Hmmmmm....that's odd; I didn't have to join up or pay a thing. I wonder what that's all about? Sorry you had a bad experience with them. DFM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Langdon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:38 AM Subject: Re: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > I've had major billing problems with New Oxford, [Oxford Press] to the > point that I thought a fraudulent company had been set up. I got billed > again this morning, after cancelling this subscription I didn't know I > had. The cost is $30 per month. I've had to file a complaint with the NC > Attorney General. > > The National Archives is the best site. Searching is free and you can > download documents instantly for a reasonable price, and great quality. > All of Britain's county archives have a common search. Why pay for > Ancestry's spotty records, when the Archives and British Library are > on-line? > > These are free: > > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline > > The Brirish Library: > http://www.bl.uk/index.shtml > > This site is good for beginning research, learning about locations and > types of records: > http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html > > Scotland's records can e accessed at: > http://www.scan.org.uk/index.html > > Langdon Hagen-Long > > > John Frederick Fausz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Another INVALUABLE online > resource--with a fee, however--is the > NEW OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY (British Bios). > > It offers very detailed and almost always reliable biographies of the > leading Jamestown / Virginia Company "folks"--plus Powhatan, > Pocahontas, and Opechancanough--written by scholars and based > on the most recent research. <one, however, because the British author is > clueless and confusing > about Early Chesapeake Indian Place Names. > > HTTP://WWW.OXFORDDNB.COM/ > > Most entries are only 4-5 years old and replace bios dating back to the > late 19th century--or deal with people, especially Americans and Indians, > who were little appreciated in that bygone era. > > 55,000 bios up to the late 20th on people of all fields--and a bargain > online > unless you don't mind spending something like $16,000 for the 88 volume > hardbound set!! > > * * * And don't overlook our own state treasure--the terrific new > DICTIONARY OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY from the Library of Virginia > > Best to All from the Frozen Midlands (Far Western Virginia) > > Fred Fausz > St. Louis > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html