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I have collected these tips from the FMP blog and also from our own site following the feedback on the last two occasions.
1. Make sure you’ve registered on findmypast by midnight Tuesday 22 June (UK time) for the next World Cup offer (if you’ve already registered there’s no need to do so again).
Return to findmypast.co.uk any time between 9am UK time on Wednesday, June 23 and 9am Thursday, June 24 and sign in: you can now even watch the match too!
2. Remember that as soon as you sign in to the site between 9am Wednesday (UK time) and 9am Thursday your 90 free minutes will start – so be ready to begin your research then! All you need to know is here: http://bit.ly/brR6Bc.
The offer runs for 24 hours, so maybe it's worth staying up late or getting up early!!
3. If you get a payment page rather than free access: this is because somebody else was using your computer to sign in earlier in the day - they restrict it to one free period per match day per computer....
4. It has been recommended that if you are unfamiliar with the searching of FMP (you can't see the images), that you practise with the 1881 census before the day itself.
5. If you are a subscriber, then it is best to avoid using the site on the day and certainly during the match as it is bound to be slower than usual.
6. Peak time last Friday was early evening - when people are home from work in the UK and while the match itself was on.
7. If you normally use Firefox and find you cannot download the viewer on the day, then it might be worthwhile using IE during your free time, rather than wasting time trying to view the images using FF. Your Flash also needs to be up to date. To save time, you could download the viewer in advance.
See: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/helpadvi...ewer/index.jsp
N.B. England will be playing at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday.
And last but not least, hope that England plays better this week and gets further in the tournament ... then maybe there will be more time for your searching!!
1. Make sure you’ve registered on findmypast by midnight Tuesday 22 June (UK time) for the next World Cup offer (if you’ve already registered there’s no need to do so again).
Return to findmypast.co.uk any time between 9am UK time on Wednesday, June 23 and 9am Thursday, June 24 and sign in: you can now even watch the match too!
2. Remember that as soon as you sign in to the site between 9am Wednesday (UK time) and 9am Thursday your 90 free minutes will start – so be ready to begin your research then! All you need to know is here: http://bit.ly/brR6Bc.
The offer runs for 24 hours, so maybe it's worth staying up late or getting up early!!
3. If you get a payment page rather than free access: this is because somebody else was using your computer to sign in earlier in the day - they restrict it to one free period per match day per computer....
4. It has been recommended that if you are unfamiliar with the searching of FMP (you can't see the images), that you practise with the 1881 census before the day itself.
5. If you are a subscriber, then it is best to avoid using the site on the day and certainly during the match as it is bound to be slower than usual.
6. Peak time last Friday was early evening - when people are home from work in the UK and while the match itself was on.
7. If you normally use Firefox and find you cannot download the viewer on the day, then it might be worthwhile using IE during your free time, rather than wasting time trying to view the images using FF. Your Flash also needs to be up to date. To save time, you could download the viewer in advance.
See: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/helpadvi...ewer/index.jsp
N.B. England will be playing at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday.
And last but not least, hope that England plays better this week and gets further in the tournament ... then maybe there will be more time for your searching!!
;)
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