S&N Genealogy, one of England's major genealogical publishers and suppliers is now venturing into DVDs. The first that they have released is 'The Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History', in which Julian Richards from 'Meet the Ancestors' introduces you to the fascinating world of genealogy. He guides you through using the Family Record Centre, The National Archives and The Society of Genealogists. It also covers CDs and online databases, as well as general researching, recording and presenting your family history. The DVD runs for 27 minutes, and is not region encoded, so can be viewed on any DVD player. Designed specifically for those researching in England.
Bonus CD 1: How to Research Your Family History
This is an ideal complement to this DVD. This digital PDF book is a valuable resource for finding web addresses, telephone numbers, postal addresses and contact details for everything from online data to family history societies. Can be viewed on a PC or Macintosh with a PDF reader. Also includes a bonus animation showing you what information can be gathered from an 1871 census page.
Bonus CD 2: Top 10 Software Demos and Shareware
With so many software packages available to the family historian, it can be hard to know which one suits your needs. Here you can try a variety of packages so that you can be sure to choose the right one. Contains ten software demos and shareware programs for the PC.
Review:One that caught my eye, however, is a new DVD video accompanied by two data CDs. The new "Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History" features narrator Julian Richards from "Meet the Ancestors." I only had an opportunity to watch a couple minutes of the video while it was running in the booth. However, I was impressed with the professionalism of this video. - Dick Eastman, 1 May 2005
