On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:35:20 +1030, Anne Chambers <anne@privacy.net> wrote: > >I hesitate to ask - but have you tried an advanced search from 1 Jan 1987 to 31 Dec 1987 using the surname you >are looking for ? Hi Anne, after reading the site notes I tried with both search types, putting the surname first then his first name, with no results, then yes I tried using his surname only which brought up what looked like adverts for a "building firm" What I was hoping from the search was to find what page the death notices were on and any obituaries? I have ordered his 1987 death certificate which will tell me where to look better. But for other searches it still leaves me wondering, I will try and contact the paper and ask. I will report back on any findings in case anyone wants to use their archive themselves. Thank you for your help, Mick. IOW.
Looks like we are stuck with the new version,which is terrible Nick
Greetings ! Back off my travels and now able to service your requests for extracts. https://sites.google.com/site/newspapersnippets/home Just drop me a note if you require any extracts. Also, if you have an interest in a Place, Event or Building then I can search my various databases for any mention. I am also adding names from Ackrill's Annuals (and other publications) ....... so many of the snippets will have pictures attached Tony Cheal tony.teecee@gmail.com
On Monday, 2 November 2015 17:33:20 UTC+11, Geoff Pearson wrote: > I've looked in the new register for my mother (b1921) and grandmother > (b1897) and not found them. I've not paid for anything yet. Anyone getting > greater success? > > Geoff I paid.It is not worth the money
Mick IOW wrote: > Hi all, > Has anyone mastered searching on the Isle of Wight County > Press Archives please? > > I am trying to find the death announcements in 1987 editions of the > County Press. I hesitate to ask - but have you tried an advanced search from 1 Jan 1987 to 31 Dec 1987 using the surname you are looking for ? -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com
On Sat, 12 Dec 2015 23:09:46 +0000, nick ashby via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: >Hi > >Cannot find the County of Oxfordshire > Browsing for "Smith" in Oxfordshire suggests they've only got 2002 onward.
Hi Cannot find the County of Oxfordshire Nick
Hi all, Has anyone mastered searching on the Isle of Wight County Press Archives please? I am trying to find the death announcements in 1987 editions of the County Press. I have read their search tips, but cannot see a solution in them! In 1987 editions would anyone know what page they are likely to be on please? The thumbnail pictures of each page are just too small for me to make out. I have tried searching for "Family Announcements" and " Death Announcements" but get no results. I would also like to find any "Obituaries" If I have to open every page looking, it will quickly eat up my credits, I am looking for a death that should be in Jan Feb, March or April 1987 Mick. IOW.
Follow the links at the bottom of this page for assistance migrating from Family Tree Maker to Family Historian. http://www.family-historian.co.uk/ftm Trevor Rix > In other online discussions I see Family Historian being recommended, > but I just exported my FTM file in GEDCOM format so it could be read by > Family Historian, but the latter complains about many things. People > tell me that FTM files and its export format do not completely conform > to the GEDCOM standard.
Eagle@bellsouth.net (J. Hugh Sullivan) Wrote in message: > On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:05:27 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber > <bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> And so they kill off another program... (Ultimate Family Tree and FTM >>were both, at one time in the past, owned by the same parent company -- > > Do you go as far back as Banner Blue? > > Hugh > My email arrived today as well. IMO, FTMis the only part of the Ancestry suite that is still usable. The tablet app is very limited, and the online tree is unmanageable. The only app that will import partial trees is FTM. The responses to the blog expressed strong opposition. Doug. --
On 12/09/2015 12:32 PM, Doug Laidlaw wrote: >>> And so they kill off another program... (Ultimate Family Tree and FTM >>> were both, at one time in the past, owned by the same parent company -- >> >> Do you go as far back as Banner Blue? > My email arrived today as well. IMO, FTMis the only part of the > Ancestry > suite that is still usable. The tablet app is very limited, and > the online > tree is unmanageable. The only app that will import partial trees > is FTM. > > The responses to the blog expressed strong opposition. In other online discussions I see Family Historian being recommended, but I just exported my FTM file in GEDCOM format so it could be read by Family Historian, but the latter complains about many things. People tell me that FTM files and its export format do not completely conform to the GEDCOM standard. Perce
On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:05:27 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber <bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net> wrote: > And so they kill off another program... (Ultimate Family Tree and FTM >were both, at one time in the past, owned by the same parent company -- Do you go as far back as Banner Blue? Hugh
Ancestry is to stop selling Family Tree Maker from 31 December 2015 but will continue to provide support until 1 January 2017 or later. Instead it will focus on online subscriptions. http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/12/08/ancestry-to-retire-family-tree-maker-software/
On 04/12/2015 20:52, Chris Dickinson via wrote: > On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 15:11:51 UTC, Wendy Archer via wrote: >> Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of >> year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and >> maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both >> Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. >> >> http://www.aber.ac.uk/â EURO |/collectâ EURO |/special-collections/advent/ >> >> http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libraâ EURO |/special/adventcalendar2015 >> >> Wendy > > Hello All, and especially Wendy, > > First, please allow me to extend my apologies to Wendy. Partly because I didn't react to her name in the thread (I find, maybe it's age, that I tend to do that more often in communications that can spread over years). Partly because I shouldn't have made the comment anyway (I am, after all, a list administrator) and it was unprofessional to mention a particular Rootsweb group. Partly because I should have been clearer - I meant that my posts were blocked [trapped] rather than that I was blocked. > > Once, a very shallow youth of 40+ years ago, I was at a wine/cheese thingy for dons (and their partners) and undergraduates. I said to someone 'Who is that really odd guy over there?". She said 'That's my husband'. Cringe. So it can happen at any age. > > I unsubscribed from the GenBrit list and went back to a newsgroup format (which forces me to behave) because I couldn't guarantee to Wendy that I wouldn't post again out of plain text, and she was insistent on that. It's a real problem - I don't remember to switch over. Last week, a brother (now over 70 - so no spring chicken) wrote to me in astonishment - 'Do you know you are emailing in plain text?'. > > As this is meant as an apology to Wendy, and as this is gatewayed to GenBrit, I won't say anything further here on the subject of Rootsweb and its survival. > > Chris Chris - Thank you. Much appreciated. Wendy
Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@powys.org> wrote: > On 03/12/2015 4:45 p.m., John Hill wrote: > > Wendy Archer via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > >> Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of > >> year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and > >> maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both > >> Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. > >> > >> http://www.aber.ac.uk/�/collect�/special-collections/advent/ > >> > >> http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libra�/special/adventcalendar2015 > >> > >> Wendy > > > > Both of these come up with nothing :-( > > > > The first says 404, Page not found and the second, This page cannot be > > displayed. > > > > I see <a-circumflex><Euro symbol><?></> in each; these are probably > > codings for a character that does not decode properly on my iMac. In the > > Aberstwyth one it comes immediately after aber.ac.uk/ > > > > What should it be? > > I had the same experience and identified the same funny constructs as > the probable causes. > > What I did was to go to the university home page in each case (the bit > between '//' and the first '/') and use their search facilities for the > word 'advent'. This brought up these URLs: > > Aberystwyth: > <https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/collections/special-collections/advent/> > > Sheffield: > <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special/adventcalendar2015> > > Curiously there are none of the funny expressions in either of these > URLs. And they work here at least. They work for me, too. Thank you. I come from Sheffield, and I remember the picture of the frozen fountain (or one very like it) in an album of photographs we had. Alas, it vanished some 60 years ago :-( I wonder what became of it? John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.
On Wednesday, 2 December 2015 15:11:51 UTC, Wendy Archer via wrote: > Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of > year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and > maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both > Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. > > http://www.aber.ac.uk/â EURO |/collectâ EURO |/special-collections/advent/ > > http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libraâ EURO |/special/adventcalendar2015 > > Wendy Hello All, and especially Wendy, First, please allow me to extend my apologies to Wendy. Partly because I didn't react to her name in the thread (I find, maybe it's age, that I tend to do that more often in communications that can spread over years). Partly because I shouldn't have made the comment anyway (I am, after all, a list administrator) and it was unprofessional to mention a particular Rootsweb group. Partly because I should have been clearer - I meant that my posts were blocked [trapped] rather than that I was blocked. Once, a very shallow youth of 40+ years ago, I was at a wine/cheese thingy for dons (and their partners) and undergraduates. I said to someone 'Who is that really odd guy over there?". She said 'That's my husband'. Cringe. So it can happen at any age. I unsubscribed from the GenBrit list and went back to a newsgroup format (which forces me to behave) because I couldn't guarantee to Wendy that I wouldn't post again out of plain text, and she was insistent on that. It's a real problem - I don't remember to switch over. Last week, a brother (now over 70 - so no spring chicken) wrote to me in astonishment - 'Do you know you are emailing in plain text?'. As this is meant as an apology to Wendy, and as this is gatewayed to GenBrit, I won't say anything further here on the subject of Rootsweb and its survival. Chris
On 03/12/2015 22:21, Chris Dickinson via wrote: > On Thursday, 3 December 2015 20:05:04 UTC, Wendy Archer via wrote: >> On 03/12/2015 19:36, Tim Powys-Lybbe via wrote: > >>> >>> Curiously there are none of the funny expressions in either of these >>> URLs. And they work here at least. >> >> Thank you, Tim. How mysterious! >> >> May you enjoy the remaining windows! >> >> Wendy > > I suspect that these symbols have appeared because you are posting to Rootsweb GenBrit without using plain text. Chris - Yes, I can see it might seem likely - but no, I'm a plain text person! > I got blocked from GentBrit for doing so. Actually, Chris, I'm the GENBRIT admin with whom you corresponded about a year ago. For the benefit of the list and newsgroup - you were *not* blocked. Your posts were trapped as being in rich text, and I invited you to repost in plain text. But this is off-topic. I just wanted to put the record straight! Wendy List Admin GENBRIT
On 03/12/2015 19:36, Tim Powys-Lybbe via wrote: > On 03/12/2015 4:45 p.m., John Hill wrote: >> Wendy Archer via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >>> Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of >>> year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and >>> maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both >>> Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. >>> >>> http://www.aber.ac.uk/�/collect�/special-collections/advent/ >>> >>> http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libra�/special/adventcalendar2015 >>> >>> Wendy >> >> Both of these come up with nothing :-( >> >> The first says 404, Page not found and the second, This page cannot be >> displayed. >> >> I see <a-circumflex><Euro symbol><?></> in each; these are probably >> codings for a character that does not decode properly on my iMac. In the >> Aberstwyth one it comes immediately after aber.ac.uk/ >> >> What should it be? > > I had the same experience and identified the same funny constructs as > the probable causes. > > What I did was to go to the university home page in each case (the bit > between '//' and the first '/') and use their search facilities for the > word 'advent'. This brought up these URLs: > > Aberystwyth: > <https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/collections/special-collections/advent/> > > Sheffield: > <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special/adventcalendar2015> > > Curiously there are none of the funny expressions in either of these > URLs. And they work here at least. Thank you, Tim. How mysterious! May you enjoy the remaining windows! Wendy
On 03/12/2015 4:45 p.m., John Hill wrote: > Wendy Archer via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of >> year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and >> maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both >> Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. >> >> http://www.aber.ac.uk/�/collect�/special-collections/advent/ >> >> http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libra�/special/adventcalendar2015 >> >> Wendy > > Both of these come up with nothing :-( > > The first says 404, Page not found and the second, This page cannot be > displayed. > > I see <a-circumflex><Euro symbol><?></> in each; these are probably > codings for a character that does not decode properly on my iMac. In the > Aberstwyth one it comes immediately after aber.ac.uk/ > > What should it be? I had the same experience and identified the same funny constructs as the probable causes. What I did was to go to the university home page in each case (the bit between '//' and the first '/') and use their search facilities for the word 'advent'. This brought up these URLs: Aberystwyth: <https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/collections/special-collections/advent/> Sheffield: <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/special/adventcalendar2015> Curiously there are none of the funny expressions in either of these URLs. And they work here at least. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/
Wendy Archer via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Various archive collections put out advent calendars at this time of > year. Not all the windows relate to family history, but they're fun, and > maybe give ideas about types of collections worth exploring. Both > Aberystwyth and Sheffield have some good calendars this year. > > http://www.aber.ac.uk/�/collect�/special-collections/advent/ > > http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/libra�/special/adventcalendar2015 > > Wendy Both of these come up with nothing :-( The first says 404, Page not found and the second, This page cannot be displayed. I see <a-circumflex><Euro symbol><?></> in each; these are probably codings for a character that does not decode properly on my iMac. In the Aberstwyth one it comes immediately after aber.ac.uk/ What should it be? John. -- Please reply to john at yclept dot wanadoo dot co dot uk.