Afternoon Deena Once you've located a pst file (and you may also find them in eg 'windowsold' folder, then open outlook express and on the file tab at the top left of the screen click 'import export', select import from another program or file, next, personal folder .pst, next, then in the file name box click browse to the left until you select the address that you found your .pst folder in. Then, next, and you should in a min see the old e mails being reloaded into outlook express etc. If it's too jam packed then on the top file menu select archive and set the date to the most recent date you want to keep current and then let it archive. The e mails will be saved in a .pst file as a back up and shown in a separate e mail section "Archive" beneath your current e mails. It's worth running the .pst search program a couple of times as Ive found (maybe peculiar to my systems) that it is not identical every time Ive searched and I have located other .pst files. Any probs or clarifications please let me know Regards JOhn M -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of deana.smith@btinternet.com, Sent: 19 October 2010 12:12 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! Hi. John. Thanks for reply. I have done what you said. Just one came up from old windows mail. Alas not one of my family history names, but Angel where I kept all her breeders e-mails to me, first photos, and about shows etc. Sadly it's all in notepad so I can't read it. Any ideas. Hope your suggestion helped others as well, these little tips are amazing. Thanks from Deana. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M" <JHWM1@btconnect.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:53 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > Afternoon Deana > On vista go into SEARCH at the bottom left line of the opening screen and > see if you get anything listed if you search for the term ".pst". If so > your > old e mails may be there. > Regards > JOhn M > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > deana.smith@btinternet.com > Sent: 18 October 2010 15:21 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > Oh Josephine I so know how you feel. My computer went into a shop as it > had > a virus which was making it run slowly. A young lad said 'what do you want > to save' everything I said documents etc photos. Alas without any warning > I > lost all my e-mails. I had set up all my family search names and put > e-mails > > regarding the different family history into each name. I did print a > paper > copy of really important stuff but so many other e-mails, research etc > and > bits and bobs, interesting discussions re family names, I didn't. The > computer chap who set up my computer hadn't ticked copy to server, if he > had > > I could have got the lot back. All gone. Ten years of this and that. At > the > time it was too awful to imagine, I felt numb, I thought they were just > going to get rid of the virus that had slippped through my firewall but > even > > Vista had gone. The one saving grace was that the book I had written was > still there, all those words and hours spent. It will be published in > February and that is the only saving grace I take from the dreadful > expericence in May. Hope all goes well for you and that you get all you > want back safe and sound. I love reading your e-mails so full of knowledge > and heritage. Good luck from Deana in Hastings. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:47 AM > Subject: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > >> Hello Listers, >> >> My beloved Acorn computer suffered a fatal internal error, this morning, >> and the hard disc with my huge archive is now in its death throes:-( >> >> I am now reduced to a PC so I may not be able to send or reply to >> messages >> on such a regular basis as I have done in the past. I find it difficult >> to >> use e-mail on a PC, having been used to the ease and versatility of my >> Acorn for so many years. >> >> My other half tells me that some of my material is retrievable, but this >> will mean a lot of fiddling and it may be a winter job. >> >> However, when one door shuts another one opens and this may be the >> opportunity for me to concentrate on living family and friends, for a >> change, rather than dead ancestors:-) >> >> Josephine >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16090) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. 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Something I have not seen before is Google News Archive. http://news.google.com/archivesearch It enables you to search and read newspaper articles which have been digitised and specify a time period of interest. For recent articles newspaper web sites are searched but for earlier dates the digitised original newspaper is searched. Unfortunately there does not seem to be an easy way to find out exactly which papers are searched. At the moment the only Bristol newspaper included is the Evening News web site. Copies of the "Bristol Herald" around 1900 have been digitised but this is in the USA!! Very few old British newspapers seem to be included at the moment. However pre 1900 searches for various Bristol parish names finds hits mainly in old New Zealand newspapers but also some in Australia and Canada in articles telegraphed from London. Hopefully some old Bristol newspapers will be included soon! Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos

Hiya. Have done everything you said, have got some random e-mails back from 2007. Tomorrow I have more time and will do it again like you say and see what turns up. Short of time today but it obviously works so will keep trying. Unfortunately the e-mails are not from the family names, but retreval is obviously possible yipee. Thanks. Will let you know how I get on via your own e-mail address or may be accused of this being off - subject. Many thanks Deana. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M" <JHWM1@btconnect.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > Afternoon Deena > Once you've located a pst file (and you may also find them in eg > 'windowsold' folder, then open outlook express and on the file tab at the > top left of the screen click 'import export', select import from another > program or file, next, personal folder .pst, next, then in the file name > box > click browse to the left until you select the address that you found your > .pst folder in. > Then, next, and you should in a min see the old e mails being reloaded > into > outlook express etc. > > If it's too jam packed then on the top file menu select archive and set > the > date to the most recent date you want to keep current and then let it > archive. The e mails will be saved in a .pst file as a back up and shown > in > a separate e mail section "Archive" beneath your current e mails. > > It's worth running the .pst search program a couple of times as Ive found > (maybe peculiar to my systems) that it is not identical every time Ive > searched and I have located other .pst files. > > Any probs or clarifications please let me know > > Regards > JOhn M > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > deana.smith@btinternet.com, > Sent: 19 October 2010 12:12 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > Hi. John. Thanks for reply. I have done what you said. Just one came up > from old windows mail. Alas not one of my family history names, but Angel > where I kept all her breeders e-mails to me, first photos, and about shows > etc. Sadly it's all in notepad so I can't read it. Any ideas. Hope your > suggestion helped others as well, these little tips are amazing. Thanks > from > > Deana. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John M" <JHWM1@btconnect.com> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! > > >> Afternoon Deana >> On vista go into SEARCH at the bottom left line of the opening screen and >> see if you get anything listed if you search for the term ".pst". If so >> your >> old e mails may be there. >> Regards >> JOhn M >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> deana.smith@btinternet.com >> Sent: 18 October 2010 15:21 >> To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! >> >> Oh Josephine I so know how you feel. My computer went into a shop as it >> had >> a virus which was making it run slowly. A young lad said 'what do you >> want >> to save' everything I said documents etc photos. Alas without any warning >> I >> lost all my e-mails. I had set up all my family search names and put >> e-mails >> >> regarding the different family history into each name. I did print a >> paper >> copy of really important stuff but so many other e-mails, research etc >> and >> bits and bobs, interesting discussions re family names, I didn't. The >> computer chap who set up my computer hadn't ticked copy to server, if he >> had >> >> I could have got the lot back. All gone. Ten years of this and that. At >> the >> time it was too awful to imagine, I felt numb, I thought they were just >> going to get rid of the virus that had slippped through my firewall but >> even >> >> Vista had gone. The one saving grace was that the book I had written was >> still there, all those words and hours spent. It will be published in >> February and that is the only saving grace I take from the dreadful >> expericence in May. Hope all goes well for you and that you get all you >> want back safe and sound. I love reading your e-mails so full of >> knowledge >> and heritage. Good luck from Deana in Hastings. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> >> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 11:47 AM >> Subject: [B&S] Josephine's dead Acorn! >> >> >>> Hello Listers, >>> >>> My beloved Acorn computer suffered a fatal internal error, this morning, >>> and the hard disc with my huge archive is now in its death throes:-( >>> >>> I am now reduced to a PC so I may not be able to send or reply to >>> messages >>> on such a regular basis as I have done in the past. I find it difficult >>> to >>> use e-mail on a PC, having been used to the ease and versatility of my >>> Acorn for so many years. >>> >>> My other half tells me that some of my material is retrievable, but this >>> will mean a lot of fiddling and it may be a winter job. >>> >>> However, when one door shuts another one opens and this may be the >>> opportunity for me to concentrate on living family and friends, for a >>> change, rather than dead ancestors:-) >>> >>> Josephine >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ======= >>> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >>> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16090) >>> http://www.pctools.com/ >>> ======= >> >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16100) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16110) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16110) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. 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