Free access to 19thC British newspapers - back in business!

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Fri May 16, 2008 10:00 pm

I can't get it now although I managed before. I'm desperate to look someone up too

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:07 pm

It worked fine for me just before I posted the thanks message above. I went back to Chris's previous post with the website link and sign in information and that got me on.

Carol

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:16 am

I've done that several times. Is anyone else having trouble?

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:34 am

Once you have access the website at http://access.gale.com/gdctrial/login.html , remember to type the info into the fields in the following order:

E-mail: rcc1934@aol.com
Login: virtual
Password: books

In the OP, the info I displayed was in the wrong order, which initially caught a few people out. I subsequently corrected it in a later post, but if you are going back to the OP, that might be the problem.

Good luck!

Chris

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:15 pm

I was aware of that and it always worked in the past. However for some reason it has worked this time. The only difference was I clicked on the link in your latest post.

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:58 pm

Glad to help!

Chris

margarita · Post by **margarita** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:45 pm

Thank you for that link, Chris.

I found an obituary for one of my husbands forbears, which helped to fill in a bit of detail about the family.

Maggie.

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:36 pm

Hi Maggie,

Glad to help! I notice you're in Crete - my father lives in Gouves, about fifteen minutes from Heraklion!

Hope you're getting the weather!

Chris

margarita · Post by **margarita** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:50 am

Chris Paton wrote:Hi Maggie,

Glad to help! I notice you're in Crete - my father lives in Gouves, about fifteen minutes from Heraklion!

Hope you're getting the weather!

Chris

We live at the other end of the island, near Hania.

Yes, we are getting the weather. Today is the first really hot day of the year. Up to now it's merely been very warm.

Maggie

Chris Paton · Post by **Chris Paton** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:55 am

I know what Crete's version of "really warm" means - it means me wearing factor 20 sun block!

I recently discovered a great great uncle of mine, a soldier, had been posted to Crete at the end of the 19th C, at a place called 'Kandia'. I initially thought it was Hania, but it turns out Kandia was actually the old name for Heraklion. In any case, my lot have been going there for centuries!

lol

Enjoy the sun!

Chris