Hi there Lou, and all listers, I have to say that I am amazed at the demise of the Lincsgen messages, I might see one perhaps every other month,( if I am lucky). So what has happened over this last year, I have tried to ask the same question quite a few times, but with no real reply. It is just as well that other people from the list still talk, even from Australia, so is the reason because everyone has solved all of their family history problems, or is everyone on holiday, or has there been some sort of epidermic happened, and killed all listers off. I know that I have been a great supporter of the free family history sites, that have now it seems been swamped by the big sites, but even that cannot explain this sudden fall in messages from list members. Where are you all listers ?. Bazza On 16 March 2016 at 02:32, linda via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Lou > Good news, I had just had a new email program installed on my laptop and > thought I might have to re subscribe when nothing from Rootsweb showed up > until today. > Yay, > Linda > B.C. > Canada > > - > ----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lr_mills via > Sent: March 15, 2016 6:06 PM > To: Judy <judejc@bigpond.com>; eng-lincsgen <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [LIN] Lincs List, decline of inquiries > > > > From: "Judy" <judejc@bigpond.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:26:57 PM > > Subject: RE: [LIN] Lincs List, decline of inquiries > > > Lou > > > Have not heard anything from this list or any of the other lists for a > while . Have they closed down the mailing lists? > > > Judy Ahhh, Rootsweb suffered that horror of horrors that sometimes > strikes > a website. An electo-mechanical device known as a disk drive failed in a > wondrous and spectacular way, amazing all the Ancestry technicians with its > demise. An inquest was held at a local Inn and it was determined that a > replacement device could be provided by the Internet Fairies, but it would > take a few days by canal for the delivery and set up. While the Ancestry > community waited, it was determined that no foul play was involved and no > fine would be levied, but that e-mail would be held up for about six days. > Since the disk drive left no will or testament, it was decided to continue > service on the new drive as soon as installation was completed. No e-mails > were harmed in this event, but many were delayed. Some e-mails decided to > return themselves to the senders and those requests were honored. > > In celebration of the resurrection of Ancestry's e-mail services it has > been > suggested that each of you post a query regarding a brick wall that you > have > faced. And if you see any of the Ancestry technicians still remaining at > the > Inn, advise them to return to their duties as soon as possible. > > Lou (list admin.) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Barry, The very recent drop off in messages has been due to computer problems at RootsWeb, which I hope are now resolved. However I have noticed a longer term change which I think is due to the increased amount of information available via the subscription web-sites - Ancestry, FindMyPast etc. There is less need to appeal to list members for information in their personal files or only available at local record offices. HOWEVER, what is not available for these sources is personal information, or assembled information, about our family ancestors. I therefore suggest that every lurker on this site prepares a potted personal biography of a Lincolnshire ancestor and posts it to this list - one this month, one next month, and so on until you run out. You may know the story but your fifth cousin twice removed might not. They may reply and, who knows, you may gain ancestors faster than you tell their stories. I hereby promise to post a biography of Charles Isaac Vickers within the next ten days. Alan Swindale > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barry Wilson via > Sent: 17 March 2016 17:04 > To: linda; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Lincs List, decline of inquiries > > Hi there Lou, and all listers, I have to say that I am amazed at the > demise of the Lincsgen messages, I might see one perhaps every other > month,( if I am lucky). So what has happened over this last year, I > have tried to ask the same question quite a few times, but with no real > reply. > It is just as well that other people from the list still talk, even > from Australia, so is the reason because everyone has solved all of > their family history problems, or is everyone on holiday, or has there > been some sort of epidermic happened, and killed all listers off. > I know that I have been a great supporter of the free family history > sites, that have now it seems been swamped by the big sites, but even > that cannot explain this sudden fall in messages from list members. > Where are you all listers ?. Bazza > > On 16 March 2016 at 02:32, linda via <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Lou > > Good news, I had just had a new email program installed on my laptop > > and thought I might have to re subscribe when nothing from Rootsweb > > showed up until today. > > Yay, > > Linda > > B.C. > > Canada > > > > - > > ----Original Message----- > > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of lr_mills via > > Sent: March 15, 2016 6:06 PM > > To: Judy <judejc@bigpond.com>; eng-lincsgen > > <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [LIN] Lincs List, decline of inquiries > > > > > > > From: "Judy" <judejc@bigpond.com> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:26:57 PM > > > Subject: RE: [LIN] Lincs List, decline of inquiries > > > > > Lou > > > > > Have not heard anything from this list or any of the other lists > for > > > a > > while . Have they closed down the mailing lists? > > > > > Judy Ahhh, Rootsweb suffered that horror of horrors that sometimes > > strikes > > a website. An electo-mechanical device known as a disk drive failed > in > > a wondrous and spectacular way, amazing all the Ancestry technicians > > with its demise. An inquest was held at a local Inn and it was > > determined that a replacement device could be provided by the > Internet > > Fairies, but it would take a few days by canal for the delivery and > > set up. While the Ancestry community waited, it was determined that > no > > foul play was involved and no fine would be levied, but that e-mail > would be held up for about six days. > > Since the disk drive left no will or testament, it was decided to > > continue service on the new drive as soon as installation was > > completed. No e-mails were harmed in this event, but many were > > delayed. Some e-mails decided to return themselves to the senders and > those requests were honored. > > > > In celebration of the resurrection of Ancestry's e-mail services it > > has been suggested that each of you post a query regarding a brick > > wall that you have faced. And if you see any of the Ancestry > > technicians still remaining at the Inn, advise them to return to > their > > duties as soon as possible. > > > > Lou (list admin.) > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message