s & n genealogy supplies type limited company industry genealogy data publishing software archival storage founded 1992 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 website http www.genealogysupplies.com 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 1 in the field of genealogy and the book computer aided genealogy . 2 it was the first company to publish the 1841 to 1901 census records on cd and dvd . 3 4 it is a family run business operating from chilmark wiltshire providing information resources to family historians . 5 contents 1 history 2 family history data on cd 3 the uk census on cd 4 other data cds for family historians 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 . 6 7 family history data on cd edit 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 . 8 the uk census on cd edit 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 . 9 s & n developed a reputation amongst family historians as the largest producer of census cds in the uk 10 11 other data cds for family historians edit 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 12 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 . 13 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 . 14 references edit pp27 family tree magazine sept 1997 nigel bayley computer aided genealogy s & n publishing isbn 9781861500007 ancestral trails pp79 mark herber 2nd ed the history press isbn 978 0 7509 4198 3 family tree magazine pp8 july 2001 vol 17 no 9 finding out about your family history pp28 kathy chater and simon fowler the federation of family history societies publications ltd isbn 1 86006 202 4 family matters michael sharpe pp208 pen & sword . isbn 184884559 6 computer miscellany david hawgood article family tree magazine p. 36 november 1995 vol . 12 no. 1 family matters michael sharpe pp205 . pen & sword isbn 184884559 6 family tree magazine pp8 july 2001 vol 17 no 9 census the expert guide 1st ed pp247 peter christian & david annal the national archives isbn 978 1 905615 34 6 finding out about your family history pp21 kathy chater and simon fowler the federation of family history societies publications ltd isbn 1 86006 202 4 eastman s online genealogy newsletter . retrieved 17 february 2016 . family history social . the british genes blog . retrieved 17 february 2016 . external links edit s & n genealogy supplies official uk site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title s % 26n genealogy supplies & oldid 705601370 categories genealogy websites navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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