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Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 16 Jan 2006 23:43

Heather Thank you soooo much......... I went to hunt for my old pair of glasses in the bag of dog biscuits then family demanded attention (Grrrr...Don't they realise have more important things to do on here :))) ) Got my life back half an hour ago and resumed my search (Having not read your reply)........Then remembered I DON'T have a bliddy dog :)))) lol Chris

babs123

babs123 Report 11 Feb 2006 13:30

bumping for newbies...and some oldies!!!!

Merry

Merry Report 11 Feb 2006 14:23

A long time ago, a very nice lady tried to post ''County Cork'' in her thread. She typed Co and then a dot, followed immediately by the word Cork. Of course, GR didn't like this one bit and corrupted her typing......I tried to explain, but I think the poor lady gave up in the end....I never saw her name again and often wonder what happened to her:o(( Merry

Rachel

Rachel Report 17 Feb 2006 19:48

Nudge! we seem to have alot of addresses being posted with brackets and docering that don't need to be again.

Unknown

Unknown Report 19 Feb 2006 11:20

How come GR can organise it so that we cannot post certain webaddresses without resorting to ()* etc and yet they can't put all the useful info they have on their site somewhere so people can easily access it? all the everyday questions we get on the boards about when was the census taken, where do you get electoral rolls, where to get a Scottish birth cert etc need not be asked any more freeing the boards for more difficult queries. OK, moan over, I'll get off my hobby horse. nell

Joy

Joy Report 20 Feb 2006 11:35

...... and why, when I want to type quotation marks, do I have to type them twice ??? ie '' (twice) ' (once) :-)

Rachel

Rachel Report 18 Mar 2006 13:49

nudgy nudge nudge

Unknown

Unknown Report 18 Mar 2006 14:14

I did send a complaint about this to GR, but have not yet had a response. However, I won't hold my breath as they still have done nothing about problems we have complained about 2 or 3 years ago.

LindyLoo2

LindyLoo2 Report 28 Mar 2006 11:22

I agree with Helen it would be great if GR put helpful info on the site, as it would save people having to tell me where to get things from! excellent idea - perhaps someone should start and thread and we all sign up to it???

The Ego

The Ego Report 2 May 2006 16:40

its all well and good genes doing this but it affects our ability to write other things with c o in them,for instance a sentence beginning with the word conversely or contrary etc.

The Ego

The Ego Report 2 May 2006 16:43

and another thing-whats wrong or detrimental to gr in showing links to other refence genealogy sites ??This site is just the start and these sites that cant be advertised form the backbone of the information that is used to help people here which in turn makes this site popular because people are helped-their stance makes no sense and is self contradictory.

babs123

babs123 Report 22 May 2006 09:40

time to nudge again methinks Kat

Germaine

Germaine Report 11 Jun 2006 10:35

Thanks Kat I knew you could do this but could never remember what is was that would show up without getting garbled . Germaine x

Toni

Toni Report 21 Jun 2006 13:14

Sorry if I sound stupid but why do we need to put (.) in at all? I'm glad it doesn't have to happen but I just don't understand it in the first place. Toni

babs123

babs123 Report 9 Jul 2006 14:54

bumped for Michael!!

Darksecretz

Darksecretz Report 22 Jul 2006 10:03

hiya'll I just think its easier to use the * instead of dots and brackets, and then just add, something like www*ancestry*co*uk replace * with dots Works for me!!! Julie :)

babs123

babs123 Report 25 Jul 2006 23:54

Julie The point is, (excuse pun) there is no need to put in all those *'s www*ancestry*co*uk www.ancestry*co.uk will do, then the person copying and pasting the URL doesn't have to keep replacing all those stars with dots!! Regards Kat :)

blueberry

blueberry Report 15 Aug 2006 13:37

Hi All you Oldies and Newbies out there, after reading all your replies, I am now totally confused, (.)com, Come on how is an oldie like myself expected to remember all that info, the grey matter just cannot take it all in. LOL. Barbara in Suffolk.

Sidami

Sidami Report 23 Aug 2006 11:05

Oh why do Genes make it so difficult for us....

Jean....

Jean.... Report 29 Aug 2006 17:50

I'm sitting here...staring at this thread....brain all clouded.....and HEY PRESTO......I think I've got it. I thought I'd gone mad the day I tried to write County Durham.....I must have tried half a dozen times....now I understand....Great Thanks Jean