Hi folks. I agree with you, Nigel. Just a couple of thoughts on the non-replies. Let's not forget that it's free to input data into GR, and that our hobby has had many new adherents recently since the UK TV grabbed the subject. Some newbies may have input data and become discouraged not to have found their trees back to 1538. After all, you can do it in an hour by TV, right? But I suspect the main reason is that with the advent of broadband and greater competition in the telecom sector, people change their e-mail addresses more frequently than they move house. Regards Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Chalk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > Best thing I have done, have found 12 new leads since Xmas. Keep to the > basic lines you are researching, if you put in your full tree you will get > loads of replies you aren't ready for. Add the others as you work through > the branches. > > Nigel > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Paul Howes wrote: > But I suspect the main reason is that with the advent of broadband and > greater competition in the telecom sector, people change their e-mail > addresses more frequently than they move house. That is a very valid and important point. I no longer use an ISP's email address. Instead I use a Gmail one for any sites like GR (although not GR) because it will stay with me no matter what ISP I'm with and it has excellent spam filters which means the account doesn't get rendered unusable as my ISP address did. -- Charani (UK)