I agree Bob, although speaking as someone who spent 15 years of his newspaper career in direct competition with Comical Harold, I have to admit they do have the RIGHT to change the website format. Jay Underwood Elmsdale >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hegerich" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Chronically Horrid > Hi All: > > As I recall, except for a period a few years back when there was a > loophole in their software, one has always had to pay to see everything > but a relatively small number of C-H back obits. E.g., the Obits CD and > their arrangement (which I have never been able to fathom) with > Ancestry.com. > > With most newspapers, it's just a question of how far back things are > free. I know that some New England papers allow free on-line access to > ten years worth, while other papers give you a week of freebies and > that's it. > > To my possibly perverted way of thinking, since the obits are > copyrighted by the paper and it costs them money to support Internet > access to their server, ANY unrestricted on-line access, even if it's > only a few days worth, is a gift, whatever its motive. :-) > > -----Bob H----- > > On 3/31/2010 4:08 PM, Ginny Bergmann wrote: >> 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. When that doesn't even work, I sometimes (unless it would violate >>> a >>> valid copyright law) use Shift/Print Screen, then paste into MSPaint or >>> some other photo/graphics program, and save it as a .jpg file or similar >>> for later transcription. >>> >>> Just a couple "tricks of the trade"... >>> >>> Jared >>> >>> >>>> Not sure why this ranks as "a dirty trick." >>>> >>>> If you right click on the obituary, you can save it as a picture in the >>>> "My >>>> Pictures" folder of your "My Documents" folder (in Windows), and >>>> transcribe >>>> it at you leisure later, or simply paste it as a picture into a page. >>>> >>>> Jay Underwood >>>> Elmsdale >>>> ------------------------ >>>> >>> Jared "Jed" Handspicker >>> [email protected] >>> >>> "Do your best; let God do the rest." >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Basic List Commands: >>> >>> 1. To post to the list >>> Send a message to: >>> [email protected] >>> >>> 2. How to unsubscribe >>> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >>> [email protected] that contains only the word >>> unsubscribe >>> >>> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >>> [email protected] that contains only the word >>> unsubscribe >>> >>> 3. How to subscribe >>> Send an email containing only the word >>> subscribe >>> to [email protected] >>> >>> 4. How to change to Digest mode >>> a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >>> b. Subscribe to Digest mode >>> Send an email containing only the word >>> subscribe >>> to [email protected] >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> Basic List Commands: >> >> 1. To post to the list >> Send a message to: >> [email protected] >> >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> 3. How to subscribe >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> >> 4. How to change to Digest mode >> a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >> b. Subscribe to Digest mode >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message