On Sun, 1 May 2016 21:05:19 +0000 Brian Randell via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi: > > April 2016 > > Major additions: I've been on the list for a few years, been through the site and watched these update notices but have not noticed any that I recognised as pertaining to Moretonhampstead, my area of interest. Am I missing notices or have there not been any, if the later is it from a lack of someone interested enough to dig them out or have all the sources already been mined before my joining. If it is a lack of bodies to do the mining I could devote some of my time to the task after I receive some hints to get me started digging. mick in glen innes

Hi Mick: The What’s New page (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonMisc/WhatsNew) lists all the major additions to GENUKI/Devon since 2004, when I first started providing a monthly listing. Though there is quite a lot of information on the Moretonhampstead page (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Moretonhampstead) already I’d be delighted if you were able to augment it - or any other parish pages for that matter. Our GENUKI Help Wanted pages (at http://www.genuki.org.uk/org/helpus) contain lots of suggestions as to the sorts of material we are seeking, and how to go about finding it. (GENUKI/Devon started in in 1995 - at that time relatively little information was available online. Now ever more online information is available, so online searches, e.g. of Google, or Hathitrust (http://www.hathitrust.org) are very likely to reveal further information that could usefully be added. For GENUKI/Devon, I’m particularly keen on receiving transcripts of interesting primary documents (e.g. held in the Devon record offices), especially ones containing lots of names, and also wills, diaries, early newspaper articles, etc. However, GENUKI does not accept summary information about people’s research (such as GEDCOM files), there being plenty of websites elsewhere that accepts such material, but articles about one’s ancestors and their lives and surroundings that contain information of general interest are certainly welcome. Needless to say, this invitation applies to all Devon genealogists! Cheers Brian Randell 2 May 2016, at 02:47, mick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 1 May 2016 21:05:19 +0000 > Brian Randell via <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> April 2016 >> >> Major additions: > > I've been on the list for a few years, been through the site and watched these update notices but have not noticed any that I recognised as pertaining to Moretonhampstead, my area of interest. > > Am I missing notices or have there not been any, if the later is it from a lack of someone interested enough to dig them out or have all the sources already been mined before my joining. > > If it is a lack of bodies to do the mining I could devote some of my time to the task after I receive some hints to get me started digging. > > mick in glen innes -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/people/brian.randell