Search Google Books for mentions of your family

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Re: Search Google Books for mentions of your family

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I have just ordered the book.
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Maths girl wrote:I had a go but got

Name Results

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/fatman1/public_html/temp/bookssearch.php on line 78


Does that mean I did something wrong?


I got that message also , tried three times then though I'd better not try again fir if I mucked it up.

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Maths girl is sending me her gedcom

That will help me to work out where the problem is!
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Isn't it easier just to enter a name into 'Google Search books :?: ' You end up with the same results :?:

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hi linell,

This searches each and every name from your family tree so you dont have to do each one by hand

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Ok, Anyone who was having problems should try again as ive fixed the small bug!
Def works on Maths Girls now, so should work on the rest too!
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Thank you -- I got it to work -- I obviously have a long list of recognisable names to work through so it will it keep me busy.

Thank you again for your time on this.

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Annie wrote:
Maths girl wrote:I had a go but got

Name Results

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/fatman1/public_html/temp/bookssearch.php on line 78


Does that mean I did something wrong?


I got that message also , tried three times then though I'd better not try again fir if I mucked it up.

Annie


i also get this message
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even now peter?
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Fatman wrote:even now peter?


yep
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Any chance you could send me your gedcom so i can work out why its failing?
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Re: Search Google Books for mentions of your family

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Try again Peter - seems to be ok now!
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Fatman wrote:Try again Peter - seems to be ok now!



work ok fm cheers
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no probs

improved it and moved to new domain too:

http://www.freefamilytreetools.com/
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Its very Good!

Well done you!
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