Welcome to all our new listmembers! I hope you will find the spirit of this page as gratifying as we "oldsters" have! There are currently about 30 of us joining resources to reconnect our DEWHURST lines. Small but special group are we! Just think, this is the time of the year where all over the world, brand new computers have come out of boxes to be put into the hands of new potential DEWHURST researchers! We have had 4 new subscribers in this last week to our little list alone! This is the time for us to all be extra generous with our patience and our online help as all these newbies will need it! Remember when you first tried and felt "oh-so-dumb" in front of the screen! THIS IS ALSO THE TIME TO REPOST YOUR LINES SO WE CAN ALL REFRESH OUR MEMORIES AS TO WHOM WE HAVE LOOKING FOR WHOM HERE! To post: email <DEWHURST-L@rootsweb.com> (do NOT put the word "request" into the address as you did to subscribe because the post won't post that way!) GENERAL REMINDERS: * We all gather here voluntarily for the free exchange of genealogical information * Please do share, please be nice, please stay on topic, please feel free to email each other off the list if your communication needs to go beyond the scope of the list (note ;] let us know if any of you start dating sucessfully, we are quite curious and we love weddings - you provide the food and we will come!) * NOT ALLOWED is any flaming or intimidation (put downs, controversy-creating statements, etc.). If ever you are the recipient (on or off the list as a result of the list) of correspondence which makes you feel personally uncomfortable, EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY <jblack@marin.k12.ca.us> and I will handle it! * NOT ALLOWED is spamming (use of the list to advertise anything for sale or use of any information found offered on this list for personal gain) I try to keep things pretty casual and this has been a very friendly, trouble free list. I intend to keep it this way! I'm planning a DEWHURST research trip to the UK for the Spring, I turn 50 in April and IT IS TIME! I have places to stay, photos to copy, cousins to meet, records to confirm! Let me know if any oif the rest of you are headed over the pond! ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY Hapyy New Year and Happy Hunting! Jana Black Listowner, DEWHURST-L