I have been watching the emails, just lurking. It’s sometimes easy to forget that providing and supporting a website are real people. Thank you all for reminding me and thank you Lesley. On 29 December 2013 15:47, Coral Saunders <coral.saunders@bigpond.com>wrote: > So sorry to hear this news. Thank you Lesley for all your help and good > advice. Coral Saunders > > -----Original Message----- > From: Coralie Hird > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:36 AM > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PJ] LESLEY UEBEL > > > Colin Kennedy, Lesley Uebel's husband, has asked me to pass on the sad news > that Lesley was diagnosed in mid-October with an untreatable, incurable and > terminal brain tumour and is now in the final stages of succumbing to its > effects. For some time Lesley has been unable to read, write or use her > computer and she ultimately decided to shut down her site and give up the > lists. Colin is working to ensure that all the Claim a Convict data finds a > permanent home and will ensure that the listers are informed of this > location when it is finalised. > > Lesley sends her thanks and gratitude to all those with whom she has worked > over the past 15 years or so and leaves the world of convict ancestry with > a > heavy heart but a real sense of achievement. She sends her love to all. > > Regards, > Coralie > cdhird@optusnet.com.au > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Jennifer Blue Mountains