Type Limited Company | Founded 1992 | |
Industry genealogy, data publishing, software, archival storage Headquarters Chilmark, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Key people Nigel Bayley, Sue Bayley, Mark Bayley, David Bayley, Paul Bayley Owner S&N British Data Archive Ltd www.sandn.net | ||
S&N Genealogy Supplies was originally formed in 1992 by genealogists Sue and Nigel Bayley, with 25 years experience in the field of family history research. Nigel Bayley is an author of many articles in the field of genealogy and the book Computer Aided Genealogy.
Contents
- History
- Family History Data on CD
- The English and Wales Census on CD
- Other Data CDs for Family Historians
- References
It was the first company to publish the 1841 to 1901 Census records on CD and DVD.
It is a family run business operating from Chilmark, Wiltshire providing information resources to family historians.
History
As a keen amateur genealogist, S&N co-founder Nigel Bayley had compiled his family history on a BBC Computer and wanted to transfer it onto a PC with Windows software. As he couldn't find a UK supplier of Windows packages for family historians, he decided to offer a UK service offering genealogy software for windows and S&N Genealogy Supplies was born in 1992. S&N represents the initials of the Directors, Sue and Nigel Bayley.
Family History Data on CD
In 1992, CD was the latest technology at the time. Family historians took advantage of this to access data from a wide range of areas including parish records, local directories including Kelly's Directories and atlases and maps. S&N Genealogy published this material in their British Data Archive section.
The English and Wales Census on CD
Family historians prior to 2001 needed a fiche and film viewer to be able to view the census records from England and Wales. It was believed to be impossible to publish this sort of information on CD-ROM due to the sheer size, but S&N tested various scanners and compression methods and eventually developed a system to publish the census on CD.
S&N British Data Archive Ltd was founded in 1999 to work with CD pressing plants and the Public Records Office (PRO) now known as The National Archives to make the project a reality. The project caught the attention of the media at the time and many family historians were excited about the development of putting Census records on CD.
S&N developed a reputation amongst family historians as the largest producer of Census CDs in the UK
Other Data CDs for Family Historians
S&N Genealogy Supplies produce a number of data CDs including trade and geographical directories prior to 1900 such as Kellys Directories, Pigot's Directories and Bulmers Directory
In February 2016 S&N Genealogy Supplies announced the release of TreeView - a new family history software package designed for Windows and Mac. TreeView is the only software available that supports Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, with access to premium genealogical records.
TreeView was designed by family historians to fill the gap for a powerful, intuitive and feature packed family tree program that is user friendly. TreeView stores the users family tree on their computer with the option to easily sync the tree with TreeView.co.uk and TheGenealogist.co.uk. The Software was designed to work with the free iOS and Android app. Users retain complete control over their research with privacy options for online trees.