Frequenty asked questions about the Glogowatz Church records on CD-ROM…

 

Q.) Has anyone translated the top headings on the pages?

Ans.) Not yet but I will try to get that information soon and put it on this website.

 

Q.) Are some of the months missing from the data - the month and years seem to skip over months.

Ans.)  No, the index shows what year and month are at the top of that image, each and every image is indexed and they are consecutive, however they may contain entries for more that one month.  Some months have no recorded entries. 

 

Q.) What does a  + sign and a date following mean on the baptismal records?

Ans.)  A plus sign indicates a death, it could mean a child was born dead or died shortly after and was baptised.

 

Q.) I use Netscape and I can save the images, but I cannot open them.  How can I see the images? 

Ans.) In order to see the images you need one of two things:  A program that can read the TIFF (Group 4) images or a web browser plug-in like Alternatiff which can be downloaded free from the http://www.alternatif.com/ website.  They offer a plug-in for Netscape and a different plug-in for Internet Explorer.  Also the Alternatiff plug-in will allow you to use the indexes on the CD to go directly to the image in your browser.

 

Q.) I click on an entries in the Indexes and I keep getting messages that ask if I want to download the image, why can't I see the image?

Ans.)  If you get this message, your browser does not have the ability to view the TIFF (G4) images, you must install a plug-in like the  Alternatiff Viewer.

 

Q.) It takes a long time for the images to come up on my screen, how can I make them come up faster?

Ans.) Read the 'ReadMe.htm' file on the Marriage CD, it will explain ways to speed up or short the time it takes to display the images.

 

Q.) I can see the images with my photo editor program, but they are grainy and impossible to read.  Are the images all of such poor quality?

Ans.)  Your photo editor program may not be able to decode the compressed data in the TIFF (G4) images, so it does not show all of the information.  This makes them look grainy.  Try a different TIFF viewer.  Microsoft PhotoDraw2 is capable of displaying these images, as well as some Kodak Imaging and Windows Office XP Imaging software, but the easiest way is to use the Alternatiff plug-in mentioned earlier.