I joined a short time after the list started. I joined because Bob found a Deschu on his family tree. He did some searching and found my daughter. When he contacted her, she told him he had hit the Mother-Lode in Deschu research. But she referred him to me. I’ve been at it since 1977 after watching Roots in tv. Bob was an angel who taught me so much. The list he started has been inspirational for so many people. Thanks Bob and 89 (!) Happy Birthday. Love Cathy Deschu Hugs > On Jan 11, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Glenn Schwartz <gschwartz@accesscomm.ca> wrote: > > Happy Birthday Bob! Hope you are well. > > I joined the list in those early days, although I could not put a year on it - maybe 1997? > > Glenn Schwartz > > President, Zichydorf Village Association (http://zichydorfonline.org) > Searching: Schwartz, Kleckner, Schönherr in Zichydorf, Banat; Schüssler, Millecker, Lenhardt in Kudritz, Banat; Schwartz, Kory, Pierson/Person in Morawitza, Banat; Kalupsky/Chalupsky in Blumenthal, Banat; Bardua, Kandel, Heuchert in Kolomea, Galicia; Kuntz, Holzer, Kraft, Wolfe, Folk (Volk) in Kutschurgan, Russia; Macht in Volga, Russia. > Email: gschwartz@accesscomm.ca > >> On 1/10/2018 11:36 PM, Steve Herold wrote: >> Happy Birthday 89th Bob!! >> >> Bob founded the Banat mailing list on January 19, 1995. For the first >> couple of years of operation the list was hosted by a local ISP and Bob >> funded the operation. The list quickly became quite popular and looking >> back at some of the early messages it is amazing how much we have learned >> about the Banat since 1995. Thank you Bob! >> >> I found Bob on the internet just before he started the list and learned that >> Bob's mother was my mother's favorite aunt. >> >> I'm curious how many on the list now have been subscribers since before >> 2000? Dave Dryer, I suspect you were on the list before 2000. >> >> Steve Herold >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-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 BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message