Not all of us are retired, semi-retired or people of leisure. I'm mainly a reader of the HV list as I work a farm and have relatively little time to do my own family history research, much less help other people with theirs. As I have no wish to be appear to be one of those people who promises much but fails to deliver, I tend to sit back unless I spot someone's request that I can specifically and immediately help with. I post my own surnames about once a year on this list (and others) but if I posted all my own queries then I'd be spending more time on the computer than I do working the place. :) Yes, I have that many loose ends in the Hunter Valley! Dennis PS For the record, my direct HV interests include Cantwell, Brennan, Byrnes, Byrne and McCosker . The Cantwells also link to the McCrohons, Kennas, Doyles, O'Sheas, Wrights, Hodgins, Patersons and Browns. The Brennans link to, among many others, the Cahills (Ted Cahill may well crop up in relation to some queries as he was the police prosecutor in Maitland for some years). There are also quite a few priests and nuns among that lot, so again some would be fairly well known. Dennis Johnstone Email: dennis@donjon1.demon.co.uk Blog: http://stonehead.wordpress.com On 19 Mar 2007, at 13:56, aus-nsw-hunter-valley-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:57:16 +1100 > From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: [HV] Has everyone given genealogy the flick ? > To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000201c76a1d$cfc7eb90$0201010a@ownerc72bf9569> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Dear Listers > > You have broken the record for the least number of > messages posted to the Hunter Valley list ....to date > there have been just 7 for March > > There are near to 450 members of this list ............. > 99.9 % are sitting on the fence again waiting for > something to happen ........... What ? > > Have been some new people subscribe and they have just > joined the fence sitters club too ! > > A mailing list is what is subscribers make of it . At the > moment this one is out of sight and mind and got the yawns > and is in the doldrums > > Maybe 'old age' is getting to it ?? It will be 9 years > old this coming November > > > Check out > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausmfhc/index2.html > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~ahgw/nfhs/ > > > http://www.huntervalleygenealogy.com/ > > > http://www.jenwilletts.com/ > > > http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403676.html > > > Apart from the Maitland Mercury the NLA also have the > Shipping Gazette digitised > > Happy hunting > > Bye > > MargM > Hunter Valley List Admin >