Breedon area

[BeeE586]

Hello - Is anyone researching these names in the Breedon/Coleorton/Whitwick/Worthington area ?

Forbears of William Horne and Mary Reed Mar Worthington 1769
Forbears of Margaret Wardle who mar Henry Horne Breedon 1795
Forbears of Thomas Webster and Sarah Parnell mar Worthington 1814

Particularly interested in burials which I find difficult to track down.

Thank you - Eileen :D

[Guy Etchells]

One of the best ways to track burials in Leicestershire is to purchase microfiche of the Parish Registers from Leicestershire Record Office.
Being one of the superior counties this is made very simple. ;)
Cheers
Guy

[tony vines]

Guy

Not being a seasoned hand at such things I am nevertheless aware that microfilm is film on a reel and needs a reel-to-reel reader. I believe that fiche is the flat film format where a different reader is required. I wonder whether others who, like me, wear varifocal lenses find both machines very difficult to use comfortably? I sit there with my head craned back trying to read the angled screen. Stiff neck quickly results followed by disenchantment!

I am certainly resistant to buying such machines if they are all like the ones at record offices. It also seems such a retrogade step in the age of the searchable CD/DVD. I do however appreciate that so much is still on fiche and not being able to use fiche at home cuts me off from a lot of information.

However I have never tried to read fiche using the naked eye. Is this practical?

Answers on a stone tablet please!

[Geoffers]

I wonder whether others who, like me, wear varifocal lenses find both machines very difficult to use comfortably? I sit there with my head craned back trying to read the angled screen. Stiff neck quickly results followed by disenchantment!
Hello Tony
I have similar specs to you and have both comupter and microfiche reader (yes, fiches are those postcard sized pieces of flat film). I have my fiche reader at the same height as my computer and both screens are at roughly the same angle; so for me there is no more difficulty in reading either and no stiff neck. I think it's all a matter of layout and you know, those ergonomy-thingy-majigs.

[Answers on a stone tablet please!]

I've slightly advanced from this stage to using a quill and whereas I'd give up my computer, I wouldn't give up my fiche reader.

Geoffers

[BeeE586]

Thank you gentleman one and all; I never thought that when I entered a plea for information about my ancestors it would turn into a discussion on readers. Am I allowed to advertise on this site ? I too wear varifocals but went to Sp........, and got ordinary reading glasses for the second pair which solved the problem for readers, sewing machine and embroidery !! Since I work on a laptop I can adjust the computer screen very easily every time I open the machine.

I didn't know about fiche from Leicestershire RO but have e-mailed them for further details. By the way, God's own county is Derbyshire !! |bowdown|

Comparing discs and fiche, surely there is a need for both. I have had my fiche reader for about 25 years and have dozens of fiche - not all are available on disc and would cost a small fortune to replace if they were. Sometimes it is even very convenient to sit down with an index in a book !

After all that, please, is anyone researching my family ???

Eileen - :D

[Guy Etchells]

Luckily I do not require glasses for reading but could offer a solution to your problem (other than single prescription glasses).
There are a variety of microfiche reader on the market of various sizes and shapes, I would suggest getting a reasonably compact reader, though not tiny, and stand the reader on a low angled table.
It should be possible to arrange a table so that the angle between your comfortable sitting position and the screen makes a ninety degree angle.
Reading the screen would then be as comfortable as reading a book.
Cheers
Guy
There are a variety of microfiche reader on the market of various sizes and shapes, I would suggest getting a reasonably compact reader, though not tiny, and stand the reader on a low angled table.
It should be possible to arrange a table so that the angle between your comfortable sitting position and the screen makes a ninety degree angle.
Reading the screen would then be as comfortable as reading a book.
Cheers
Guy
P.S. there are many thousands of registers and records available to individuals only on fiche, it is still an indespensable format.

[tony vines]

Eileen, sorry I can't help with your family but thank you, Geoffers and Guy for comments on fiche readers. I feel like suggesting a new thread for advice on what readers to buy - after all there's one on software!

What a shame you come from Derbyshire, still we can't all be perfect! Quick where have the smileys got to?