Dear All At the risk of being tedious, please add me to the company of those who have been experiencing difficulties with this otherwise first-=class site. It seems to have started about a month ago. The fact that it's often 'down'in the evening, but available again the next day (and that if it goes down on Friday it stays down all weekend) leads one to suppose that there's some problem which needs regular attention from the Council's IT Team. I would imagine that there are some 'local' listers who might be in a better position to bring these problems to the Council's attention than those of us who live in Yorkshire or Florida! I must say, it was quite disheartening a couple of weeks ago to come back from Dumfries and find that I couldn't easily follow up leads I'd found in the excellent Ewart Library. Best Peter ===== Peter Didsbury Consultant Archaeologist (Ceramics) Reporting on Iron Age and Roman, and medieval to early modern pottery and other ceramic items from northern and eastern England. Tel. (01482) 494711 or 217466. Mobile: 07812 470663. ___________________________________________________________ Moving house? Beach bar in Thailand? New Wardrobe? Win £10k with Yahoo! Mail to make your dream a reality. Get Yahoo! Mail www.yahoo.co.uk/10k

Thanks to all who responded and confirmed that I was not the only one who had trouble reaching the site. The outages do seem to occur on weekends, and I have to also realize the time difference, so often it may be down at night in the U.K. If they are redesigning or updating the site, I suppose it is understandable. I check from time to time, and this morning (U.S. time) I was able to get through. Kathy Orlando, Florida

I think it would be much more effective if complaints (combined with the deserved praise of the site) were from people all over the world, rather than just a few locals. Let the Council know how important this site is and how much you all value it. Rene anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Didsbury" <pdconsarch@yahoo.co.uk> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:34 PM Subject: [D-G LIST] D & G site difficulties > Dear All > > At the risk of being tedious, please add me to the > company of those who have been experiencing > difficulties with this otherwise first-=class site. > It seems to have started about a month ago. The fact > that it's often 'down'in the evening, but available > again the next day (and that if it goes down on Friday > it stays down all weekend) leads one to suppose that > there's some problem which needs regular attention > from the Council's IT Team. I would imagine that > there are some 'local' listers who might be in a > better position to bring these problems to the > Council's attention than those of us who live in > Yorkshire or Florida! I must say, it was quite > disheartening a couple of weeks ago to come back from > Dumfries and find that I couldn't easily follow up > leads I'd found in the excellent Ewart Library. > > Best > > Peter > > ===== > Peter Didsbury Consultant Archaeologist (Ceramics) > > Reporting on Iron Age and Roman, and medieval to early modern pottery and > other ceramic items from northern and eastern England. > > Tel. (01482) 494711 or 217466. Mobile: 07812 470663. > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Moving house? Beach bar in Thailand? New Wardrobe? Win £10k with Yahoo! > Mail to make your dream a reality. > Get Yahoo! Mail www.yahoo.co.uk/10k > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************* > If you have any problems with this list or any of its members please > contact the listowner....Tom Welch....tomas@directcon.net > ******************************************************************** > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.5 - Release Date: 03/12/2004 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.5 - Release Date: 03/12/2004