Thanks for all the information. Would these Colbys have family or ancestor name of Charbonneau. I assume the answer is yes, as you mentioned Canada. That's where my family originated, changing from Charonneau to Colby. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maurice S Clarke" <maurice.s.clarke@toucansurf.com> To: <COLBY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:55 AM Subject: [COLBY] New Colby family history site launches > > Hi > > You may be interested in the new web site I have set up with my wife Mary > (a > Colby) http://www.colby-connections.com > > Although the site is worldwide I am especially interested in building > knowledge of Ireland and England. Certainly many Colbys will have gone to > other countries too. > > At present the site is moving into beta stage having now been set up and > tested. Although a subscription is mentioned this is not active for the > time > being so you are free to use the site totally. > > The site carries no advertising at all, and the subscription (only needed > to > view full records) is designed to help defray hosting costs). > > Adding facts is a key part of the sites aims, especially pre 1900 which > will > help forge historic links. I would be pleased if could add some facts in > your knowledge to support the site in its early stages. > > Besides the database itself which can be added to via: > > http://www.colby-connections.com/factshare.htm > > There is a discussion board to engage in questions and answers, debate or > anything Colby connected, please ask for any new boards. At present this > focuses on England, Ireland, USA, Europe, Canada, New Zealand and > Australia. > > http://www.colby-connections.com/discuss/index.php > > I would appreciate feedback and comments so we can "fix" any issues or add > new features which you may feel we lack. > > Thanks for your time. > > Maurice S Clarke > Colby Connections Com > 3 St George's Avenue > RUGBY > Warwickshire > CV22 5PN > England UK > mailto:support@colby-connections.com > http://www.colby-connections.com > > Colby Family Connections - Connecting Colby family members across the > world > with facts, dates and people > > > > > > > > > > ============================= > Colby list archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLBY/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COLBY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message