The problem I found is that the majority of email addresses found on family history web sites are no longer in use. People change their ISP quite regularly to get a better deal so their old email address stops being used. One solution is to also have a none ISP related email address which can be used on web sites and will work whatever ISP you use. Another solution which a friend used was to subscribe to a company which created a dummy email address. Any emails sent to that address was automatically forwarded to your current real email address. Another similar problem I have is that there is someone with a tree on Ancestry with interests identical to me. The problem is that it is probably me! I think I uploaded a tree about 10 years ago and cannot now remember the user name, email address or password. The last time I subscribed to Ancestry I contacted Admin but they were not at all helpful. Chris Jefferies Cheltenham Glos -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bernpeg@aol.com Sent: 01 March 2010 7:55 PM To: bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com; E.Newbery@btinternet.com Subject: Re: [B&D] Bad news from the GRO Hi Liz and Listers I always leave my email address on postems in the hope that someone will contact me eventually with a family connection but none so far but I live in hope. I don't advertise that I possess the marriage, birth or death certificate but I do leave a little taster sometimes such as son of William and Mary Smith or whoever. I sometimes quote the county where they were born and facts like moved to Bristol for work in 1870, or coal miner or teacher. I possibly don't own as many certificates as lots of our researchers as living in Bristol and having a very large number of Bristol ancestors, I've been able to find the relevant marriage, baptism or death entry in the appropriate parish register. This has taken countless hours searching through parish registers at Bristol, Gloucester and Somerset Record Offices over the years. However, I have not had to pay for too many certificates and sympathise with those listers who are going to have to pay more for their certificates in future. This will affect me to a small degree as I have still to find deaths for some of my ancestors so I too will have to pay the new fee. Bernice ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2716 - Release Date: 03/01/10 07:34:00

Hi Chris I used to have one of those email addresses which forwarded my messages on to me but they ceased working too. I don't put my work on Ancestry but I put it on Rootsweb WorldConnect - they automatically put it on Ancestry. If you put anything on any of the Rootsweb lists you can track what your email is and it can be changed automatically when you change your email account. You obviously do need to keep these things up to date. It's not difficult. Also, if someone has an out of date email address and they are using Rootsweb there is usually someone on a list who can help you to track them down. I think Charani would recommend you use a Gmail account. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Jefferies" <chris.jefferies@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Old Email addresses (Bad news from the GRO) > The problem I found is that the majority of email addresses found on > family > history web sites are no longer in use. People change their ISP quite > regularly to get a better deal so their old email address stops being > used. > One solution is to also have a none ISP related email address which can be > used on web sites and will work whatever ISP you use. Another solution > which > a friend used was to subscribe to a company which created a dummy email > address. Any emails sent to that address was automatically forwarded to > your > current real email address. > > Another similar problem I have is that there is someone with a tree on > Ancestry with interests identical to me. The problem is that it is > probably > me! I think I uploaded a tree about 10 years ago and cannot now remember > the > user name, email address or password. The last time I subscribed to > Ancestry > I contacted Admin but they were not at all helpful. > > Chris Jefferies > Cheltenham > Glos > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > Bernpeg@aol.com > Sent: 01 March 2010 7:55 PM > To: bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com; E.Newbery@btinternet.com > Subject: Re: [B&D] Bad news from the GRO > > Hi Liz and Listers > I always leave my email address on postems in the hope that someone will > contact me eventually with a family connection but none so far but I live > in > > hope. I don't advertise that I possess the marriage, birth or death > certificate but I do leave a little taster sometimes such as son of > William > and > Mary Smith or whoever. I sometimes quote the county where they were born > and > facts like moved to Bristol for work in 1870, or coal miner or teacher. I > possibly don't own as many certificates as lots of our researchers as > living > in Bristol and having a very large number of Bristol ancestors, I've been > able to find the relevant marriage, baptism or death entry in the > appropriate parish register. This has taken countless hours searching > through parish > registers at Bristol, Gloucester and Somerset Record Offices over the > years. However, I have not had to pay for too many certificates and > sympathise > with those listers who are going to have to pay more for their > certificates > > in future. This will affect me to a small degree as I have still to find > deaths for some of my ancestors so I too will have to pay the new fee. > Bernice > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2716 - Release Date: 03/01/10 > 07:34:00 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >