FAQ: General

Frequently Asked Questions about the site. If your query is not covered by these or by one of our other sets of FAQs, please let us know by e-mailing gbhgis@port.ac.uk. We will acknowledge receipt of your message and hope to answer your query within 20 working days.

• Q: What information is in this web site?

• Q: Can you tell me about my ancestor?

• Q: Can you tell me about a specific building/business/street?

• Q: Can you tell me about an individual event in the history of my village?

• Q: Why can't I see any statistics specifically for my place?

• Q: What are "themes"?

• Q: Why is it all so complicated?

• Q: Can I use the tables/graphs/maps/gazetteer information from the website in my school/college/university project?

• Q: Can I use the tables/graphs/maps/gazetteer information from the website for anything other than an unpublished educational project?

• Q: What pages in the web site can I create permanent links to?

• Q: What computer hardware and software drive the site?

• Q: What should I do if I find an error on the site?

• Q: Can I add a link from my own web site to your site?

• Q: Can I add a link from this site to my own web site?

• Q: Is there a way I can contribute/discuss/annotate data in this site?

• Q: The place I searched for was not found, can I add it?

• Q: Why are the statistics in the site not up to date?