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From: "Maloney Empire" <sascar@&alphalink.com.au>
Subject: Re: London Gazette puts 350 years of history online
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 22:20:15 +1100
References: <3e3e56a4@news.alphalink.com.au> <memo.20030203232618.8137X@steeljam.compulink.co.uk>


Hi Steve,
Thanks for that. I have 128 mb of RAM so will I have to close everything
else to visit the site?
I am an apprentice senior and hope that that is what you mean for me to do.

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Di
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"Steve James" <> wrote in message
news:...
> In article <>, sascar@&alphalink.com.au
(Maloney Empire) wrote:
> > I have been unable to access any hits - Adobe will not load and my
computer
> > keeps on freezing - is there a solution. I had managed to get one hit
to
> > print off then it stopped.
> > Any advice greatly appreciated.
> > "Dennis Jackson" <> wrote in message
> > news:1fpkfz5.rv2ekosfr2ecN@[10.0.0.10]...
> > > From Tuesday's edition of The Times ....
> > > "Genealogy and historical research have become much easier with the
> > > official launch this month of the first phase of Gazettes-Online, a
> > > major project to make the entire archive of the London, Edinburgh and
> > > Belfast Gazettes accessible on the internet.
> > > "The London Gazette is the world's oldest surviving periodical. It was
> > > first published in 1665 as the official form of government
communication
> > > after King Charles II moved his court to Oxford during the Great
Plague.
> > > "The Stationery Office, publisher of The London Gazette, began work on
> > > the website early last year, and intends to have all 56,000 editions
> > > (covering some two million pages) online by 2006. The first tranche
from
> > > the archive covers the First and Second World Wars, as well as all
> > > 20th-century honours and awards. The next phase will include the rest
of
> > > the 20th-century editions.
> > >
> Try more memory - Adobe can be very heavy and the LG pdf is big.
>
> Steve James
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