John wrote: > Raymond Wing wrote: >> The early set of "Mayflower Descendant" can be purchased on CD-Rom for a reasonable fee. Both Genealogy.com and Search and ReSearch (and possibly others) offer these CDs . >> > > Thanks! I just ordered a set. I just received the set. Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print when I placed the order. I didn't know I was purchasing an ancestry.com product packaged so it can only be used on Windoze. The fine print on the back of the jewel box says you need FTM for Windoze or Family Archive Viewer (also Windoze only) to use the set. I don't do Windoze any more. I eradicated it from my life almost a year ago. And I refuse to run Parallels, CrossOver or anything that is really still having all the headaches, and more, of Windoze. Is my only option to send the set back for a refund? And plan for a visit to the New York City Library? Thanks, John > > -John > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, I also run non Windoze OS, but I have "Virtual" Windoze computers set up for the Windoze only requirements (some of my clients have VPN's and other software which requires it). I only use them when necessary, and the virtual hardware has so far been quite happy with Windoze. If you still have any of the installs, or at least a license key, you can setup such and use it with VMPlayer or other emulation software. Let me know if you are interested in going this route. - Stuart Perkins stuartperkins@usa.net On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:35 -0400, John wrote: > John wrote: > > Raymond Wing wrote: > >> The early set of "Mayflower Descendant" can be purchased on CD-Rom for a reasonable fee. Both Genealogy.com and Search and ReSearch (and possibly others) offer these CDs . > >> > > > > Thanks! I just ordered a set. > > I just received the set. Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print > when I placed the order. > > I didn't know I was purchasing an ancestry.com product packaged so it > can only be used on Windoze. The fine print on the back of the > jewel box says you need FTM for Windoze or Family Archive Viewer > (also Windoze only) to use the set. > > I don't do Windoze any more. I eradicated it from my life almost a > year ago. And I refuse to run Parallels, CrossOver or anything that > is really still having all the headaches, and more, of Windoze. > > Is my only option to send the set back for a refund? And plan for > a visit to the New York City Library? > > Thanks, John > > > > > -John > > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Frequently-asked questions may often be answered by visiting the FAQ page for this list at: http://www.craigrich.net/mayfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MAYFLOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

John wrote: > John wrote: >> Raymond Wing wrote: >>> The early set of "Mayflower Descendant" can be purchased on CD-Rom for a reasonable fee. Both Genealogy.com and Search and ReSearch (and possibly others) offer these CDs . >>> >> Thanks! I just ordered a set. > > I just received the set. Unfortunately, I didn't read the fine print > when I placed the order. > > I didn't know I was purchasing an ancestry.com product packaged so it > can only be used on Windoze. The fine print on the back of the > jewel box says you need FTM for Windoze or Family Archive Viewer > (also Windoze only) to use the set. > Well, I just packaged up the CD to return. For those that don't know about: http://books.google.com I just found two complete (free) MD volumes (6 & 24) at: and limited views of many of the other volumes. (hopefully enough to get the handful of explicit references I want). I also just downloaded from there three or four full books about the Mayflower and Massachusetts history (published in the early 1900s). Go to the site and search for "Mayflower Descendant" and similar and you may be surprised what you will find. Google is actively scanning books from major library collections. I keep an eye on it when I remember as more books appear all the time. John