Thank you Sally for this great news. And please thank the powers that be that enabled the search function to resume. Carolyn At 09:04 AM 11/1/2009, you wrote: >I have been asked by the Lancashire OPC project to pass on the >following information about their (most excellent) website: > > >"We are pleased to be able to announce that the Lancashire OPC >Search facility is once more available. > >It has been a frustrating time for us all, but with certain >safeguards we have put in place, we are hopeful that the Search >function will remain active without interuption, though during the >early stages, we cannot guarantee that there will not be some breaks >in service. > >There are a few important changes that have been necessary following >a review of the events that led up to the Search becoming >unavailable, but apart from these it should look the same as before. >These changes have been designed to have neglibable impact on >legitimate users, who will be able to perform as many searches as they wish. > >However, you are required to enter through the normal link to the >main search page. Any bookmarks (favourites) you have to internal >pages or search results will no longer work. So please delete any >old bookmarks relating to the previous version of Lancs OPC search >and do not attempt to bookmark anything other than the designated >entry point, which you may bookmark for convenience if you wish. > >To make use of the Search facility, you must have 'cookies enabled' >in your browser. Please note that the search facility must not be >used by automated (robotic) applications, any attempt to do this >will be blocked. > >The measures we have introduced are designed to protect the >availability and performance of our search for everyone, and to >prevent unwanted access which may have caused some of the problems >we were experiencing. The rest of the Lancs OPC website is >completely unaffected by these changes. > >For those not familiar with our search, it allows you to search the >Lancashire OPC database, by parish or across the county, using a >flexible selection of names, events and dates. > >Thank you for your patience while the search has been unavailable, >and our apologies for any inconvenience that this has caused. We >invite you to start using the Search once again and wish you all >happy hunting." > > > > >And THANK YOU to the workers at the Lancs OPC for all your hard work >on behalf of all family history hunters for Lancashire. > >Regards, >Sally > > >~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > >Admin Message - List guidelines: >http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > >The list admin can be contacted at >Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message