BBC Radio 4 is producing a new genealogy show. They are looking for potential stories to feature (along the lines of interesting tales that have been unearthed by those researching their genealogy) and also to produce packages which offer practical advice for someone who's interested in becoming more involved in the practice of genealogy. So, if you or any members of your group are able to help in one or both of these areas, please contact: Bruce Munro Researcher - Radio Features Telephone 0141 338 2282 Email bruce.munro@bbc.co.uk

Wishing you MANY more wonderful birthdays Ben. Ellen Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: "Benjamin Skeates" <benske01@primusonline.com.au>; "HAMPSHIRE-LIFE" <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:31 AM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Happy Birthday to Our Ben!! > Have a good one Mr Skeates sir, and many many more to come!! > Nearly at the ton !! > Chris and Caroline > PS I know its your birthday on Monday but you know what my memory is > like!! > LOL > > *************************************** > > When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list > members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything > which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the > footers which will be put back anyway!) > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I sent in a link to a free download to Ditto a clipboard addition. I have just downloaded it, installed it and tried it And its brilliant You just right click on a pic and copy, then another and copy then highlight some text and copy When you want to paste click on the Ditto Icon in the system tray and a dialogue box will appear showing ALL that you have saved to the clipboard just drag it onto the page or whatever and its done And a copy stays there for later warning Zone Alarm did say it was trying to act as a server so I denied it and it still works!! In case you have lost the address it is http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ click on DOWNLOAD and its free Chris

Have a good one Mr Skeates sir, and many many more to come!! Nearly at the ton !! Chris and Caroline PS I know its your birthday on Monday but you know what my memory is like!! LOL

No, you are mistaken Chris and Len, come back on the 5th with your greetings. Moya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Birthday greetings for Feb 5th I thought Bens birthday was the 5th January not February? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "len-strong" <leonastro@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Birthday greetings for Feb 5th Happy Birthday to Ben Skeates out there in Oz, from that other old Ham-hog, Len Strong ***************************************

I thought Bens birthday was the 5th January not February? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "len-strong" <leonastro@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:32 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Birthday greetings for Feb 5th Happy Birthday to Ben Skeates out there in Oz, who keeps reminding me that I am only a young nipper at 82. I raise a glass of the amber nectar to you Ben and may you go on to reach your century. from that other old Ham-hog, Len Strong *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000710-0, 02/03/2007 Tested on: 2/3/2007 10:36:24 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Happy Birthday to Ben Skeates out there in Oz, who keeps reminding me that I am only a young nipper at 82. I raise a glass of the amber nectar to you Ben and may you go on to reach your century. from that other old Ham-hog, Len Strong

would help to have the addresses Margaret! Hee hee Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Usmar" <margaretusmar@gmail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:45 PM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Look up please Some months ago a lady (I cannot remember her name!) very kindly did a look up for me on the CD she had of the UK electoral roll up to, I think, 2001. I would be very grateful if someone could contact me off list and look up a couple of addresses for me. Suddenly in the last 24 hours, members of my Mum's family are turning up everywhere! sadly, the same can't be said of my Dad's Hampshire family - but I contunie to live in hope. Thank you very much in advance. Margaret *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000709-2, 02/01/2007 Tested on: 2/2/2007 5:02:28 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

BETTER CLIPBOARD FOR WINDOWS Freeware WINDOWS XP (all versions) If you have ever found yourself pasting the same text or image into an email, a web forum, web mail, document or other file, you are already painfully aware of the limitations of the Windows Clipboard. As most of you know, you can only copy one item at a time to the Windows Clipboard. When you copy or cut a new item, the old item is over-written. That is probably why, clipboard-extender programs have always been in high-demand and why there are so many of them. As time goes by, fewer and fewer of these clipboard-extenders remain free. So when EB found this free one, we jumped on it (you know, being the thrifty, poor folks we are). And you can count on us to share with you any of the goodies we find and ultimately use. So, we're happy to share with those of you who are constantly copying & pasting the same items (like signatures, an image file, lines of texts, famous quotes, etc.) over and over again. Ditto will save you time. The author of Ditto does not suffer from the same urge to bloviate as we do. I guess he doesn't like to pontificate either. Too bad :) Here's what he has to say about his own program "Ditto": "Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time. Ditto allows you to save any type of information that can be put on the clipboard, text, images, html, custom formats, ....." Ditto uses a small database to store clips (things you've pasted on the clipboard) and then allows you to access anything you've stored visually by showing you thumbnails of each item it stores in its database. http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Got a BIG monitor and want a BIGGER task bar? http://thundercloud.net/infoave/answers/big-taskbar.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How To Clean Install Windows Vista Using The Windows Vista Upgrade DVD (Windows XP and Windows Vista Microsoft says you cannot use the upgrade version of Windows Vista (DVD) to clean install Windows Vista on a formatted (clean) hard drive. They say you must buy (for about $100.00 more) the "Full" version of Windows Vista. This applies to all versions of Windows Vista: from Basic to Ultimate. http://thundercloud.net/infoave/answers/clean-install-vista.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Some months ago a lady (I cannot remember her name!) very kindly did a look up for me on the CD she had of the UK electoral roll up to, I think, 2001. I would be very grateful if someone could contact me off list and look up a couple of addresses for me. Suddenly in the last 24 hours, members of my Mum's family are turning up everywhere! sadly, the same can't be said of my Dad's Hampshire family - but I contunie to live in hope. Thank you very much in advance. Margaret

Hi Some time ago there was a request, on one of these lists, for information about HM Customs & Excise. Since then two new 'lists' have come to my attention. The HM Customs & Excise mailing list - hm_customs -excise-request@rootsweb.com - A Mailing List for all those who have an interest in HM Customs & Excise', it's history, area's of work and personnel, before it's amalgamation with the Inland Revenue in 2005. The HM Customs Waterguard mailing list - hm-customs-waterguard-request@rootsweb.com - A Mailing List for all those who have an interest in the 'Preventive Service' of HM Customs & Excise, it's history, area's of work and personnel, before the 'Re-organisation' of 1972. Good Huntin' Trevor Tomasin Primarily researching - BANTON - BULL - COLLIS - LEAVERS - HOPKINS - KNIGHT - MOODY - PERKIS - PURCHASE - PURCHES - STRETTEN - TAYLOR - THOMASIN - TOMASIN & VINCENT - but always with an interest in their spouses and their siblings! See the full list at www.tomasin.org.uk - in 'The TOMASIN Family History Project'! This e-mail, and any attachments to it, have been automatically checked for 'nasties' by Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm 6.

For early photos of towns and cities throughout England, try this site: http://www.francisfrith.com/pageloader.asp?partner=Asda&page=/default.asp Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570

You won't regret it Rod Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Whale" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Query regarding Internet Explorer Hello Jon and Chris, Thanks for the answers to my second query regarding Internet Explorer version 7, I think I shall get rid of it in the near future. Rod. *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000709-1, 01/31/2007 Tested on: 1/31/2007 11:03:31 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Hello Jon and Chris, Thanks for the answers to my second query regarding Internet Explorer version 7, I think I shall get rid of it in the near future. Rod.

Yes Rod Uninstalled it from CONTROL PANEL/Remove programmes Then it will automatically revert back to IE6 This is the info I was given when I uninstalled it Chris Lots of people who have installed IE7 and don't like it, mistakenly think they can't uninstall IE7 when, in fact, they can. You can uninstall IE7 and revert back to IE6 if you're having compatibility issues with IE7 or just plain don't like it. You can remove IE7 (and revert back to IE7) by going to Control Panel/Add Or Remove programs. And, if you don't see IE7 listed, try clicking the "Show updates" check box (at the top) to make sure that all "Windows Updates" appear. Then review the Windows Updates section. Remember to look under the "W" section. It's not called "Internet Explorer" in the Add/Remove programs dialog. It's called "Windows Internet Explorer" and this throws a lot of people off. They're looking under the "I" section :) When you uninstall Windows Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6 will automatically replace it. In most cases you will not lose your Favorites or settings during this procedure (sounds like a hospital doesn't it?). One thing you might encounter during the uninstallation of Windows Internet Explorer 7, is a warning dialog, which appears with the frightening warning that if you continue with the uninstall, some of your applications might not work correctly. While indeed frightening (and this dialog is especially common to those folks, like us, who install a lot of software programs) , it's very unlikely that any of your applications would quit working unless they specifically require IE7 or one of its components to function. And it would be highly unusual for any software programmer to make an application that would require a specific version of Internet Explorer to work - especially Internet Explorer 7 because it's relatively new. So the vast majority of you can zip right past the ominous warning - you shouldn't have to worry about any programs on your computer going belly-up. After you've uninstalled IE7 you're might be faced with another challenge - depending on how Microsoft is doing automatic updates at any given time. Windows Updates may reinstall IE7 automatically. But, you should NOT turn off Windows Updates. So here's what you can do so you will continue to get Windows Updates, and still have the option to opt-out of installing Windows Internet Explorer 7. 1. Open Control Panel - Change the Automatic Updates Control Panel setting to "Notify me but don't automatically download or install them." Just remember that you'll have to pay close attention from now on to what updates Microsoft is trying to install. Make sure you ALWAYS install security updates - so pay attention here. 2. When Windows Updates are available a "yellow shield" will appear in your system tray notification area. That tells you that updates are available for your computer.. 3. Click on the "shield" icon and, when prompted, choose "Custom Install". This should bring up the "Choose updates to download" dialog box. 4. Review the entire list of updates available for your computer and "Internet Explorer 7" or "Windows Internet Explorer 7" or something akin to it. or similar. This entry is usually the last item or close to the last item. Remove the check mark beside this IE7 or Windows Internet Explorer 7 entry and click Close. Remember that anything you leave checked will be installed and this is what you want if there are important security or operating system updates waiting to be installed. You want to make sure that IE7 is not reinstalled (if you've gone through the trouble of uninstalling IE7 we assume you don't want it reinstalled - and You can always reinstall Internet Explorer 7 manually at anytime by going to http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ ). 5. A few seconds or so after you click Close, another box should open which is labeled "Hide Update". Add a check mark next to "Don't notify me about these updates again." That should keep IE7 from reinstalling itself on your computer. Notes: From what we've seen, people who ran any of the various Beta versions of IE7 and subsequently installed the final version over the Beta -are having fits trying to uninstall IE7. So, the lesson to be learned here is whenever you're using a Beta version of anything, especially anything Microsoft, uninstall the Beta first before installing the final version. If you're one of the unlucky ones who did the above, you're probably not going to be able to remove IE7 without some difficulty. Just be forewarned. We don't want you think we're promoting the uninstallation of Windows Internet Explorer 7. We're not. But there are some of you who really don't like it - and some who are having problems with it. There's not a software program in the world that is going to run well on 100% of all computers, 100% of the time. We just wanted those who are having troubles with IE7 to know there is an option besides continuing to use IE7 or switching to Firefox or another browser. IE7 increases your security while allowing you to remain in control of your computer. Overall, we think Microsoft's done a good job with IE7. http://thundercloud.net/infoave/answers/uninstall-ie7.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Whale" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Query regarding Internet Explorer Hello Everybody, Thanks for the replies to my query, I think the best thing to do is probably as suggested by Chris which is to uninstall the latest version. Can Chris please confirm that if that is done that the previous version will come back to life? Rod in Andover. -----Original Message----- From: hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Chris & Caroline Sent: 28 January 2007 22:36 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Query regarding Internet Explorer *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000709-0, 01/30/2007 Tested on: 1/30/2007 10:13:33 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

Hi rod, I couldn't get on at all with IE7, so went to control panel, add / remove programs, then selected Internet Explorer 7 from the drop down list, and clicked the add / remove button. It takes you step by step through the process of uninstalling IE7 and leaves you with IE6. That's what happened to me anyway, and I had no problems at all whatsoever. All the best, Jon

Hello Everybody, Thanks for the replies to my query, I think the best thing to do is probably as suggested by Chris which is to uninstall the latest version. Can Chris please confirm that if that is done that the previous version will come back to life? Rod in Andover. -----Original Message----- From: hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hampshire-life-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Chris & Caroline Sent: 28 January 2007 22:36 To: hampshire-life@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Query regarding Internet Explorer

Cottages destroyed-St Mary Bourne THREE thatched cottages in St Mary Bourne were almost totally destroyed by a large fire on Monday.(29/01/07) The blaze broke out just after 3pm in the middle cottage of the three linked homes, and was still burning this morning. A total of 90 firefighters and 15 fire engines from across Hampshire attended the blaze, as well as a water carrier and several other ancillary vehicles. No-one was injured. All Hampshire newspapers can be viewed online at: http://www.thisishampshire.net/ Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570

I expect most of you have this but for the newbies among us this is very useful Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history. http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp Chris

The last I heard was that the FRC was set to move to Kew sometime this year. I can't find a thing definite about it online - and their site still shows coach party bookings right thru this year. Do any of you know if it's staying where it is now or not? Chris