Boy Jeffrey; You have been exceptionally helpful to the list with this census, and I for one want to thank you. Edd Sinnett. looking for Dugland/Dougald McColl's in Scotland, possibly Argyllshire, (Lismore/Appin) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey D. McEachin" <jdm@synthcom.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] 1779 Cenus Argyll Estates (was Re: SCT-ARGYLL-D Digest V02 #51 > At 10:34 PM 4/5/02 EST, CHARTU52@cs.com wrote: > >This does not work. I only got his site, but there was no "More" options. > > The "More" options would have been at google.com, not "his" site, whoever > "he" is (not me!). Perhaps my instructions weren't clear enough for you, > but by the same token, your description is also lacking in detail. > > > >There was only one results and when you clicked on it, I got a "oops" page > >could not be found. Could you be more specific on how to find the site? > > I _think_ I know what happened. It has come to my attention that the links > in my email were broken into 2 lines. Unfortunately, most email programs > don't like this, and clicking on the (usually underlined) links generates a > "404 not found" or similar message. Since this is a common occurance with > long URLs, everyone should learn the trick for dealing with it. > > If you see that an URL is 2 or more lines, you must copy it from the email > text and paste it into the "Address" box in your web browser. Sometimes > this must be done line by line, and care must be taken that it has no > spaces or ">" characters (added when the email is quoted). It's a pain, I > know - computers are supposed to make things easier. Sometimes I wonder if > programmers actually use the software they write. > > > Another trick which the SENDER can use to shorten links is to go to > http://makeashorterlink.com/ . Copy and paste the URL into the box. Copy > the URL that they generate into your email, and bingo, you have an > easy-to-click-on link. I should have done this myself, but forgot to in my > rush to be helpful. Here are another set of links to the Argyll Census, > made shorter as I've just described: > > A-C http://makeashorterlink.com/?D221154A > > D-L http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q551254A > > M-Z http://makeashorterlink.com/?F361124A > > Mc http://makeashorterlink.com/?W271204A > > > If you STILL don't have any luck, drop me a PRIVATE email telling me > EXACTLY what you're doing, and I'll try to sort it out. > > Jeffrey > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ******************************************************************** > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site >