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Apologies for cross-posting ---------------------------------- EDINA is pleased to announce the launch on 25 January of a new and free web service - the online version of the old (first) and New (second) Statistical Accounts of Scotland, first published in 1791-9 and 1845. This service is provided by EDINA on behalf of the Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland. Summary information about the database is given below. The EDINA Statistical Accounts of Scotland web service offers access to around 28,000 digital images of the pages and the facility to search all the text by keyword or phrase. More advanced facilities are planned for subscribing institutions. These developments might include improved access to the maps, tables and diagrams, and links to a gazetteer and other digital data sets. The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s, are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions in Europe. Use this key source to study the emergence of the modern British State and the economic and social impact of the world's first industrial nation or simply learn more about the area in which you or your ancestors lived. Based largely on information supplied by each parish church minister, the old Statistical Account and the New Statistical Account provide a rich record of a wide variety of topics: wealth, class and poverty; climate, agriculture, fishing and wildlife; population, schools, and the moral health of the people. Login at URL: http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc For further details please email: [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDINA URL: http://edina.ac.uk Edinburgh University Data Library Tel: 0131 650 3302 Main Library Building, George Square Fax: 0131 650 3308 Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Email: [log in to unmask]