ERO going Pay-to-Browse for online PRs etc

[mike175]

Well, I tried . . . .

First the site wouldn't accept my old reader number so I eventually registered again and got a new number. Success! I managed to log in

Next I bought a £5 subscription but after entering all the information and waiting . . . and waiting . . . the connection timed out

Then I logged out and logged in again, and it said I have no current subscription

So I checked my bank and the £5 had left my account

I'll give them a call if nothing has happened by tomorrow . . . glad I only risked a fiver!

Mike

[Scrabble]

Re saving images.....

I am using windows 7 and google chrome. I right-click on the image and choose save as and choose the file I want to save them in. They are saved with the suffix .aspx but Irfanview will change that to jpg.

The images also get saved in my download file and can be moved from there to wherever you want them. However when I cleared the cache (ie the download file) halfway through my browsing I got logged out of SEAX immediately - I think SEAX places something there that recognises you as there was a strange file there, which was not an image, when I looked yesterday.

[geno500]

come on mike get a grip,no not around the throat of the person who made this web site you seem to be the fall guy ,just think of it as a public service while all the energy of the ERO web site is aimed at preventing you from using it all the others can get in and use it,also they may well have given your £5 to some good cause .
I am going to the ERO on Thursday and will ask the IT person whats going on and why have they picked on you

[warncoort]

I made my first visit in months and tried to log-in with both reader number and email address without success,then after re-registering system found my original account.Guess there will be some settling in time.

[Ringrose]

Do you think the ERO will continue to add to the digitised records.So disappointed that not all churches ina village have been done.Youhave a rough idea of a date but can't find the name at one church so one would go to another...not always possible.
Ringrose

[geno500]

Hi Ringrose,I believe the new digital records were going up to around 1850 and later the others would be put on the site,looking at your interests if you are looking at Halstead then Holy Trinity was built by subscription and started life around 1850 so there are no digital images this time round,if you are looking at some of the Congregational church then those records are original and have never even been micro fiche,not sure if and when those would be done,I will ask on Thursday.

[Ringrose]

Thanks geno.I think the records I want wil probably be on one of the other established religious buildings though I have found some at St Andrews.
Many thanks
Ringrose

[findem]

Hi all,

Re saving images.

If I right click on a SEAX image and try to "Save picture as" I get an annoying error type message.

I can get round that problem by going into "File", click "Save as" this saves the link direct to the particular image on SEAX.

Then I right click on the link in the folder I saved it in, then for some strange reason when the image appears I am allowed to save the image by right clicking on that image and "save picture as", the image is then saved in Bitmap format which of course if I choose to do so, I can convert to Jpeg format using paint. 

It's a bit cumbersome I suppose but at least it allows me to have the PR entry image stored on my computer.

This morning I still had one link left not converted to a picture, having brought up the image I right clicked on it and much to my surprise I was able to "Save the picture as", I had assumed the Pay to View system might block the image coming up without a payment. 

Regards.     

[mike175]

I tried logging in again this evening but still no subscription so, throwing caution to the wind  , I bought another £5 worth . . . which was immediately accepted, with the result that I just spent nearly 2 hours searching and found 8 previously unknown register entries including an unknown wife for one of my ancestors

My other £5 is still floating around somewhere in the ether but if necessary I will gladly sacrifice that for the information I gained this evening  

I had no trouble saving images in Firefox.

Mike.