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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:16 pm

They've all finished their tea and are back at their computers now though!!

..."huge volume of traffic" error message
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ASGROOMBRIDGE
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Post by ASGROOMBRIDGE » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:46 pm

Get on it quick its working now they must all be watching telivision.

Audrey :D :D :D
Looking for McGowan Anderson Fleming Sommerville Waddell in Lanarkshire. Semple Murray Baird Thompson Hutchinson in Annan Dumfriesshire Baird and Hutchinson also in Kirkinner Wigtonshire and Semple family of Annan Glasgow and Edinburgh
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Jean Jeanie
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Post by Jean Jeanie » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:39 am

Thought lots would have gone to bed by now ............... no.....still can't get on :(

Jean
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Rab
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Re: Scotsman

Post by Rab » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:28 am

Jean Jeanie wrote:Thought lots would have gone to bed by now ............... no.....still can't get on :(

Jean
As us Brits are going to bed people the world over are getting up to give it a go it would appear. I think I'm going to give it a day or two before trying again.
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Dennis
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Post by Dennis » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:24 am

Doesn't anybody sleep, eat, go to work? :shock:

Ah well, maybe tomorrow 8)


dennis
Names of interest: Lennox McKenna Airth Skirving Veitch Laird Drysdale Bennett Colledge Baird Blades Barker Dow Mitchell Perkins Rielly Stewart Tulloch Wright Ure, Ritch Richardson, Whyte
Places of Interest: Dunbarney, Forfar, East London (S.Africa)
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Jean Jeanie
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Post by Jean Jeanie » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:08 pm

They have had to restrict the search dates to 1817 - 1876 because of the high demand :cry:

Jean
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CatrionaL
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Post by CatrionaL » Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:36 pm

Jean Jeanie

They have restricted access to blocks of 10 years. It's up to you to choose which dates you want.

Doing that has certainly improved access.

Enjoy your searches and more important your finds. :D

Catriona
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Jean Jeanie
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Post by Jean Jeanie » Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Catriona

Thanks for that. I really should have taken the time to read it properly.

On saying that I am still having trouble accessing things. When I put in a search a number of items are found but when I click on "open article" I get the following error message each time - eRights Error Code-5

Anyone else having the same problem?

Jean
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CatrionaL
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Post by CatrionaL » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:38 pm

Jean Jeanie

Can only suggest that you take a holiday off work or that you retire. :D

The site was easily accessible from about 10.30 am until mid afternoon, then it began to jam up again. Haven't tried it since.

Catriona
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Jean Jeanie
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Post by Jean Jeanie » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:30 pm

I kept getting the same error so e mailed Scotsman and advised them of it.

Fantastic response. They were back within minutes to tell me it was due to the large response they had. My log in had somehow got into a loop. They sorted it out and told me to try again.

Tried again - still didn't work. E Mailed them again. Again within minutes they were back to me. They said it should be ok this time, but if not, to get in touch immediately.

This time it worked!!!

I found what I was looking for and it is so sad. I had heard, through family chit chat that there had been a drowning on Speyside of a mother and her 4 children.

The whole story is in the Scotsman. Children aged 4,3,2, and 10 months. She threw them all into the River Spey, followed by herself.

God knows what state of mind she was in, pour soul. What a tragedy.

Having read it, I'm not sure now that I should have left it as family chit chat.

Jean
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