Ahhhh....this makes more sense....a 'special' viewing. It just didn't make sense that Ancestry would have switched to such a specific, specialized format that so many people would have trouble using. Thanks for this info, Elizabeth ==================================================== --- cricri88@aol.com wrote: > The regular census on the site is faster - really > faster. This a special promotion thing they set up > - and the search is totally different than the > regular search on the site - which doesn't require > flash or anything. > > But, that I can find, there's no "free for 3 days" > on the regular search - just on this special one > that they set up to promote the census completion. > > You could do a regular 14 day free trial - and > access the regular search on the site (as well as > the rest of ancestry), but then it will ask you for > your credit card and will bill your credit card at > the end of 14 days if you don't call and cancel. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ewintr <ewintr@yahoo.com> > To: PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:02:04 -0700 (PDT) > Subject: RE: [PALANCAS] 1930census free 3 days > > > > > --- ewintr <ewintr@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Thank you for the reply. This is indeed bad news, > > not > > just for people like me, but for Ancestry as well > I > > think. > > > > I use Mozilla as my main browser and could not > > access > > Ancestry through this site without downloading > Flash > > Player. I know what it is but do not want to > > download > > it since I already have two other such programs on > > my > > computer. > > > > I then tried using the link with my IE browser and > > it > > worked but then there was another more serious > > problem, at least for me (and Ancestry maybe?). I > > have > > dial up, not DSL or cable. My computer isn't > > ancient, > > but it consistantly took 3-4 minutes for 'EACH' > > census > > image to load on my computer, even though I was > > doing > > this in the middle of the night when I can > normally > > access sites a little bit faster!!! And, the "skip > > intro" (or something like that) 'never' worked. > > > > I was thinking about trying an Ancestry free trial > > but > > not if it is going to take hours and hours just to > > load census images. When I had tried Ancestry once > > before it didn't take very long for the images to > > load. Why would they change to such a program that > > isn't going to work well for everyone? > > > > Elizabeth > > > > > > > > --- Linda McDaniel <alienor@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > The link which takes you to the census is a link > > > to Ancestry's new census site. And you will > > > need Flash Player to view it, no matter > > > whether you access it through this site or > > > through Ancestry's site directly. The "program" > > > which runs the site is Flash Player. It's a > > > safe download and doesn't take very long, > > > even on dial-up. > > > > > > Sorry for the bad news. > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > > > When replying to the list change the subject > line > > if > > > you change the subject. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > When replying to the list change the subject line if > you change the subject. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video > search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. > Always Free. > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe first check and see if you are > getting list or digest mode then e-mail > PALANCAS-L-request@rootsweb.com or > PALANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe in > message. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com