> > 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----- Hi all, For those using Microsoft programs the following works well for me after I have selected the obit I wish to copy: Launch Microsoft "Works Task Launcher",select "Select Programs" then select "Blank Word Processor Document". This gives a blank "Untitled Document.Go back to the Obit. Highlight the obit in question, right click the obit and select copy,go to the "Untitled document" (you have previously opened), now right click anywhere in the "Untitled Document" and sllect paste, you now have the obit from the C.H. Fred

Cool! Thank you. 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: <[email protected]> To: "Bob Hegerich" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:43 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----- > > > Hi all, > > For those using Microsoft programs the following works well for me after > I have selected the obit I wish to copy: > > Launch Microsoft "Works Task Launcher",select "Select Programs" then > select "Blank Word Processor Document". This gives > a blank "Untitled Document.Go back to the Obit. > > Highlight the obit in question, right click the obit and select copy,go to > the "Untitled document" (you have previously > opened), now right click anywhere in the "Untitled Document" and sllect > paste, you now have the obit from the C.H. > > Fred > ---------------------------------------- > 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