On this second day of the New Year 2005 I notice that not one soul has had anything to say to our readers ..... at least let me assure you that despite my retirement I am still reading everything anyone brings forward, even if I may not respond myself, because - read my New Years resolution All the best to everybody - John Helmut Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: John Merz To: ABEL-L@rootsweb.com ; BACKOFEN-L@rootsweb.com ; BOEHLER-L@rootsweb.com ; BOOS-L@rootsweb.com ; FILGES-L@rootsweb.com ; MATZ-L@rootsweb.com ; MERZ-L@rootsweb.com ; NIES-L@rootsweb.com ; WEIDER-L@rootsweb.com ; SCHRODT-L@rootsweb.com ; WENTZEL-L@rootsweb.com ; WEINHOLD-L@rootsweb.com ; WESTPHAL-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 6:08 PM Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005 - and thank you Rootsweb ! Hello everyone ! I sincerely hope that you all put the old year 2004 behind you, and that you are looking forward to a good, healthy, successful year with lots of new research and finding new cousins, and above all, get over the 'brickwalls' we all have, finding our roots. Thanks for the help we have from the Rootsweb and Ancestry people who run those mail lists and Message Boards, and that their equipment may outlast and withstand the onslaught of the daily traffic. My own New Years resolution is simple - Survive 2005 ! and dig deeper into my own family history, look for those brickwalls, and help others to overcome theirs. Here is a short list of the names in my own tree in which I am most keenly interested. You may check our mail list archives for my various AHNENTAFEL postings - ABEL, BACKOFEN, BOEHLER, BOOS, FILGES, MATZ, MERZ, NIES, OCHS, SCHRODT, WEIDER, WEINHOLD, WENTZEL, WINHOLD, WESTPHAL, and MUELLER from Altwiedermus (Ronneburg) I would be most happy to hear from you - let's get over the Brickwall together. Greetings to all John Helmut Merz, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

A happy new year wish to John and family, fellow Listers, and German cousine's not yet located. May "God bless - " the world. Divined wisdom and conscience for our leaders. Ron Ferry ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: [HESSIAN] HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005 - and thank you Rootsweb ! > On this second day of the New Year 2005 I notice that not > one soul has had anything to say to our readers ..... > at least let me assure you that despite my retirement I am > still reading everything anyone brings forward, even if I may > not respond myself, because - > read my New Years resolution > All the best to everybody - > John Helmut Merz