Its still available this morning Robyn! Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Robyn Leeds <honey@honeyshome.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free today! > Hi Stuart :) > > I've probably missed it now (the joys of living in a different time zone ... boo! hoo! hoo!) but I did email them to ask if they would be having another one or perhaps extending. I'll still try to access it later this morning and try your suggestion, thanks!! :D > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stuart Knibbs > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:41 AM > Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free today! > > > Hi Robyn, I've just successfully reached the free pages, and found 343 > refeernces to Knibbs which I'm having fun reading and will copy some > articles that seem interesting. > > I found that I had to turn off my cookie blocker (in Norton Internet > Security) to acess it, so try turing yours off completely. Hope that helps, > regards, Stuart Knibbs > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn Leeds [mailto:honey@honeyshome.com] > Sent: Sunday, 25 April 2004 10:35 PM > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for > free today! > > > Hi Don :) > > Thanks for looking into this over and over for us, I just wish it would work > for me!!! I'm wondering if it's the security settings on my computer that > aren't allowing it. I've allowed cookies but I think I'm set on medium > security, so maybe there's something my computer's not allowing that the > site needs. I might email this to hubby and try it on his computer. Who > knows, maybe 4 feet away it'll work!! lol > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Knibbs > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > today! > > > Just looking at the website again and it's also available today - apparently > it was free for the entire week so I wish I'd heard about it earlier - its > from 18-24 April during National Library Week. > > The address they give to tell people is > http://libraryweek.galedemo.com/portal.htm. > > So, there's still time and I hope this link works for everyone although it's > the same as one I gave yesterday. > > Its strange. I got the other address from the Oxford list and some people > there reported the same problems with access (asking for > usernames/barcodes). > > Good luck. > > Don > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: june kavanagh <junekavanagh@hotmail.com> > To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:19 PM > Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > today! > > > > Hi Don > > I was really keen to try this web site out and got as far as accessing the > > Times archive when it asked for library id barcode or other id.I could not > > find any info about how to get id so have given up.How did you get > lucky?If > > there's time i'd love to know. It's a shame tha as a Librarian I was not > > aware of this project,although it is American they must have collaborated > > with The Times and anyway the internet is worldwide! > > Thanks June Kavanagh > > > > > > >From: "Don Knibbs" <don.knibbs@btinternet.com> > > >Reply-To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > > >today! > > >Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:53:31 +0100 > > > > > >I've just got wind of free access to The Times on-line searchable > archives > > >1785-1985 is made available to everyone free of charge today - one day > only > > >I believe. > > > > > >It's at: http://libraryweek.galedemo.com/itshere.htm > > > > > >I've had a quick look at KNIBBS and there is masses of data to look at > and > > >I've only had a quick look under the heading Times Digital Archive. 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Hi Don :) It's still there this evening Central European Time too, but I still can't access it!! :((( Maybe they'll reply to my email before it ends, which it appears it's going to be extended. That's good news for everyone else at least!! :D Take care, Rob. IBSSG Stuttgart, Germany Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Knibbs To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free today! Its still available this morning Robyn! Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Robyn Leeds <honey@honeyshome.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free today! > Hi Stuart :) > > I've probably missed it now (the joys of living in a different time zone ... boo! hoo! hoo!) but I did email them to ask if they would be having another one or perhaps extending. I'll still try to access it later this morning and try your suggestion, thanks!! :D > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stuart Knibbs > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:41 AM > Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free today! > > > Hi Robyn, I've just successfully reached the free pages, and found 343 > refeernces to Knibbs which I'm having fun reading and will copy some > articles that seem interesting. > > I found that I had to turn off my cookie blocker (in Norton Internet > Security) to acess it, so try turing yours off completely. Hope that helps, > regards, Stuart Knibbs > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robyn Leeds [mailto:honey@honeyshome.com] > Sent: Sunday, 25 April 2004 10:35 PM > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for > free today! > > > Hi Don :) > > Thanks for looking into this over and over for us, I just wish it would work > for me!!! I'm wondering if it's the security settings on my computer that > aren't allowing it. I've allowed cookies but I think I'm set on medium > security, so maybe there's something my computer's not allowing that the > site needs. I might email this to hubby and try it on his computer. Who > knows, maybe 4 feet away it'll work!! lol > > Take care, > > Rob. > IBSSG > Stuttgart, Germany > Honey's Home of Genealogy > www.honeyshome.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don Knibbs > To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > today! > > > Just looking at the website again and it's also available today - apparently > it was free for the entire week so I wish I'd heard about it earlier - its > from 18-24 April during National Library Week. > > The address they give to tell people is > http://libraryweek.galedemo.com/portal.htm. > > So, there's still time and I hope this link works for everyone although it's > the same as one I gave yesterday. > > Its strange. I got the other address from the Oxford list and some people > there reported the same problems with access (asking for > usernames/barcodes). > > Good luck. > > Don > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: june kavanagh <junekavanagh@hotmail.com> > To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:19 PM > Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > today! > > > > Hi Don > > I was really keen to try this web site out and got as far as accessing the > > Times archive when it asked for library id barcode or other id.I could not > > find any info about how to get id so have given up.How did you get > lucky?If > > there's time i'd love to know. It's a shame tha as a Librarian I was not > > aware of this project,although it is American they must have collaborated > > with The Times and anyway the internet is worldwide! > > Thanks June Kavanagh > > > > > > >From: "Don Knibbs" <don.knibbs@btinternet.com> > > >Reply-To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > > >To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [K/NIBB/S] The Times Archives 1785-1985 - available for free > > >today! > > >Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:53:31 +0100 > > > > > >I've just got wind of free access to The Times on-line searchable > archives > > >1785-1985 is made available to everyone free of charge today - one day > only > > >I believe. > > > > > >It's at: http://libraryweek.galedemo.com/itshere.htm > > > > > >I've had a quick look at KNIBBS and there is masses of data to look at > and > > >I've only had a quick look under the heading Times Digital Archive. Looks > > >like a late night! > > > > > >Don > > > > > > > > >============================== > > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! > > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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