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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Nov 2010 00:33

another one????!!!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 26 Nov 2010 00:33

Well he/she was there I can assure you! I don't talk to ghosts, talk to myself sometimes though.
Why would Slarti have deleted that post?
Isn't it awful the way that you can no longer see that a post has been deleted? I have read more threads today that made no sense at all because posts had been deleted.
Think I'll make another complaint to the management.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 25 Nov 2010 23:47

oh

how I wish I could see what slartibartfast had posted!

instead of seeing Margaret apparently talking to a ghost that only she can see!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Nov 2010 21:17

Doesn't work for me, Slartibartfast.
(Are we allowed to call you Slarti for short? It's a hell of a moniker to have to type in. I do know where it's from. HHGTTU.)

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Nov 2010 18:09

Mine doesn't have that anymore, it used to and I found it very handy. Mine just has a box to click for " Only records for UK & Ireland" but I can't specify Canadian or American.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 23 Nov 2010 14:39

They used to have a "Collection Priority" box but it's not there anymore.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

tricia

tricia Report 23 Nov 2010 14:12

Sorry Slartibartfast I still cannot see a box called " collection Priority."

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 23 Nov 2010 09:21

I would just add to that and mention that Ancestry makes extensive use of cookies to keep a track of your selections as you use the site, so you go back to them automatically in the future without having to re-select them all over.

Because of this, if you make use of a browser cleaning utility, such as CCleaner, make sure that you white list cookies for Ancestry sites so that they are not deleted when you run a clean-up.

I mention this because it has caught a number of people out in the past.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 22 Nov 2010 17:00

I also have Ancestry Worldwide.

If I'm looking for Uk records I open Ancestry.uk, for Canadian ones I open Ancestry.ca and for American ones it's Ancestry.com.

I often have all 3 open at the same time without a problem. Also I never log in or out, just close it when I'm finished.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

tricia

tricia Report 22 Nov 2010 16:16

Maybe I have been a bit slow on the uptake before ,but I have just realised that if i sign out of ancestry. UK and sign into Ancestry AU for example that any Australian records that I want to Iook up appear straight away instead of having to plough through other records. You must remember to sign out of one first tghough otherwise you may be locked out for half an hour.

Tricia