At 17:46 09/04/2005, Marilyn Moffat wrote: >Give me a break guys - Roots web only acted on my volunteering this >afternoon, and I discovered I was "it" 5 minutes ago! > >When I saw they were looking for Geoff (twice) I let them know I could do it >at need, rather than let the list become an orphan. So now you know. Hi Marilyn, Welcome and I own protective clothing so the cricket bat will not be a problem <vbg> I posted a message on Tormarton last year and it has been exceedingly quiet since then - so no problems there, either. My interest that applies to all the GLS Lists is the surnames WARN(E) and WITCHELL throughout GLS and including Bristol. I guess The Pond Dipper (Geoffo) just went? An INTRO to yourself *WOULD* be welcome. My own GLS interests are on my Web Site :- <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/philwarn/> Cheers Phil. Tetbury List dad

Ok Everyone, for those of you who don't know who I am here is a potted guide to me, Marilyn, the new List Admin, and my interests. I was born in Cheltenham and my parents were small farmers. When I was 8 they took a farm in Cromhall where they discovered they were only 5 miles from Hawkesbury, the birth place of my granddad Edward George HULBERT. We spent many Sunday afternoon in churchyards looking for evidence and I do remember in the late '60s my dad finding <<readable>> gravestones in Hawkesbury Church and the family history bug was started. (OK - now they are past reading and we didn't transcribe them at the time!) Grandad, to boot, was born in 1865 (1865!!!!!!) and was 65 (65!!!!) when my Dad was born. We were only trying to piece together the "missing generation"! Anyway Edward George's mother was inevitably a Thompson (what else!) and so those are my local connections. They eventually ended up in Cheltenham. Confession time - Robert and I discovered since talking on line that we went to school together at KLB Wotton- but of course it is OBVIOUS I'm much younger (at least a couple of years :-))))) ) Apart from Hawkesbury the rest of my Dad's family (Cook, Wilcox) come from Cheltenham - although one line went there from Somerset via Tetbury - I think following construction projects on the railways. My mother's family (Roberts and Jones)are also from there, with a big diversion to Birmingham and back, with an Irish line (Murray) built in!! Barring crises, I read my mail every day and (don't tell everyone) I'm a software Manager, having started in computer management as a mail administrator! OK - That's me! Have a good evening, Marilyn