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From: Brian Randell <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] Egg Buckland History Project website - any lost website
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:36:47 +0000
References: <mailman.258.1332537357.28248.devon@rootsweb.com><BLU154-ds19C3E43C26BC2EAF9E07FAEF460@phx.gbl>
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Hi Karl:

Thanks.

Perhaps you missed my subsequent message to Devon-L:

> Hi Bob:
>
> Thanks - that's helpful.
>
> I've also found that the email address of the Egg Buckland History site's contact person is no longer working.
>
> I've replaced the link to one pointing at an archived copy of the site, and will leave it at that.

As maintainer of GENUKI/Devon I'm all too familiar with the Internet Archive!I didn't think to mention this in my original query. :-)

When I learn of a broken link in GENUKI/Devon, if I can't find any means of repairing it, and I think it is worth it, I commonly replace the link by one to a copy in the Internet Archive. (There was enough information in the copy of this Egg Buckland site for this to be worthwhile, even though the site's graphics have not been archived, as far as I could tell, and the contacts given no longer work.)

Cheers

Brian Randell


On 23 Mar 2012, at 22:05, Karl wrote:

> Re: http://www.eggbucklandhistory.co.uk/
>
> I don't know what happened to it, but this might help
>
> I would also like to offer some general help for anyone looking for a site
> that no longer exists:
>
> Have a look on the Wayback Machine located at
> http://archive.org/web/web.php - not all websites will have been copied to
> the archive, but enough have that its often worth a look. It is often quite
> slow compared to what most of us expect of our internet these days, but if
> you bear with it the results can be useful.
>
> In this case there are some entries for the website mentioned, some of which
> don't work. One which does is this:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20020927021637/http://www.eggbucklandhistory.co.uk/
> which was captured Aug 1st 2003 (so it says)
>
> Additionally there is a 'Contacts' page with 2 email addresses on it which
> is located here:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20020927021637/http://www.eggbucklandhistory.co.uk/
> (a contact address and at the bottom a webmaster address)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> K Rodgers
>
> researching RODGERS - LINTON (both in Devon and Cornwall)
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:04:54 +0000
>> From: Brian Randell <>
>> Subject: [DEV] Egg Buckland History Project website
>> To: " List" <>
>> Cc: Brian Randell <>
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>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> Does anyone know what has become of this website, which used to be at
>>
>> http://www.eggbucklandhistory.co.uk/
>>
>> or the Plymouth Community Partnership which supported it?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Brian Randell
>


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