Index
Army Roll of Honour World War II
This CD is a listing of soldiers who died in the Second World War. Searches can be made by Regiment or branch of the army or by details of the soldier such as name. The record gives details of the soldier's army number, rank, and country where the fatality occurred as well as the date.
1881 Census
The whole of the 1881 census for the British Isles. Allows you to search for information on your ancestors.
1991 Census
This is the CD version of the 1991 census. It provides a detailed demographic and social profile of the country covering over 23 million households. The CD is also useful for extracting socio-economic data on North East Lincolnshire.
The Driving Test
A CD to help all those about to embark on their driving test. Provides driving guidelines and information about the Highway Code. There are also screen video clips and an interactive test with over 500 questions designed to test your knowledge and skills at the wheel.
Encarta 1998 Encyclopaedia
Useful multimedia encyclopaedia. Contains more than 30,000 articles on a variety of subjects and is a great family learning resource.
English Poetry Plus
A great resource for poetry lovers or those who just can't remember where that line came from. Holds over 5,000 of the most widely consulted poems in the English language, together with lesser-known works from Chaucer to the nineteenth century. Each poem has a brief biography of the author.
Europages
A European Business Directory
Europe from A-Z
Quick guide to developments within the European Community. Covers major events such as the completion of the single market, Maastricht, and the future enlargement that will take in Eastern European countries
FT EUROfile
An interactive business guide to the European Union. Features the analysis of FT journalists and combines graphics, video and text.
Gistix
The North East Lincolnshire Mapping System. Produced by the council it contains a copy of all large scale Ordinance Survey maps of North East Lincolnshire in digital form. Searches can be made by street, place name, junction, property or postcode. Print outs can be made, but at present this CD is only available on the Staff workstations so please enquiry at the Information Desk.
International Genealogical Index
The International Genealogical Index® (IGI) lists several hundred million names of deceased persons from throughout the world. The index does not contain records of living people. Many names in the index come from vital records from the early 1500s to about 1885. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have submitted others. You can use the index to find birth, christening, and marriage information or to identify possible family connections to extend your pedigree. On line version available at http://www.familysearch.org
ISBI Education Database
(Independent Schools of the British Isles)
Source of information on all fee-paying, independent and residential special schools, updated every 6 months.
National Burial Index
Produced by the Federation of Family History Societies this is a National Burial Index for England and Wales and contains over 5 million records from 1538 to 2000. Each entry includes the forename(s) and surname, date of burial, age (where given), the parish or cemetery where the event was recorded and the family history group or society that transcribed the record.
(The records are Army only)
National Geographic Magazine
on CD ROM
On line Bible
CD ROM version of the Bible.
OS Interactive Atlas of Great Britain
A multimedia map which includes commissioned photographs, fly-throughs and video clips. It also contains information about 450 places of interest. There are 67 street plans including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, York and Lincoln. It has a fully searchable gazetteer of place names.
Pevsner's Buildings of England
This CD is based on the information contained in the volumes of Buildings of England, a series of architectural guidebooks produced by Penguin.
Phone Disc
The BT phonebooks on CD-ROM. Also contains numbers for other telecommunications operators.
Social Trends and Regional Trends Social Trends 1996 edition and 1970-95 Regional Trends 1965-1995
All of these CDs draw on Governmental Statistics prepared to give a broad picture of British Society and the changes that have occurred. Both contain table and graphs to allow easy comparisons.
Soldiers Who Died In The War
A complete record for those in the army who fell during the First World War giving details on their regiment, army number, cause of death, when known and place of death.
Vital Records Index
Birth, christening and marriage records from selected parishes in the British Isles.