Forum: Problems Navigating Brit-Gen?

I receieved an e-mail yesterday informing me I'd got a pm. I deleted this e-mail and checked my in box on forum - even though at the top it says I have 1 new message nothing has appeared. Can anyone help? Sheila

I can't find anywhere else to post this, so my apologies if it's in the wrong place I tried to log in earlier using the same user name & password that I originally registered with and have used before. They were not accepted and I was locked out after the 5 attempts. I could not see anywhere...

Hi Could you tell me please where's the best place to post a request for a specific look-up for a marriage in a parish register? I thought there was a topic for that, but can't find it now - or maybe I was imagining it? :confused:

Where or how do I get to veiw other peoples surname interests to compare notes/names etc plz? I can find the part to put mine...but not what I was looking for. Thanks

I feel a real fool :yesnod:for asking this question and it is early in the morning but.....how do I delete selected private messages from my IN BOX without deleting the lot as in "Empty Folder"? I have a message waiting for me but I cannot gain access until I delete something. I do not want to...

I obtained lots of information from B-G Forums about 5 years ago. I was a regular user and am very grateful for the help I was given. I have recently started to research my husband's family at the request of my younger son who says that is where his interest lies, not as he puts it "Mum I don't...

Hi.. Ive used the site before..but am not very savvy when it comes to asking the right questions from the right people lol. So, can anyone tell me if its possible to find out about births/marriages pre 1837 on here and where would I post such a querie? I do have a thread running but not sure if...

As I have become an infrequent visitor to Brit.-Gen. in the past year, today I tried to locate my old/original postings (2004-2007) re Benjamin Wallis, b.c1675, Gloucs. (?). My search with the words 'Benjamin Wallis' produced a list of 'non-specific' posts. Why might this be? Have old posts...

I'm having trouble finding where I go to reply to the kind people who've given me advice. Can you help me please ? Many thanks, Wendy.

Hello... For some reason ( likely my brain):redface: I have been searching the previous threads for the instructions on how to find divorces on the National Archives site. ( I should have copied them when I saw them) About a month ago Someone kindly posted a step by step instruction on a...

i have noticed that my e.mail contact is via yahoo this is incorrect it is via sky ( see profile ) i am sorry if this has caused any inconveniance to any of you SORRY

Probably obvious, but how do I search sub-forums? For example, I want to specifically search the Somerset County sub-forum.

I've just posted a reply in the wrong place and wanted to delete it so i could send a new post. I went to edit and scrapped my message and saved changes only to be told that i had to have three characters to do that. As time was running out i just put that i had posted wrongly. Is there a way to...

Any ideas why I have a notification on my home e-mail that I have a message in my BG inbox but that message does not appear there? It's not a problem because I have replied direct but I am curious.

:rolleyes5:have been notified my inbox is near full, have tried to delete certain messages that I no lomger want but cant do this? it appears I must empty the box altogether there are some messages I would like to keep but how do i move them to a folder? or save them to somewhere else on my...

Please tell me how I can alter my website address. I keep deleting the old under "Edit Profile", but it keeps reverting to the old one. Peter

I have read the closed thread on how to use photobucket. Went on, registered, started a new album and then that was that! Couldn't upload photo!! I see the closed thread is a couple of years old. Is there no other way to upload a photo? I desperately need help in determining an age and now...

There are so many sub-forums. I am not sure where I go to just ask for help on finding ancesters. For example - Skinner from Halstead in Kent - or Drury from Howden in yorkshire. Can someone enlighten me please.

Someone's going to ask at some time, so it might as well be me. :smile5: As of the time of this posting, underneath a person's name, avatar if they have one, and details such as the date they joined the forum, we now have 'Thanks', and Thanked x times in x posts'. I've seen this on another...

Good morning moderator, I posted this morning on the thread St Andrew Ham, and immediately tried to edit it as the formatting is impossible to read however once done the thread would not post and when I tried to go back to it it informed me my 10 minutes was up. Can I please add the formatting...