Books are no longer being sold directly from the IW Family History Society but all of our books, CDs and DVDs are being sold on-line through the Parish Chest. To buy any of our products go to the Parish Chest website.
www.parishchest.com/en-gb/dept_424.html

June 2010 : Updates to CDs from Heritage Digital Archives Heritage Digital Archives has issued a new series of CD-ROMs to continue the series of Isle of Wight indexes, and these can be obtained from www.parishchest.com/en-gb/dept_424.html under the Heritage Digital Archives section. CDR54 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1920) CDR61 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1921) CDR62 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Autumn 1921) CDR55 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1925) CDR57 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1929) CDR56 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1933) CDR59 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1938) CDR58 The Electoral Roll for the Isle of Wight (Spring 1947) all published with the permission of The Isle of Wight Record Office. These are searchable Indexes to, and scanned copies of, the Electoral Rolls compiled in these years for all the Parliamentary and Local Registration Districts of the Isle of Wight. As such it represents a simple way of finding your ancestors in these years. Women over 30 were allowed to vote from 1920, and those over 21 from 1928, and therefore their names also appear, together with any adult children also entitled to vote. The IW Record Office and the IWFHS Resource Centre also have copies of the CDs for reference purposes. Heritage Digital Archives has permission to continue the scanning process for later Electoral Rolls, and these will be issued in due course. The price for each of these is GBP10.00 (P&P extra). Note the CDR reference number carefully as the CDs are listed chronologically, not by the CDR number.

An example page from the 1933 Roll - click for larger image

January 2009 : New DVDs from Cowes Heritage

A series of DVDs illustrating Cowes life has been issued by Cowes Heritage and they can be obtained from
www.parishchest.com/en-gb/dept_424.html
under the Cowes Heritage section.

- click on thumbnails for larger image

IOW-CH01 : Cowes at War - The story of World War II and the effects on the people of Cowes GBP9.00
IOW-CH02 : School days - Tracing the history of all the schools in Cowes GBP9.00
IOW-CH03 : White's of Cowes - Interviews with past employees and film of the work carried out at the shipyard GBP13.00
IOW-CH04 : Just Fifty Yards from the Floating Bridge – a story of John Samuel White's of Cowes GBP12.00
IOW-CH05 : Transport through the Ages - The development of transport on the Island, much of which was pioneered in Cowes GBP13.00
P&P is extra in all cases

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January 2009 : New CDs from Heritage Digital Archives

Heritage Digital Archives has issued 2 new CD-ROMs to continue the series of Isle of Wight indexes, and these can be obtained from
www.parishchest.com/en-gb/dept_424.html
under the Compact Disks section.

CDR46 The 1871 National Census for the Isle of Wight, covers piece nos RG10/1159 to 1172, and is published with the permission of The National Archives.

Heritage Digital Archives have gone back to the source Enumeration books to make a new transcription of the returns for the 1871 Census, and has included a transcript of the Enumeration areas. Despite the inevitable problems of deciphering some of the handwriting, this is an easy to use listing which gives the entries both in alphabetical order by surname, and by the geographical order of the original books. The files on the CD-ROM are fully searchable PDF files, and Heritage Digital Archives has provided a copy of Adobe Acrobat for anyone who does not have this. I found the indexes effortless to search, and a comparison with Ancestry and FindMyPast to find the difficult foreign surname "de Bussche" resulted in Ancestry failing to find it - their transcribers had it as "Debussche". As with any finding aid, you need to go to the original source document to confirm some information (not all occupations are given in full) but all in all this is good value for anyone wishing to research Island families without going to the expense of taking out an Ancestry or FindMyPast subscription.

The price for CDR46 is GBP14.00 (P&P extra)

Heritage Digital Archives will happily accept any corrections for inclusion in an updated CD which will be provided in exchange for the original disc - he expects a new issue to be made in about a year's time, at a cost of GBP4.00.

CDR48 Whippingham IW Rate Book 1845 - 1848

This index covers the entries for ratepayers in the Whippingham area and, starting with HM Queen Victoria herself, lists all the Owners and Occupiers liable to pay Rates in this period. These are of course Heads of Household only, with no family members shown. As such it provides a source of information midway between the 1841 and 1851 Censuses and would be useful to anyone who has "lost" an ancestor in this period. As with CDR46, the files are searchable PDF, and a copy of Adobe Acrobat is also provided.

The price for CDR48 is GBP10.00 (P&P extra)

IOWFHS Logo Garments order form
We are able to supply Fleece, Sweatshirts, Polo shirts and T Shirts in a variety of colours and embroidered with the Isle of Wight Family History Society logo. This link will show you what you can order. To use it, click it, save it (to desktop) and print it out.

BOOK REVIEWS
These are reviews of many books useful to family historians and/or about the Isle of Wight.

NEW BOOKS
A selection of books about the Isle of Wight that have recently been published.

IWFHS LIBRARY BOOKS
A selection of books that can be found in our Library at the Resource Centre, St Thomas Square.

WOOTTON BOOKS
Information on 5 books written by Hilary Gosden about Wootton

Indexes published by Barry Hall
Booklets, Fiche and CDs produced by Barry Hall of Indexes of Marriages, Baptisms, Burials and 1841 & 1851 Census.

Disclaimer

The Isle of Wight Index CD’s have been produced by Heritage Digital Archives (HDA) and are offered as is under copyright owned by HDA. The data is stored in .jpg and .pdf formats to help protect that copyright and, since the copyright precludes the copying of the files to another disk drive, the contents cannot be edited (nor sorted in any sequence other than that provided on the CD).

The Isle of Wight Family History Society cannot take any responsibility for errors or omissions in these CD’s. The Society acts merely as a Distributor of these products making them available to purchase on the Parish Chest - who manage the Society’s on-line shop (see the Compact Disks category).

However, it is a Distributor’s responsibility to address any queries you may have on these products and these should be directed to our Bookstall Manager.