Hello Listers Not sure what is happening I used to get loads of messages thru from both sites and now if I get a couple a week thats all. Surely there are others out there asking questions all the time. Do I have a problem with my computer. If anyone is out there can you give me any help but if I am not receiving messages I won't know. I will keep my fingers crossed. Paul _________________________________________________________________ Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/

Hi Paul, This is not specific to either of the two sites or even to genealogical mailing lists in general - it seems far wider than that. I've been active in genealogy for over 20 years now and I've watched the interest (and internet traffic) rise until about 5 or 6 years ago. Since then it seems to have steadily waned. I think that more and more historical records have now been put online and by subscribing to a couple of sites, you can obtain most of the information you want - very few questions need to be asked. Secondly the advent of broadband has made the downloading of films and music simplicity itself and people have tended to get lazy and become couch potatoes. That has affected areas other than genealogy as I've noticed even out here where I live in Crete. Getting people off their comfy sofas to partake in anything other than being glued to a video screen is getting more and more difficult! It will be interesting to see other listers' reaction to your question. Regards, Maurice at The LONGMORE Pages http://www.msheppard.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bennett" <[email protected]> To: "Black Country Messages" <[email protected]>; "Sedgley Roots web" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:59 PM Subject: [Black Country] emails > > > > Hello Listers > > > > Not sure what is happening I used to get loads of messages thru from both > sites and now if I get a couple a week thats all. Surely there are others > out there asking questions all the time. Do I have a problem with my > computer. If anyone is out there can you give me any help but if I am not > receiving messages I won't know. > > > > > > I will keep my fingers crossed. > > > > Paul > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > 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 message >