Chris & George Jamieson wrote: > Forgive my ignorance - could someone please explain what you mean by a > bunfight?? I'm intrigued, even though I have no hope of attending! A bunfight is a get together of like-minded people to discuss, in our case, family history and genealogy, work together on subjects of interest and/or problems before, during and after a very enjoyable lunch. Buns are not thrown though! <BG> Alternative names are meet, gathering, get together. It's a great deal of fun and a lot of useful work gets done too. It's also good to meet some of the people who you've "talked" to on the list, put faces to names. Maybe you'll be able to join us too at some time. Year before last Lee joined us from Australia and Nancy from Canada. Last year Bob joined us from Germany. There may have been others as well in the past. I hope we'll see more list members from overseas as well. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk

The Canadians held a wonderful bunfight for me when I went over there 3 years ago. Twenty of us met for a fantastic day in a lovely restaurant in Merrickville. I'm coming to Australia straight after the Bunfight in Clevedon and will be going from the West Coast to the East Coast and various stops in-between. Staying with distant cousins - some have visited me in the past - and some friends who I've been emailing for the last 10 years and helping with their UK research. It is always great to put faces to names and share research. I've invested in a Computer Notebook as I went to the US last year as I was invited by the National Women's Hall of Fame for the induction of the daughter of one of my Somerset ancestors - I realised then that laptops were getting too heavy for me! Various Rootsweb lists hold Bunfights and they are very well worth attending as Charani said. We try to organise Bunfights early so that members can start planning holidays or research trips around the function. There is no charge made for the bunfight - you just pay for your lunch. We start around 11am and usually start splitting up around 4pm when groups have been known to go chasing their ancestors in cemeteries or looking for the streets where they lived Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset