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The books featured on this Family Archive CD speak for themselves. They range all across the genealogical landscape and include census records, wills, probate records, military records, gravestone inscriptions, and local histories, naming approximately 330,000 individuals! Probably the most important work found here is the Noyes, Libby, and Davis masterpiece, the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, which presents genealogical data on every family established in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699. Listed in the work, for example, are the births, marriages, and deaths of the settlers through the third generation!

Also on the CD are books that cover small towns as well as entire states, from the famous History of York, Maine to the lesser-known Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire, and from statewide collections of Maine Biographies and Maine Wills to genealogical collections such as The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire to the celebrated periodical Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder (9 vols.). Along with the 1790 censuses of Maine and New Hampshire, the books on this CD give names and ages of family members, places of residence, dates and details of vital events, military connections, estate records, details concerning immigration, and personal characteristics.

This CD is yet another collaborative effort between GPC and Broderbund. It is designed to simplify genealogical research by combining the images of pages of selected volumes published by GPC with a single electronic name index, which allows you to search all the volumes quickly and effortlessly. The books included on the CD are:

*Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
*The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire
*Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder (9 vols.)
*1790 Census of Maine
*1790 Census of New Hampshire
*History of York, Maine (2 vols.)
*Maine Wills, 1640-1760
*Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1800
*Maine Biographies (2 vols.)
*Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution from Maine
*Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners in Maine
*Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in New Hampshire
*Military History of the State of New Hampshire
*Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire, 1719-1910

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.