Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! I thought it was my laptop (and total lack of know how). I just received, and very expediently I might add, my LDS CD ROM Census Library and was experiencing the frustration of not being able to get at anything. I am VERY new to all of this and was thoroughly amazed when this email came in. I really do appreciate the way the web 'family' does not hesitate to pass on helpful information. Apart from a lack of expertise in the genealogy department I'm not too hot on PC technology either! Thanks again Doreen Hoy (Australia) - seeking Aberdeen names Ingram, Abel, Innes, Forbes, Sherriffs, Omand, Craigie and England names Hoy and Gauntlett! ----- Original Message ----- From: <finn@ionet.net> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 8:55 AM Subject: [ORKNEY-L] How to install the 1881 Census CDs properly > Listers - the LANARK-D@rootsweb.com list I also subscribe to had a helpful post to insure the > successful installation of the new 1881 CD set. I asked Marion Paterson of San Diego, California if > I could post her instructions to the ORKNEY list, she agreed. I ask the listers to excuse the > digression from our regular topics to 'software installation', however, the 'software' is directly > related to the collection of ORKNEY data ! > > I still await my recently ordered CD set, but it has been available in the local Family History > Center of the LDS Church for about a week now, however, it has been improperly installed. Users > cannot get into Glasgow, or any of Scotland at all ! It seems this is a common problem, and her > instructions are simple to follow. You might check these more closely if you cannot access some of > your census CD set. The instructions are evidently not as user-friendly as they could have been. > You do not get a manual, it must be downloaded from the net as per instructions. Once this install > glitch has been accomplished, the whole world opens up before you ! Instructions follow: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > There is an 800 number for tech support at LDS and they are very > helpful. Call 1-800-346-6044 > > There was a strange 'quirk' in the install directions. It is obscurely worded. > > You need to do an install from THREE CDs: > > 1. Resource File Viewer > 2. CD #1 of the National Index > 3. CD #1 of any of the British Census - I chose Disc #1, Scotland Region, > Highland Counties (it came in the next to last 'flap' of the CD set). > > There are 4 paragraphs in the installation instructions, starting with #1 - > 'Installing the Resource File Viewer'. > > Look at the third paragraph in the instructions. > 'Installing the 1881 British Census and the National Index' at the top right side of the page. > > 1. Open the Family History Resource File Viewer > 2. Select <Click here to add a Resource File to the list> > 3. A window will appear telling you to insert your CD. Insert CD #1. > 4. Click <OK> > 5. Repeat these steps to install the National Index. > > What they DON'T tell you is that you can find Disc #1 of the National > Index in the first flap of CD's. The Disc #1 of the British Census for > Scotland Region is found in the NEXT-TO-LAST FLAP. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Meg Greenwood - via Marion Paterson > > > > > > > > >