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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: 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?

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