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Ancestry/Genealogy

grasswire

(50,130 posts) Tue May 22, 2012, 02:17 AM May 2012

every time I try to access 1940 census my computer locks up

I have the ED for my great grandfather's address. But I sure can't pull it up.

Anyone else having trouble? Or is it just my rinky-dink rackety fratz ol' PC?

I was trying to use the NA's viewer.

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every time I try to access 1940 census my computer locks up (Original Post) grasswire May 2012 OP

I found the NA's viewer really slow and clunky. It was just easier to download madinmaryland May 2012 #1

good advice grasswire May 2012 #2

You will need a high speed connection, though. Some of the ED's are 160MB! madinmaryland May 2012 #3

I do have a high speed connection. grasswire May 2012 #4

madinmaryland

(65,154 posts)

1. I found the NA's viewer really slow and clunky. It was just easier to download

Reply to grasswire (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 11:42 AM

May 2012

the entire ED and unzip the file. Then you can use your own jpeg viewer to read the pages.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

2. good advice

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #1)

Tue May 22, 2012, 12:05 PM

May 2012

I'll try that. Thanks.

madinmaryland

(65,154 posts)

3. You will need a high speed connection, though. Some of the ED's are 160MB!

Reply to grasswire (Reply #2)

Tue May 22, 2012, 01:41 PM

May 2012

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

4. I do have a high speed connection.

Reply to madinmaryland (Reply #3)

Thu May 24, 2012, 12:29 PM

May 2012

It's my computer, I realized. The other computer in the house, on the same ISP line, is able to pull up the images, etc. Plus when I rejoined ancestry.com, things got much much easier. I lost a whole day yesterday just browsing 'round the census, and may do the same today!

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