In reply to: Re: DO NOT RESTRICT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH - I also was frustrated by the petition not taking a US postal code so I just googled Strabane, Ireland and then looked for a pizza sop and used the postal code for the first one that came up. Hey, everything else was me! My vote should still count! On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM, <[email protected]>wrote: > > > You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the > CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive these > messages, or if you wish to search or browse the archives, or if you wish > to unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links > and instructions. See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web > site. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: DO NOT RESTRICT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (Barry Drelincourt) > 2. DO NOT RESTRICT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH (Margaret Barnes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 12:17:08 +0200 (CEST) > From: Barry Drelincourt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] DO NOT RESTRICT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Apologies to all those non UK researchers who have found that it is not > possible to sign the on-line petition unless you have a UK postcode. > > I contacted the website responsible for the on-line petition and below is > a copy of their reply. > > > > > Hi Barry, > > Thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately, at the moment we can only take > names from people based in the UK. This is because the software that we use > for our online actions relies in part on the UK postcode database to ensure > that each electronic signature comes from an individual. > > However, you obviously know various people across Europe who feel strongly > about this issue. Perhaps they could assist you by spreading the word about > the campaign online, by posting about it on their Facebook, Twitter or any > other social media they might use? > > They could also talk to or email any UK-based friends or family to tell > them about the campaign and encourage them to get involved with 38 Degrees > by going to www.38degrees.org.uk > . > > Thanks for being involved, > > Ross and the 38 Degrees team > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 09:00:29 +1000 > From: Margaret Barnes <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] DO NOT RESTRICT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH > To: Barry Drelincourt <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I got over this problem by using the postcode of the Australian High > Commissioner in London (which is WC2B 4LA). > My submission to the petition worked. > Margaret in Oz. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 8, Issue 176 > *********************************************** >