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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #153 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:11 BST (UK) »
Sorry but Anc census is downloading for me as well.  I am using Chrome on Windows 8.1 so that may be something to do with it  :-\

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #154 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:13 BST (UK) »
I found a cartoon of my gg-grandfather yesterday in a 1907 paper and downloaded it, no problems for me now by the looks of things. (my gg-gf is the president)

As a lot of the problems I had are resolved or are in the queue to be resolved, I've put auto-renew back onto my sub.

I think we all have to realise that there are now different ways of searching and achieving results and getting better results. Searching for me seems to get easier and quicker once you get the hand of things and going to the right screen in the firt place.

But of course some displays will not be to our liking.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #155 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 12:36 BST (UK) »
Quote from: rosie99 on Wednesday 21 May 14 12:11 BST (UK)
Sorry but Anc census is downloading for me as well.  I am using Chrome on Windows 8.1 so that may be something to do with it  :-\

Rosie

I guess something must be wrong with my settings then because downloading images from both FindMyPast and Ancestry are giving me a blank page  ???

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #156 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 13:30 BST (UK) »
Just installed Google Chrome and I can download census returns and Newpspapers...albeit in a different way which took some sorting out....I don't like it though as everything is smaller on my screen  :-\
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CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #157 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 17:37 BST (UK) »
I refuse to download Chrome thought.  I don't see why we should have to choose use Chrome, just because FindMyPast have messed up their site.  I don't like Chrome and prefer to stick with Mozilla.

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #158 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 18:16 BST (UK) »
I'm using mozilla
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #159 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 18:55 BST (UK) »
I use Mozilla but I've given up on FindMyPast for the moment.  I've tried this afternoon to search for various people and it took ages.  Just putting in a name gave a list as long as your arm.  It was only when I found the people on Ancestry and could put in extra info such as place of birth, and town at the time of the census that they came up near the top of the list.  Such a waste of time.

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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #160 on: Wednesday 21 May 14 22:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: rosie99 on Wednesday 21 May 14 11:59 BST (UK)
I have just tried to download newspaper and succeeded first time - full page copy. Having downloaded I have now saved it as a PDF, no problems so far  :)

Rosie

Mine save as pdf by default, and yes Carol, I have downloaded successfully.
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Re: The new FindMyPast (Part 4)
« Reply #161 on: Thursday 22 May 14 01:04 BST (UK) »
seems brightsolid are going to get elected first in most used websites the way the technical issues are mounting up..........some very interesting reading about all the hiccups on the site.......   maybe there should be a buyer beware statement window.......

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