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From: "Esther Mott" <>
Subject: Re: LDS CDs
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:56:39 -0700


Jan,
I live in California, USA, and called yesterday to order the LDS UK and US
Vital Records on CD. I was told they are backordered and they couldn't even
give me a possible shipping date. Maybe they held some back to sell over
the counter in Salt Lake.
Esther Mott
Tiburon, California
Looking for MOTT, BARWELL, SORRELL in Essex

-----Original Message-----
From: Maurine Ward <>
To: <>
Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 9:48 AM
Subject: LDS CDs

>I live in the UK and have ordered the British Isles Vital Records on CD as
>>has been advertised on this list recently. I too have been told that
>>delivery will take at least SIX WEEKS. How then are US citizens able to
buy
>>the CDs NOW.
>>
>>By what method is LDS sending the shipment. To take six weeks it must be
by
>>rowing boat I should imagine.
>>
>>Please can someone tell me why we have to wait so long?
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Jan Kennedy (Philippe)
>>Email:
>>
>
>Dear Philippe, Wally, and others:
>
>I don't know why it takes so long for the mail to get there, or what time
>frame people in the US are given for delivery. I just happened to be in
>Salt Lake yesterday and went to the LDS Distribution Center and picked the
>CD's up.
>
>According to what I have been told:
>The Vital Records Index British Isles is $15.00 and has 5 CDs. The
>information on it is basically from extraction of records. Only about 6% of
>this information is currently on the IGI, so most of it is new. There is a
>3-page listing of parishes and shires contained in this initial set of CDs,
>but I haven't looked at it yet. There is also a map at the Distribution
>with colored markers on all the places included in the CDs. I'm also told
>that there will be much more information coming, whether as upgrades to
>these CDs or new ones.
>
>The Vital Records Index Australian contains 4 CDs and is $20.00. It is an
>indexed collection of references to 4.8 million birth,
>christening,marriage, and death records. It covers the states of New South
>Wales (1788-1888), Tasmania (1803-1899), Victoria (1837-1888), and Western
>Australia (1841-1905). It does not include the states of Queensland, South
>Australia, or the Northern Territory.
>
>I'm also told that the 1881 British Isles Census is due out from LDS on
>CDs, hopefully this year.
>
>Maurine Carr Ward
>Hyrum, Utah, USA
>

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