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Beginners => How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) => Topic started by: trystan on Wednesday 21 July 04 08:22 BST (UK)
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Tip: Looking for unreplied messages
In any of the boards you will see the following, just above the messages
Subject Started by Replies Views Last post
If you click on the "Replies" it will sort the message by the number of replies. Depending on how many times you click, the messages will be sorted either by most replies first, or least replies first.
In this way you can see if you can answer any messages that have not been replied to yet.
To get it all back to how it should be, click in the "Last Post" in the heading.
Trystan
RootsChat Admin
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Trystan, I think there may be a glitch?
I tried this but received an error message when I tried to go to next message. I restarted the process, but when pressed "next" the message that came up was one which had been replied to (I was looking for no replies),or perhaps this feature does not work when doing this?
Newbie
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Hmmm.... I don't use the previous/next buttons... I'd imagine it would confuse it though! Not too sure how to fix that. I'd use the "back" button, and select the next message off the board index.
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I'm keen to help others,but often find that those with no replies are ones where people have not been specific enough.Eg " I am looking for XXX" Rather than can someone look for a birth/marriage or certain census.
Sometimes people just do not give enough info.
A tip here is to give all you know about someone.
Where born,when,parents names brothers and sisters names,job they did etc etc.
Particularly when it is a common surname.
Just a few thoughts there I thought I'd share with you all ::)
Happy ancestor hunting.
Carol
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Carol,
Thank you, you are of course right. When I see these messages I usually reply with a Please help us to help you type of thing.
If you find that there are details missing from a message, it is probably a very inexperienced researcher who needs to be pointed in the right direction, and doing just that is very helpful in these circumstances.
Kazza.
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Dear All,
I am trying to get in contact with a person who is related to my gggg Grandfather Benjamin Williams who was born in Pensax England. She posted a question on Roots Chat. I have now got my usename and password to discuss the common heritage. Could you please advise me of her email address ?
Regards, Basil Williams
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The Search button at the top of the page allows you to make all such searches and to reply to messages once found. In your case the message was at
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=17576.msg63660#msg63660
You may contact her through the PM facility on this site. It is up to her if she wishes to give you her personal email address. Good luck.
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Hello Basil,
Welcome to the friendliest site there is !
Hack or Lord Hack as he is known ;D has given you the link to the original message about your gggg grandfather,
just in case you haven't used it before, the PM Hack referred to is the Personal Message system used by Rootschat instead of email addresses.
To use it you click on the scroll that is underneath your username on the left hand side of the message, next to the face, which is your profile link.
Sorry if I haven't explained it well, Hack would do it much better.
Newbie.
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Tip: Looking for unreplied messages
In any of the boards you will see the following, just above the messages
Subject Started by Replies Views Last post
If you click on the "Replies" it will sort the message by the number of replies. Depending on how many times you click, the messages will be sorted either by most replies first, or least replies first.
In this way you can see if you can answer any messages that have not been replied to yet.
To get it all back to how it should be, click in the "Last Post" in the heading.
Trystan
RootsChat Admin
Hi Trystan i am going off line and will i get back on with the same password as the last time i went off line i had to use another password. Please will you help me to get back on line when i am all fixed up. gladys 1
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Hi Trystan
Is there anyway of then displaying the zero posts in oldest date order?
Dawn
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Hi Dawn,
Perhaps Trystan knows a different way,
but I believe this is the answer he will give, too:
You can click on any of the headings Trystan mentions, but you can't combine them.
So the nearest to what you are asking is to click on Last post to sort them in ascending order (oldest post first, after the sticky topics) and then look at the Replies column for zeros.
Bob
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Better make a quick start and get busy reading the 'Middx' and 'Middx look-up' boards and then the same for London ;D
Dawn
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Hi Trystan & Bob
Thank you, thank you :-* :-*
Dawn
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Hi Trystan
:( Middx doesn't seem to be in zero replies/oldest date order but Middx look-ups, London and London look-ups are.
I've had a really good day sorting through the 'zero/date sorted' so far and have got a long to-do list at the LMA if everyone gets back to me.
If it's not too difficult can the Middx board be changed please.
Dawn
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Clicking on subject or on replies works for Middlessex as well :)
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I stumbled into a board to post enquiries and now can't find my way back to it - I can't see any of the headings at the top of my board tipped in the TIPS for replies. I think I must be looking at a wrong board. Help please!! :-* ???
I can only find: reply, send to a friend, Notify, and print.
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Go to the very top of the page where there is row of buttons. Click on "Forum." This will take you back to the main list of boards.
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Hello Wiggy - Welcome to Rootschat, another way to find your postings is to do a search, at the top of the page under the rootschat logo there are the "leaf" buttons, press search and then search for posts by user "WiggyHobbes08" that should find it. I also think you can find them from your profile page but I'll have to check....
newbie ;D
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another way - is at the top of the page on the right hand side of the Rootschat.com logo there is a welcome back Wiggy.... message, underneath that there are two other lines
1 - show unread posts since your last visit
2- show new replies to your posts - if anyone has replied of course! click on this and it will take you to your postings!
;D
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ok, yes you can use your profile page, which is probably the easiest way!
Under the posting you made on this page, is a little picture of a face, on the left hand side under your name, click on that, it will take you to your profile page, on the left hand side in small writing! there is a " show posts" click on that and voila!
hope that helps,
newbie :)
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thanks Newbie - I'll try that! Still finding my way around! ??? :P >:(!!
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I'm having problems accessing my messages :(
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Hi Billia,
If you click on the link below, you will find the reply to your last posting. Did you miss the notification message?
Just reply one more time, then you will be able to use the Personal Messaging (PM) System.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0t3z/
Cheers
KHP
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Thanks that's very helpful