[annie laurie]

Search the Domesday Book:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/domesday.asp

Homepage; general information about the Domesday Book:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/

[annie laurie]

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[Publius6961]

I always wondered why copies of a country's written treasures need to be bought by its citizens for exorbitant amounts.

It stands to reason that a digital format copy be created to prevent permanent loss due to a variety of possible causes but, once a digital copy is created, it shouldn't cost that much to get the info on DVD or any other future format.

Wasn't there a recent creation of a "universal format" that won't be subject to change every few years?

[kalee]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Annie. I'm going to check out the old hometown (not mine, the ancestors').

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[Interesting Times]

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[SoCalPol]

I have gone through some of the Domesday surveys and can be quite helpful for genealogy research.

Some of these are already on line for some time.

[gondramB]

>>Today, a rather old book from the late 11th century England (1086 to be precise)<<

You can see how the English might have been in a Doomsday kind of mood in 1086 since its only 20 years after the invasion of William the Bastard - the last time England would ever be conquered by a foreign power.

[Peter Libra]

Thank you for the information. It is certainly of great value for would be researchers. On the 900 year anniversary of the Domesday Book a small press- Phillimore of Colchester,England sallied forth.

They published each county for about 8 pounds sterling. (US currency would equal about 12 US dollars. I have mine copy for Middlesex. Today, unless I am mistaken, the official agency charges 3.50 pounds per page. My copy has 130 pages- both Latin and English translation. (All for 8 pounds)

It is rather expensive today. One has to accept certain things. For example the 1881 census for England and Wales is absolutely free, courtesy of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

Someone woke up pretty quickly though. The six census from 1851 through 1901 (every ten years) are offered privately. They also list the free 1881 census without comment. The minimum rate is 4.50 pounds for an all too quick ten days and only ten single access to an entry.

Still worth it - if one knows what one is looking for. But it is money, money, money.

[Peter Libra]

Reference my post #25.

One may be taken aback at prices asked, but it is all fair game. If the Government agencies feel like making an honest dollar, well ok.

Next there is good old private enterprise. I got on to BARNES AND NOBLE. The used book section immediately goes to the very PHILLIMORE PUBLISHERS (ahem, not Colchester, but Chichester).

Titled DOMESDAY BOOK . John Morris. Translations by Sara Wood. Prices run from $12.95 per complete county entries, to about $35 for more comprehensive works.

[uglybiker]

Domesday Book...

WE'RE DOO..... er, uh...WE'RE DOMED!!