None really Charani, but still chipping away at the same large lump of granite (that is the Coombs line) with the same small flint chisel. I will however keep chipping away and hope that one day, maybe this year, I will find my Seth. I too wish all fellow chiselers good fortune in 2011 for their quests Meryl -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charani Sent: 07 January 2011 00:09 To: B+D List Subject: [B&D] New Year and brickwalls Slightly belatedly, all the very best for a happy, healthy and brickwall busting new year to everyone. Lee Partridge posted a couple of years ago (probably longer) that the answers are out there and she was quite right. It's just of how far out there! Last year a 40-year old brickwall was finally broken down on one of my lines by a retired cousin who took the time to systematically go through every parish register for two counties until he found the entry we'd been searching for for so long. Only trouble is I think he's going to have to start all over again to find the next generation back!! :)) Last year also brought three new cousins on my side of the family and one on my husband's side. What successes did others have over the last year? -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Meryl Good to see you around. Had a thought, I always thought that, even in those days, men in the Royal Navy were expected to automatically write a Will when they joined especially if they were going to war! Anyone have any idea about this? Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meryl Phillips" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] New Year and brickwalls > None really Charani, but still chipping away at the same large lump of > granite (that is the Coombs line) with the same small flint chisel. > > I will however keep chipping away and hope that one day, maybe this year, > I > will find my Seth. > > I too wish all fellow chiselers good fortune in 2011 for their quests > > Meryl > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charani > Sent: 07 January 2011 00:09 > To: B+D List > Subject: [B&D] New Year and brickwalls > > Slightly belatedly, all the very best for a happy, healthy and > brickwall busting new year to everyone. > > Lee Partridge posted a couple of years ago (probably longer) that the > answers are out there and she was quite right. It's just of how far > out there! > > Last year a 40-year old brickwall was finally broken down on one of my > lines by a retired cousin who took the time to systematically go > through every parish register for two counties until he found the > entry we'd been searching for for so long. Only trouble is I think > he's going to have to start all over again to find the next generation > back!! :)) > > Last year also brought three new cousins on my side of the family and > one on my husband's side. > > What successes did others have over the last year? > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >