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

2% UK 1851 Census viewer and mapper v1.10.

(this program will run under Windows 3.x)

The 2% UK 1851 Census Viewer and Mapper lets you search any and all counties in the UK and Antrim on over 500,000 individuals living here in 1851. Results of any search can be mapped by place of birth or census, and all individuals in the result set can be viewed with all their details 'as enumerated'. All results, maps and graphs can be printed or saved to file.

This program is now released for sale through S&N Genealogy Supplies.Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

MACH Buckinghamshire 1881 census on CD-ROM v 1.10,

The MACH BKM 1881 is a gazetteer of a Buckinghamshire combined with a fully-featured search engine for the 1881 census data for it. All the data is on the CD-ROM. Search results can be mapped to county and parish maps. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

MACH Bedfordshire 1881 census on CD-ROM v 1.10,

The MACH BDF 1881 is a gazetteer of Bedfordshire combined with a fully-featured search engine for the 1881 census data for it. All the data is on the CD-ROM. Search results can be mapped to county and parish maps. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

MACH Berkshire 1881 census on CD-ROM v 1.10,

 The MACH BRK 1881 is a gazetteer of a Berkshire combined with a fully-featured search engine for the 1881 census data for it. All the data is on the CD-ROM. Search results can be mapped to county and parish maps. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

MACH Buckinghamshire 1891 census on CD-ROM v 2.30

The MACH BKM 1891 is a gazetteer of a Buckinghamshire combined with a fully-featured search engine for the 1891 census data for it. All the data is on the CD-ROM. Search results can be mapped to county and parish maps. This program is published by the Bucks Genealogical Society. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

Pigot's 1830 Directory of Berks, Bucks & Oxon  v.1 10

 This CD-ROM contains a database and search engine for over 13,000 entries from the Pigot's 1830 Directory of BRK, BKM and OXF each of which is linked to a scrollable, printable facsimile of the original Directory entry. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

Pigot's 1834 Directory of Durham and Northumberland  v.1.10

 This CD-ROM contains a database and search engine for over 123,000 entries from the Pigot's 1830 Directory of DUR and NBL each of which is linked to a scrollable, printable facsimile of the original Directory entry. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

Buckinghamshire Posse Comitatus, 1798, version 2.10

(this program will run under Windows 3.x)

The Posse Comitatus database and mapper contains nearly 27,000 names of men in Buckinghamshire in 1798 between the ages of 16 and 60 with their occupation, abode, and comments (if any). Advanced searches can be made on this database and the results both mapped and printed. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

RTF Wizard for the 1881 British census on CD-ROM v 1.10

The LDS (Mormon) Church's release of the 1881 British census on a 24 CD-ROM set was a major event in genealogical computing. Unfortunately the only format in which events can be fully exported is as a Rich Text Format (.RTF) file for use in word processors. The RTF Wizard converts these RTF files into GEDCOM, .DBF, .DB and .TXT (Comma separated variable) files that can be used in any spreadsheet, database or family history program. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and list of program features + upgrade to v 1.01 for v 1.0 users.

Value of the pound, v 3.10 1600-1999

 The Value of the pound program takes any sterling value between 1600 and 1999 and show what it could purchase at any other date in that range. A price index graph between the two dates is automatically drawn. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features and upgrade details for useres of earlier versions.

British Date Calculator, 1000-2050 v.2.10

(this program will run under Windows 3.x)

The British Date Calculator calculates the day of the week for any date from 1000 to 2050 A.D. as used in Britain and its colonies, including the US. It generates the dates of Easter, British censuses, Today's date, English Regnal years, 97 fixed and variable religious feasts, and Quarter days.

Two separate dates can be entered and the difference between them calculated. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

British Isles VRI Companion v. 1.10

The British Isles VRI Companion provides supporting information as to what data is contained on the LDS British Isles Vital Records Index CD-ROMs. It does not contain any of that data itself. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

ShowSoundEx

ShowSoundEx is a Freeware program for W9x and above. Surnames entered into the program have their SOUNDEX codes generated and compared. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot, a full list of program features and to download.

Easter and Lent

Easter & Lent is a Freeware program for W9x and above. Any date from the Synod of Nicea (325 A.D. up to 2100 A.D. may be entered. The program calculates the date of Easter and the start of Lent. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

ANSEL to Text

The ANSEL to Text is a Freeware program for W9x and above. The program converts any ANSEL (American National Standard for Extended Latin) text file into an ASCII, MSDOS code page 437 English, or Windows character set text file. ANSEL is used in the LDS Church's FH Library Catalog and Ancestral File CD-ROMs. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

Transcend

Transcend (Transcription of Census Data is a Freeware program for W9x and above. The program is a tool for use in census transcription projects for 19th century English and Welsh county censuses, although it can also be used for creating indexes to smaller areas. Click on the link to the left for a screen shot and full list of program features.

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