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A friend of mine has received a letter from a firm called Family Wise concerning a first cousin, once removed who died intestate last year.

Has anyone had any experience of this firm? It seems legitimate but I said I'd check with Rootschatters.

I've found a marriage on FindMyPast which might be one I've been looking for, but FindMyPast don't have the original to view.

I wondered if anyone had access to the PRs for St Anne Soho, Westminster and could tell me if there is any additional information given. The marriage is:-

2 June 1715  James Mitchell and Mary Hemmings.

I'm hoping for some mention of the couple's residence or a connection to Buckinghamshire, specifically the Eton area.

Jill

Another hitch with my new PC. I'm tearing my hair out here - I deliberately bought one that said it had a CD Drive which I tried to use for the first time today.

The slot on the front comes out okay, though you have to pull it out after its opened a bit. However, I can't for the life of me figure out how you load the CD itself. My old PC was an Acer and that had a nice plastic 'holder' to fit the CD into but this - its nearly all metal and has a curved plastic area at the bottom which you'd think would be where you're supposed to insert the CD but it just falls out again! Its driving me demented!!

What am I doing wrong?

I 'hid' this request for help in another thread and was worried I wouldn't get any specific replies, so have opened this new thread.

I have a new PC with built-in speakers which are very tinny, so I've tried replacing them with my old speakers (very old but still working fine up to about a week ago when I got the new PC).

I now have a problem in that the old speakers are making a humming noise as soon as they're plugged into the mains. It doesn't matter whether they are actually switched on or off - the humming sound is there until I pull the plug out of the electric sockets. Its an annoying noise and I can't leave it like that - I will be measured up for one of those cardigans with the long sleeves that tie at the back if I do!!

Any ideas? The separate speakers are old but they never made that noise when I used them with my last PC (only a week ago!).

They really do make a difference in comparison to the built-in variety so I would really like to get them working properly.

I have finally replaced my 10 yr old PC with a new one.

I got someone to transfer my old docs to the new machine but have hit a snag. The chap who set it all up for me has loaded Apache Open Office which is a new one on me. I've just made amendments to an old document and have received a message saying I need to activate Word (all my old docs are in Word) before 9 March or - presumably - lose access to the old docs.

When I clicked on 'activate' I have to open a Microsoft account and it seems that I have to pay for the privilege! I never had to subscribe to it on the old PC! It doesn't mention a cost.

I'm hoping someone will advise me what to do. Can I 'convert' my several old Word docs to function under Open Office - or am I snookered?

Trying not to panic, Mr Mainwaring!!!