Steven Hoy wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Doreen, Although I have very little info yet, my paternal g-g-grandmother was a Craigie, supposedly from Orkney and I'm working on it. She was a Mary Ann Craigie who had immigrated to Nova Scotia. Brian Hussey brian.hussey@ns.sympatico.ca > > > > >