To have Explorer open at Drive D on your computer do these steps: Right-click the Explorer icon on your Desktop. Select Properties. In the Target box you should see something like: %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e, c:\ Place your cursor in front of that last "C" and delete it. Now type D. Click Apply and Explorer will now open at Drive D when you next click on the icon. For your "detail format" query, have you clicked on the button to "Apply to All Folders" after you have made the change? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:31:36 +1030 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows Explorer > > > I am using Win XP Home. > Two simple questions. > I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. > How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive > Files? > Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the > Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders > but > sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find > annoying & > have to go back to reset them again. > Any help appreciated. > R >

The answer to the first one is to create shortcuts to drives and folders you open often and put them on my desktop. My genealogical folders have a half dozen such shortcuts. If the way you want to view your files gets altered, just click view and select the way you want to view tehm - only takes a second. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows Explorer > > I am using Win XP Home. > Two simple questions. > I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. > How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive > Files? > Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the > Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders but > sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find > annoying & > have to go back to reset them again. > Any help appreciated. > R -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

I think you can get folders to open in the "details" view if you set the one you are viewing and then go to the Tools menu, select "Folder Options" then the "View" Tab and click the "Apply to all folders" button. There is a way to assign another location as "My Documents", Or is it to Move My Documents to another location. I cannot move mine now, it is too large for the other drive. --- OK, I moved a LOT of things to a TEMP folder on my C:\ drive from My Documents. Then I right clicked on my documents Selected "Properties, clicked on "Move" Then I clicked the + before My Computer, clicked on my "K:" drive and clicked OK. Now when I right click on my documents and properties, its "Target" is "K:\" -- I sure have a lot of drives!-- When I open Windows Explorer, it opens to My Documents which is "K:\" Now, all I have to do is remember how to put it back where it was ;-) Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm ======================================= [email protected] wrote: > I am using Win XP Home. > Two simple questions. > I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. > How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive Files? > Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the > Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders but > sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find annoying & > have to go back to reset them again. > Any help appreciated. > R >

Dora Smith wrote: > Probably that is because on the laptop you somehow have not got IE set as > your default browser. > > > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Using Mozilla Thunderbird > > > >> I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, >> as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work >> >> > > > I just fixed the problem! I called my ISP and they talked me through a couple setting changes. All is well! >

Probably that is because on the laptop you somehow have not got IE set as your default browser. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Fowler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:52 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Using Mozilla Thunderbird >I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, > as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work > fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on > the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in > messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my > server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? > Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did > re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a > wireless network. > Mary > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

Nothing happens when I click, except a dotted box appears around the link. I checked the firewall settings, I use Zone alarm, the free version. Both computers are set exactly the same. Is the Windows firewall okay to use now? At first, I heard it was lousy. Now I hear it's improved. Should I try that? I like to avoid using MS products when I have an alternative.

My first guess would be your firewall settings. You gave no indication of what happens when you click on a link. Is it just like clicking on something that is not a link? Or, do you see nothing change or flash on the screen when you click? Alfred D. Eller http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adelr/index.htm ======================================= Mary Fowler wrote: > I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, > as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work > fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on > the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in > messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my > server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? > Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did > re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a > wireless network. > Mary >

I just bought a new Sony Vaio laptop. I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird, as I use it on my desktop and have had no problems. It seems to work fine on the laptop, except that I can't open Internet links. I can on the Sony desk top, but not the laptop. There are often links in messages relating to genealogy rootsweb lists, etc. Is the problem my server/Internet provider, the computer, or the Thunderbird application? Is there a setting somewhere I need to change? Any ideas? I did re-install Thunderbird; that didn't help. The two computers are on a wireless network. Mary

You can set up O/E to empty the deleted items when you exit - or leave them there until you empty it by hand. I think you can also have O/E empty it after a certain period - but am not sure of that. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Janet Buck Sent: 23 November 2006 12:10 To: [email protected] Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] O/E DELETED ITEMS In Win98SE after emptying the deleted items folder, I can search for "deleted items" and then drag them to the recycle bin and empty. In WinXP (my son's PC) we can't seem to do this. When we search for "deleted items" it cannot be found. Does this mean that when we empty the deleted items box in Outlook Express in XP that they are completely erased from the computer? Seems strange to us!!! I'm sure someone will be able to answer this puzzling question for us. Many thanks, Jan. -------------------------------------- Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In Win98SE after emptying the deleted items folder, I can search for "deleted items" and then drag them to the recycle bin and empty. In WinXP (my son's PC) we can't seem to do this. When we search for "deleted items" it cannot be found. Does this mean that when we empty the deleted items box in Outlook Express in XP that they are completely erased from the computer? Seems strange to us!!! I'm sure someone will be able to answer this puzzling question for us. Many thanks, Jan.

You should also be enquiring with the list admin of Kent list The KENT-ENG List Administrator [email protected] Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Since installing Internet version 7, I receive the following message at > the > top of emails I am receiving:- > > The sender of this message, [email protected], could not be > verified by Sender ID. Learn more about Sender ID > > I have tried clicking on Sender ID, but the task pane will not stay open. > I > have Norton, do I need this "phishing" thing?? > > ! > regards Rita > > ps I will send a copy of this message to > [email protected]

Since installing Internet version 7, I receive the following message at the top of emails I am receiving:- The sender of this message, [email protected], could not be verified by Sender ID. Learn more about Sender ID I have tried clicking on Sender ID, but the task pane will not stay open. I have Norton, do I need this "phishing" thing?? ! regards Rita ps I will send a copy of this message to [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

You can read all about "Sender ID" here and how it will help reduce spam in Hotmail: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/technologies/senderid/default.mspx > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:40:40 +0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Internet Explorer 7 - Phishing!! > > Since installing Internet version 7, I receive the following message at > the > top of emails I am receiving:- > > The sender of this message, [email protected], could not be > verified by Sender ID. Learn more about Sender ID > > I have tried clicking on Sender ID, but the task pane will not stay open. > I > have Norton, do I need this "phishing" thing?? > > ! > regards Rita > > ps I will send a copy of this message to > [email protected] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live? Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been trying to find the following people in the 1901 Census without any success. Can anyone suggest possible ways I could use to try and find them? They were most likely living in Burton upon Trent 1) Caroline Mary THORNTON Born Caroline Mary LEIGH, born 5th March, 1851, Walton, County of Derby In the 1981 census her occupation is needlewoman. Caroline married Edmund William ADAMS in 1872. He died in 1881 in Reading. After Edmund died she married Henry THORNTON in 1886. Henry appears in the 1901 Census in Burton upon Trent and gives his status as widower. He was a working brewer. However, Caroline Mary THORNTON, died 7 Feb 1941, aged 89, in Burton on Trent. 2) Dora THORNTON, daughter of Caroline and Henry Thornton, born in 1890 in Burton upon Trent, so would be about 11 in 1901. Married Thomas Joseph BEESON in 1906. 3) Ethel Ann DUNCAN, born Ethel Ann ADAMS in 1878 in Reading, eldest daughter by the first marriage of Caroline's, Ethel married Alexander James Duncan in 1900. I searched for Ethel and her husband as I thought Caroline and Dora might be living with her in 1901. Maybe I have to wait for the 1911 Census!

Do you have them in 1891? The Cricketers Arms, 1 Meadow Road, Burton on Trent RG 12/2202 folios 15 and 16 Regards, Mike >I have been trying to find the following people in the 1901 Census > without any success. > Can anyone suggest possible ways I could use to try and find them? > They were most likely living in Burton upon Trent > > 1) Caroline Mary THORNTON > Born Caroline Mary LEIGH, born 5th March, 1851, Walton, County > of Derby > In the 1981 census her occupation is needlewoman. > Caroline married Edmund William ADAMS in 1872. He died in 1881 > in Reading. > After Edmund died she married Henry THORNTON in 1886. > Henry appears in the 1901 Census in Burton upon Trent and gives > his status as widower. > He was a working brewer. > > However, Caroline Mary THORNTON, died 7 Feb 1941, aged 89, in > Burton on > Trent. > > 2) Dora THORNTON, daughter of Caroline and Henry Thornton, born in > 1890 in Burton upon Trent, so would be about 11 in 1901. > Married Thomas Joseph > BEESON in 1906. > > 3) Ethel Ann DUNCAN, born Ethel Ann ADAMS in 1878 in Reading, eldest > daughter by the first marriage > of Caroline's, Ethel married Alexander James Duncan in 1900. > I searched for Ethel and her husband as I thought Caroline > and Dora might be living with her in 1901. >

Thanks to all who replied to my issue of mistakes. BTW, It was transcription from census to Ancestry, not on the census itself. I will be going to the public library after the Thanksgiving holiday and will try to use the correction? box to imput correct data. Thanks Shirley PS, if it won't work, I will come back here to have one of you great people to imput the info for me. --- [email protected] wrote: > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you do not like the format of this digest please > e-mail the administrator and he will switch you to > another format. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Census and/or Transcribing errors in Ancestry > Database > (Dorothy Moritz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:58:53 -0500 > From: "Dorothy Moritz" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Census and/or Transcribing > errors in Ancestry > Database > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Welcome to the club, Shirley. Prpbably most of > us could tell tales of messed up names either on the > original census documents or on the trnscriptions. > Example: I found my Mom in the census when she > was a teenager listed as having the same surname as > her stepfather. Her siblings were also listed with > his name, altho' he never formally adopted any of > them, and they always used the surname of their real > father. And then one of Mom's sisters had a fairly > unusual (for the US) given name and the enumerator > wrote what he heard, which was only the final > syllable of the name. > Another sibling was already married and living > in a separate apartment in the same house and was > listed twice - once with her mother and stepfather > and again with her husband. > I think the reason for all that error in one > household was that they had come from another > country just a few years before, and my GM's English > was still a bit limited. So she undoubtedly listed > her children's given names without thinking to > mention that they had a different surname, and the > enumerator either didn't ask or Gram misunderstood > what he was asking. And since the married daughter > was, after all, still her daughter, she listed her, > as well. And then the enumerator went to the > apartment and wrote those names, assuming my aunt to > be a separate person, with the same rather common > given name. All in all, it was a real puzzle that I > might not ever have solved if I hadn't thought to > check to see if any of my step-grandfather's sons > were also living with him - and lo-and-behold, there > they were! > So in this case it was a combination of a person > with limited English answering questions very > literally and an enumerator who didn't ask quite > enough questions and then assumed some answers that > were not correct. > Best wishes for more successful hunting! > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the GEN-COMP-TIPS list administrator, > send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the GEN-COMP-TIPS mailing list, > send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of GEN-COMP-TIPS Digest, Vol 1, Issue 89 > ******************************************** > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com

Welcome to the club, Shirley. Prpbably most of us could tell tales of messed up names either on the original census documents or on the trnscriptions. Example: I found my Mom in the census when she was a teenager listed as having the same surname as her stepfather. Her siblings were also listed with his name, altho' he never formally adopted any of them, and they always used the surname of their real father. And then one of Mom's sisters had a fairly unusual (for the US) given name and the enumerator wrote what he heard, which was only the final syllable of the name. Another sibling was already married and living in a separate apartment in the same house and was listed twice - once with her mother and stepfather and again with her husband. I think the reason for all that error in one household was that they had come from another country just a few years before, and my GM's English was still a bit limited. So she undoubtedly listed her children's given names without thinking to mention that they had a different surname, and the enumerator either didn't ask or Gram misunderstood what he was asking. And since the married daughter was, after all, still her daughter, she listed her, as well. And then the enumerator went to the apartment and wrote those names, assuming my aunt to be a separate person, with the same rather common given name. All in all, it was a real puzzle that I might not ever have solved if I hadn't thought to check to see if any of my step-grandfather's sons were also living with him - and lo-and-behold, there they were! So in this case it was a combination of a person with limited English answering questions very literally and an enumerator who didn't ask quite enough questions and then assumed some answers that were not correct. Best wishes for more successful hunting!

Hi Shirley It strikes me that there are two different subjects under discussion here. Where there is a transcription error on Ancestry you can enter your own interpretation for a name. Locations and other details will have the same facility at some point (although they have been saying that for a time) once entered and added to the database (which tends to take a few weeks from input) the alternative name you enter will be picked up on searches. We now have access to all available census online from 1841 to 1901 and although there are many transcription errors the versatile search engine makes up for that somewhat in enabling searches on just about anything. Most errors I have come across are understandable when looking at the writing of the enumerators. If the transcription had been minutely analysed and checked over and over, we would still be waiting for the first year to be released and of course the cost would be that much higher. Therefore I would rather have an index, warts and all, rather than no index. Where there is an entry on Ancestry with incorrect information due to other sources (e.g. someone putting incorrect details on a tree) that is the fault of the submitter, however you can contact Ancestry direct if that information is causing concern. All the above mentioned problems apply to a greater or lesser degree to any other database I have ever used. By their very nature, all transcriptions are prone to error (my own included :-) what is obvious to a connected person may not be so to a non connected person. Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) >I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As > I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the > issue? > > The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My > Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, > three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you > look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and > see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get > this fixed? > Thank you in advance. > > Shirley > >> 10. Living person listed as deceased on >> Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc)

Hi Shirley When you click on 'View Record' ( the text transcription), there is a box on the left called 'page tools'. One of these options is 'comments and corrections'. I've found it extremely useful and send corrections for all those I come across, even those that aren't mine hoping that someone, somewhere is doing the same for me. It's easy enough for anyone with previous knowledge of an entry to say that should be such-and-such. But if you have nothing to relate it to you can only go by what you see. As for not being a subscriber I'm not sure if this is accessible for you or not. If not send me the details of your mother's family off-list and I'll send it up for you. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:02 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] GEN-COMP-TIPS Digest, Vol 1,Issue 86 - Errors in Ancestry Database >I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As > I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the > issue? > > The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My > Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, > three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you > look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and > see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get > this fixed? > Thank you in advance. > > Shirley > >> 10. Living person listed as deceased on >> Ancestry.com (Hazel LeBlanc) >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Cheap talk? > Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. > http://voice.yahoo.com > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Errors are not always the fault of the transcriber as the original could be an error. My father's family could not be found in the 1920 census. It was when I was looking for a whole different surname that I found the family. The census had the name as Schrantz and not Schmitz. These kind of errors cannot be corrected but maybe an addendum of some sort could be added. We are dealing with the original census taker who wrote on cards. The town clerk's office would then transcribe the handwriting on these cards onto a larger sheet of paper and that is why the handwriting is so uniform for a bit - one person did the writing. Then the Ancestry or another group would do more transcribing. Lots of room for error. Ruth Cherecwich In a message dated 11/13/2006 3:03:55 AM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I too have found wrong info in Ancestry databases. As I am not a subscriber, am not allowed to address the issue? The mistakes I found on one census file is awful. My Mothers family, had her fathers middle inital wrong, three of the children's names spelled wrong, (if you look at the actual microfilm you can enlarge it and see that the spelling is wrong), so how does one get this fixed? Thank you in advance.