Graeme Wall wrote: > In message <u_WdnTdCLdIzue3anZ2dnUVZ8smgnZ2d@pipex.net> > Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> Graeme Wall wrote: >>> Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to everyone, may your brick walls >>> crumble in 2008. >> And to you and everyone else on the newsgroup. >> >> One helpful hammer for the brick walls has come on g.s.medieval in the >> form of hints on how to fool Google books into yielding more full views >> in the UK. It could be a busy Christmas here. >> > > Must check that out after the holiday, what's the thread title? > How to fix Google books. The problem is that for browsers in some countries Google offers only a snippet view whilst in the US there's a full view. The solution is to use a proxy service which routes your query via a US address. -- Ian Hotmail is for spammers. Real mail address is igoddard at nildram co uk

In message <N-GdnQDQxK-RI-vaRVnyhAA@pipex.net> Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Graeme Wall wrote: > > In message <u_WdnTdCLdIzue3anZ2dnUVZ8smgnZ2d@pipex.net> > > Ian Goddard <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Graeme Wall wrote: > >>> Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to everyone, may your brick walls > >>> crumble in 2008. > >> And to you and everyone else on the newsgroup. > >> > >> One helpful hammer for the brick walls has come on g.s.medieval in the > >> form of hints on how to fool Google books into yielding more full views > >> in the UK. It could be a busy Christmas here. > >> > > > > Must check that out after the holiday, what's the thread title? > > > How to fix Google books. > > The problem is that for browsers in some countries Google offers only a > snippet view whilst in the US there's a full view. The solution is to > use a proxy service which routes your query via a US address. > Thanks -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>