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From: (Simple Simon)
Subject: Re: 1881 Census on hard disk
Date: 2 Feb 2002 11:48:22 -0800
References: <3C357430.1A80B741@virgin.net>


Guy (or any other expert!)

I successfully followed the instructions on your website for
installing the 1881 LDS Census onto my hard disk (thankyou!), and am
**fairly** happy with the results.

If I start with a search on the National Index, and then double click
a name from the results, I get the Census detail in a fraction of a
second. That's all fantastic.

BUT - if I use the 'back' button on the Viewer toolbar, or click the
National Index tab to try to get the results list back the software
seems to 'hang' or 'freeze' temporarily. After about 20 seconds pause
the National Index tab appears but with a blank screen, and after
another 20 seconds or so the previous results list appears.
I also get similar freezes when printing.

Do you experience this issue?? Is it a consequence of using the
NETWORK option in Viewer?

If I'm stuck with this problem - thinking laterally - is there a
quicker way to return to the start point of a National Index search??
At the moment I find it quicker to shut the Viewer down and re-run!!

FWIW my PC is only a few months old, has plenty of resources free and
I am computer literate (I am a PC programmer) but this has me baffled.

Thanks,
Simon

(Guy Etchells) wrote in message news:<>...
> Yes that is a very useful informative article but be aware there are a
> few inaccuracies in it the most glaring being
>
>
> > Partial 1881 Data
> > Some readers have asked whether it is possible, if they have insufficient disk space, to install only part of the 1881 data. This is possible and is
> > achieved simply by following the instructions but copying only those data files to which you require access. There are, however, limitations.
> > Firstly, if you install only a part of the National Index, you will be limited to searching only for surnames in the alphabetical sections installed. This
> > is pretty self-evident! Secondly, if you install only a single Regional data file you will only be able to use the National Index to access the data for
> > this region. If you double-click on an index entry for a person in a different region, you will receive a Windows Registry Error message. This
> > appears benign and when cleared does not affect operation. Possibly the greatest limitation is that if you install only part of the data, the registry
> > changes will prevent you from using the CD-ROMs to view the rest of the data. Nevertheless, it may be a worthwhile short-term change if you
> > expect a period of intensive searching within a single region (for example as part of a one-name study).
> >
>
> Having had most of the various databases (1881, British Vital records,
> North American VR etc. etc.) on my networked hard disks for a number of
> years I can safely say it is possible to run the 1881 regional data sets
> from the hard drive and the national index from cds and vice versa and
> for instance run the entire 1881 census on the hard drive and the
> various other compatible data sets British VR etc. from cd, you simply
> have to add the CD drive letter into the data path for the data set
> required.
> Cheers
> Guy
> --
> Wakefield England
>
> http://freespace.virgin.net/guy.etchells Transcripts, Parish
> Records, Calendar, Scaleable Map of Uk. Link to LDS website,
> Abbreviations, Returns of Owners of Lands etc. etc.
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/dh/ Whitefield
> Transcripts, Etch/ells Transcripts
> http://gye.future.easyspace.com Worldwide Cemetery Links, Monumental
> Inscriptions, War Graves, etc.
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/CHURCH/church.htm
> Churches & MIs. in the Wakefield Area
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/Ossett/obmi1.htm
> Transcripts of 1st Baptist Burial ground, Ossett
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/tmi.htm Photos of
> St. James Churchyard, Wakefield
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/stcr/stjsc1.htm
> M.Is. in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Staincross
>
>
> > All I needed to do was search the web a bit more!!
> >
> > http://www.family-tree.co.uk/why-walk.htm
> >
> > ================================
> > Graham Walter
> >

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