Genealogy of the Mercer-Garnett family of Essex county, Virginia. Supposed to be descended from the Garnetts of Lancashire, England. Comp. from original records, and from oral and written statements of members of the family.

Cover-title: Biographical sketch of Hon. James Mercer Garnett, of Elmwood, Essex County, Virginia.

The life of William the Conqueror : now first published from official records and other authentic documents /

Added t.-p.: Lives of the Kings of England from the Norman Conquest ... by Thomas Roscoe, vol. 1.

Chronicles of the Pilgrim fathers of the colony of Plymouth, from 1602-1625. Now first collected from original records and contemporaneous printed documents, and illustrated with notes,

Gov. Bradford's History of Plymouth colony.--Bradford's and Winslow's journal (i.e. Mourt's relation)--Cushman's Discourse.--Winslow's Relation.--Winslow's Brief narration.--Gov. Bradford's Dialogue.--Gov. Bradford's Memoir of Elder Brewster.--Letters.

Records and record searching : a guide to the genealogist and topographer /

Mode of access: Internet.

The history of the reformation of the Church of England : with the collection of records, and a copious index /

Mode of access: Internet.

Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman Conquest : with anecdotes of their courts, now first published from official records and other authentic documents, private as well as public /

Closes with the life of Anne.

Administrative history : Railroad and Airline Wage Board /

Mode of access: Internet.

Records and files of the Quarterly courts of Essex county, Massachusetts.

Records and files of quarterly courts of Essex County, Massachusetts.

Farm records and acc

Mode of access: Internet.

Historical Records and Studies

Mode of access: Internet.

Proceedings of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics : 16th national meeting, June 14-16, 1976, Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri.

"February 1977."

Proceedings of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, 15th national meeting.

Mode of access: Internet.

Validation of a food-frequency questionnaire assessment of carotenoid and vitamin E intake using weighed food records and plasma biomarkers: The method of triads model

Background: Reliability or validity studies are important for the evaluation of measurement error in dietary assessment methods. An approach to validation known as the method of triads uses triangulation techniques to calculate the validity coefficient of a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Objective: To assess the validity of an FFQ estimates of carotenoid and vitamin E intake against serum biomarker measurements and weighed food records (WFRs), by applying the method of triads. Design: The study population was a sub-sample of adult participants in a randomised controlled trial of beta-carotene and sunscreen in the prevention of skin cancer. Dietary intake was assessed by a self-administered FFQ and a WFR. Nonfasting blood samples were collected and plasma analysed for five carotenoids (alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein, lycopene) and vitamin E. Correlation coefficients were calculated between each of the dietary methods and the validity coefficient was calculated using the method of triads. The 95% confidence intervals for the validity coefficients were estimated using bootstrap sampling. Results: The validity coefficients of the FFQ were highest for alpha-carotene (0.85) and lycopene (0.62), followed by beta- carotene (0.55) and total carotenoids (0.55), while the lowest validity coefficient was for lutein (0.19). The method of triads could not be used for b- cryptoxanthin and vitamin E, as one of the three underlying correlations was negative. Conclusions: Results were similar to other studies of validity using biomarkers and the method of triads. For many dietary factors, the upper limit of the validity coefficients was less than 0.5 and therefore only strong relationships between dietary exposure and disease will be detected.

Public reporting of hospital outcomes based on administrative data: risks and opportunities

In the wake of findings from the Bundaberg Hospital and Forster inquiries in Queensland, periodic public release of hospital performance reports has been recommended. A process for developing and releasing such reports is being established by Queensland Health, overseen by an independent expert panel. This recommendation presupposes that public reports based on routinely collected administrative data are accurate; that the public can access, correctly interpret and act upon report contents; that reports motivate hospital clinicians and managers to improve quality of care; and that there are no unintended adverse effects of public reporting. Available research suggests that primary data sources are often inaccurate and incomplete, that reports have low predictive value in detecting outlier hospitals, and that users experience difficulty in accessing and interpreting reports and tend to distrust their findings.