Sorry to rejoin the conversation so late. The dirty trick is that the Abominably Horrid keeps on changing the ground rules. Just when you start relying on the fact that obits are available for a long time, they change it to only 1 week. Last year, when they were making other changes, everything was thrown into chaos. So, as I said, it has been over 1 YEAR since I last was copying obits. I have lost the potential information for the community I am following. Another lister has offered some good suggestions about alternative routes to finding obits. Now, off course, a year after my genealogy partner in crime, my mother, has passed away, I am trying to get back into the routine. All the work she was doing is still here, but I'm not ready for that yet. Oh, and by the way, I've not received a response from them either. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth" <[email protected]> To: "wally baker" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [LL] [NS-L] Chronically Horrid > Wally (and others) - > > The issue is that you now have to save the obituary as an IMAGE rather > than > being able to save it as TEXT. This means that it is no longer possible to > copy it directly into a genealogy program (in the "Notes") as the text of > an > obituary which many of us do. > > Since many of us are researching/following multiple family lines, retyping > all of these images into our genealogy program files takes a lot of time > and > effort that previously was not necessary. > > The other problem seems to be that the obituaries are now only available > for > a week. It used to be that you could search for a much longer period or at > least go back day by day (even before there was a search function). This > is > not very helpful if you happen to be away from the internet for more than > a > few days. > > Elizabeth (in Ottawa) > > -------Original Message------- > > From: wally baker > Date: 31/03/2010 11:12:30 PM > To: Lunen-Links > Subject: Re: [LL] [NS-L] Chronically Horrid > > I am not experiencing any problem. I just put my cursor on the obituary, > right click on the obit, and click either copy or copy image. I then go to > MS Word (or a blank email to send) andleft click on paste. It hasworked > every time for me.The only thing I haven't figured out is why the > Chronicle-Herald is playing around with this program the way they are. > However, I can remember when the Halifax Herald and the Halifax Chronicle > first merged and they have behaved in the same dumb, obstinate way ever > since. Such is their culture. > > Wallie Baker, Florida > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ginny Bergmann <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 4:08:59 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Chronically Horrid > > > It sounded to me like he was saying they were charging a fee to see the > obits now. > > Virginia (Ward) Bergmann > Researching Hants County surnames: > WARD, MOSHER, CALDWELL, LOWTHERS, BERRY > > > >> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:07:31 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Chronically Horrid >> >> Not sure if this is a similar process, but when a webpage doesn't allow >> one to copy with the mouse and right-click option, IF the desired text >> can >> be highlighted, then highlight and use the menu bar version of Edit and >> Copy. 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