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Well I found a date of death for this lady in 2003 but the birth date doesn't match my aunts, so another disapointment. Vivienne

I got there tonight, & it says what I wanted to see. Now I have to contact the hospital to see if the lady was my aunt. Ooooooo I'm all excited now, must calm down, could be another dissapointment. Vivienne

Thanks for trying Bev, you got further than me. I think I'll try again tomorrow. Vivienne

Vivienne, I tried, and could get onto the Essex site, but when I tried the link on the left hand side, I got the same message, I wonder if you contact them if they can answer you, if they are doing some maintainance that may explain it. Bev

Hi Germaine, thanks for that. Not sure I understand but I think I may have the drift & that maybe it will be worth trying another time. Vivienne

Hi Fi, thanks but I don't know details. The site is 3ws. thisisessex*co*uk/essex/archive The heading says Mauds missing years, they thought she was doing well for 93 The thing is I was hoping it was going on to say but she was really 99. My aunt went missing in the twenties & I've just got this bee in my bonnet about finding her at the moment. Been looking on & off since 1980. Vivienne

This is what is said Heather can't say I understand it though. Germaine x A server (not necessarily a Web server) is acting as a gateway or proxy to fulfil the request by the client (e.g. your Web browser or our CheckUpDown robot) to access the requested URL. This server received an invalid response from an upstream server it accessed to fulfil the request. This usually does not mean that the upstream server is down (no response to the gateway/proxy), but rather that the upstream server and the gateway/proxy do not agree on the protocol for exchanging data. Given that Internet protocols are quite clear, it often means that one or both machines have been incorrectly or incompletely programmed. 502 errors in the HTTP cycle Any client (e.g. your Web browser or our CheckUpDown robot) goes through the following cycle when it communicates with your Web server: Obtain an IP address from the IP name of your site (your site URL without the leading 'http://'). This lookup (conversion of IP name to IP address) is provided by domain name servers (DNSs). Open an IP socket connection to that IP address. Write an HTTP data stream through that socket. Receive an HTTP data stream back from your Web server in response. This data stream contains status codes whose values are determined by the HTTP protocol. Parse this data stream for status codes and other useful information. This error occurs in the final step above when the client receives an HTTP status code that it recognises as '502'. Resolving 502 errors - general This problem is entirely due to poor IP communication between back-end computers, possibly including your Web server. Only the people who set up the network at the site which hosts the Web server can fix this problem. Resolving 502 errors - CheckUpDown Use of proxies and caching is increasing on the Web. Our CheckUpDown robot will always try to 'drill through' to the real computer that actually hosts your Web site, but we do not have complete control over where our HTTP request actually ends up. If only one link in the chain of computers dealing with our HTTP request is broken, then an error such as 502 can easily occur. Please contact us (email preferred) whenever you encounter 502 errors - there is nothing you can do to sort them out. We then have to liaise with your ISP and the vendor of your Web server software so that they can review the flow of IP data traffic between various computers under their control.

I think I'm doomed to be locked out of the internet tonight. Thanks Germaine, I tried that address but got cannot find. Vivienne

if it is a newspper and you know the title of the newspaper and date I wil look it up at the newspaper library for you next time i go. Fi

I think it's an Essex newspaper Bev, be surprised if it's not still on line Vivienne

Found this on google. think it explains it http://www*checkupdown*com/status/E502.html Germaine x

Most likely it's no longer working, maybe an address that has gone off line. Bev

I asked on tips but no-one seems to know.-------------I googled my aunts name & found what I thought could be a link but when I tried to connect I got a message saying----- Bad Gateway-----what does this mean please, will I be able to connect at a later date?------------- Vivienne