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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	24 Apr 2013 12:08
	It suits me as I am not IT literate.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	24 Apr 2013 10:34
	There is a more complicated way to do it which some of the more IT literate folk can give instructions for. However, the Ctrl + version is quick and easy.
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	24 Apr 2013 10:32
	Clever chap :-D :-D :-D
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	24 Apr 2013 10:20
	:-D :-D :-D
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	24 Apr 2013 10:17
	OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo DetEcTive it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you. Mel
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	24 Apr 2013 10:08
	A short cut to enlarge the print is to hold the Ctrl and tap the + The reverse is Ctrl and - (minus) Although it tends to remember what you've done for that particular site, you have to do the same the first time you visit other sites
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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	24 Apr 2013 09:58
	Morning it's me again. Oh has installed me Firefox and I can now C&P from Ancestry but the print on the firefox page is so small and I can't find out how to make the text bigger so I can actually read it without being right up to the screen!! Any ideas please? Mel
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	23 Apr 2013 19:50
	I prefer to enter at: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1®ion=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND or region=UNITED_STATES or region=CANADA or whatever. You obviously won't get access to any unindexed collection of images if you enter via a search screen.
Member Since: January 2007 Posts: 7,623 Send Message	mgnv	Report	23 Apr 2013 01:54
	Scozz (re 21 Apr 2013 03:48) - not quite right - it's true for Scotland, but not all of England/Wales. There, you usually get the whole h/h in 1871 & 1881. There's no Irish censuses at FS.
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	23 Apr 2013 00:57
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	Yikes. They've really changed Family Search. I tried lots of times, got different "first pages" each time. When I eventually got to the "search" page (without having to register) I saved it on favourites. What a lot of messing about. :-(
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	21 Apr 2013 12:17
	It is only IE9 that has the problem because it copies the control characters from the tables whereas Firefox changes the control characters to tabs. Previously either the Compatibility button or using the printer friendly version gave a readable result when pasted into a GR message. Now neither works.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	21 Apr 2013 11:47
	From FS - not sure if it the same John Fitzgerald or a different one - all the other family are listed John Fitzgerald Event Type: Census Event Date: 1871 Gender: Male Age: 11 Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Lambeth, Surrey Schedule Type: Household Registration District: Lambeth Sub-District: Lambeth Church 2nd Parish: Lambeth County: London, Surrey Household Gender Age Birthplace Self Thos Fitzgerald M 40 Ireland Wife Mary Fitzgerald F 36 Ireland Son John Fitzgerald M 11 Lambeth, Surrey Son Thos Fitzgerald M 8 Lambeth, Surrey Lodger Jamy Walton F 2 Lambeth, Surrey Like Sylvia, we use Firefox
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Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	21 Apr 2013 03:48
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	If I search for census records in US I get the whole family. If I search in UK I get one person at a time, no way of knowing who is a member of a family. Frustrating!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,009 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	21 Apr 2013 00:35
	that's very strange!
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,009 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	21 Apr 2013 00:31
	and intrigued me as well!! Name: John Fitzgerald Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 1871 England Census about John Fitzgerald Name: John Fitzgerald Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 I wondered if including the caption made a difference, but apparnetly not. I'm using Mozilla Firefox
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	20 Apr 2013 22:59
	You've got me intrigued! C&P from Ancestry - preview seems OK John Fitzgerald Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Added after posting :-S :-S
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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	20 Apr 2013 22:51
	Yes I see and have tried it myself. It used to work I don't know why it doesn't now. :-(
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	20 Apr 2013 22:22
	KenSE I just tried it but it still dos'nt work look 1871 England Census Name: John Fitzgerald Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Relation:
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	20 Apr 2013 20:24
	On Ancestry select View Printer-friendly and it should paste OK.
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 28,629 Send Message	Mel Fairy Godmother	Report	20 Apr 2013 17:30
	Marie on Ancestry I have no broken page now thats what stumped me!! :-(

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