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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #9 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:11 GMT (UK) »
Well, I'm having no luck so far! I have pretty fast broadband but still can't open the image!

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Same here!  >:(
Essex - Burrell, Thorogood
Norfolk - Alcock, Bowen, Bowers, Breeze, Burton, Creamer, Hammond, Sparkes, Wakefield, Wiggett
North Devon - Burgess, Chalacombe, Collacott, Goss
Northamptonshire - George, Letts, Muscutt, Richardson
Somerset - Barber
Wiltshire - Brine, Burges, Carey, Gray, Lywood, Musselwhite, Perris, Read, Turner, Wilkins

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #10 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:13 GMT (UK) »
Got some nice information from 1911, but now I think it has crashed!
Abbott, Surrey&London. Criswell/Cresswell, Painswick Gloucestershire. MacKenzie, Midlothian&London. King, the Tarrant Valley Dorset&London. Foreman, West Ham. Peters, Bolney/Lewes Sussex&London. Sandgrove, West Ham. Sundgren,Sweden.

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #11 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:14 GMT (UK) »
What a con, it says they are doing maintenance work.
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Collin Oldham Lancs   Rogers Dudley  Abbott  Ripley Derbys    Hartley Outwood Yorks

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #12 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:15 GMT (UK) »
It's back but super slow  :o
Davies in Wales :(


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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #13 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:15 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone know does this mean you would be able to contact members during these 2 hours who share your ancestors?

Joyce

Seems not to be the case  :(

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #14 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:17 GMT (UK) »
I just got the message that they're doing essential maintenance work. A con if you ask me  >:(
Bell, Salter, Street - Devon, Middlesbrough.
Lickess- North Yorkshire, Middlesbrough.
Etherington - North Yorks and Durham.
Barker- North Yorks
Crooks- Durham
Forster- North Yorks/Durham
Newsam, Pattison, Proud - North Yorks.
Timothy, Griffiths, Jones - South Wales

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #15 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:20 GMT (UK) »
20 mins to open one record and now it wont let me download. Not a happy bunny  :(
Lavender (Ruislip, Mitcham), Abrehart (Edmonton, Mitcham), Smith (Edmonton, Enfield, Mitcham), Flook & Monks (Lambeth, Bristol), Radlett (Stepney, Southwark, Somerset), Bray (Rotherhithe), Chambers (Oaksey, Sapperton), Davis (Oaksey, Kemble)

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #16 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:22 GMT (UK) »
Another unhappy bunny

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Re: Genes Reunited - all resources free for 2 hours on New Years Eve
« Reply #17 on: Friday 31 December 10 18:28 GMT (UK) »


Snap!    ::)
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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