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I managed to get all through the various 'submits on marriages until i came to marriages starting with? Then I couldn't put anything in the box. I assume that you have to type in the first letters as in the GRO 1837? Any advice please? Ann Glos

Has anyone got into this site? I've tried but must be doing something wrong-quite possible. Any help in putting in the correct title would be a great help. I'm keen to try! Thanks Maz

It seems that some of the pages (mainly newer ones) are .tiff files....when I do the last selection on the pages to select...I get the option to save or open the file...I can save this to file and view it later.. But..... With some of the earlier stuff, the files are .gif files.....my browser tries to open these directly...and probably because they are quite large, I don't see much..apart from a bit of the image in the left hand side of my browser.... So if you then click on this part of the image, and then do a right click with your mouse...you get a menu which allows you to do a "Save picture as" ...you can then save this to your pc....I did this as a bitmap (.bmp) file...which you can then view using "Paint" or another application like that... Hope you understand all that...but it does work if you can ! Good Luck Martin

There is a thread on the Tips Board on this subject aswell. Check that out too for possible solutions to problems: "Freebmd images - what am I doing wrong? "

just to let you know I did get in , I didn't seem to have the right quicktime application, so I downloaded it and it works , images are a bit small so I used the view button on the browser and selected largest text size , seems to work although have not managed to save the page yet as that bit comes up in grey... I'll get there... probably last.... but I'll do it I'm determined..... Kim

I did try earlier and my comp locked up when the MIME box came up. Can anybodt tell me what is on the images that is different to the usual info we get on this site. If it is worth seeing then I will give it another try? Gloria

YOU GET the image of the whole page of entries, same as on 1837online , the real gro index page, not a transcription. Kim

Ut oh just tried it again and it locked up again. Cant close the page or do anything. Got a white screen with that mime clok image in the middle Gloria

I had no problem with viewing the images. a useful site but very time consuming with having to submit everything bit by bit. Probably of more use if you have a specific date to confirm rather than doing searches as it takes or ever to work out where the page is you want. some of the images being originals are almost unreadable too. still it is free and, if you have time, it could be invaluable. I suspect it is another site that will quickly be a victim of its own success as i couldn't get on thisafternoon. Ann Glos

When I click on "images" I get the response "INTERNAL SERVER ERROR" etc etc - is it me or is the site up the swanee?? Mebbe its just got busy as everyone is having a nose?? I must be the only person not to have seen an image yet!!! Maz. XX

Dawn I'm gonna cryyyyy :-(((( !!!!!!

Hi Gina, Thank you for all that step by step info. I followed your instuctions to the word and now I can finally view the images :-) Thanx so much. Caroline.