Hello Joanne, Thank you for your reply to my request. We don't have such postcodes here in New Zealand Street number and name and town suffices, although I am aware that some places do require them to be used. I shall have a look at the site you suggest and see what I can find, otherwise I'll take the chance and write to the address I have been given and hope. Recently, I have written two letters on "spec" and received very friendly and helpful replies. I am getting closer to finding living people with whom I share the same ancestry. Regards Ailsa Petrie Joanne Partridge wrote: > > Hi Ailsa > > Further to Peter's advise can I suggest you visit: > > http://www.royalmail.com > > They have a free postcode search facility. You do need to register with them > but that is also free. > > Good luck with your potential new relation. > > Regards > > Joanne > > -------Original Message------- > > From: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 29 September 2003 08:48:47 > To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [N'Yorks] Non Gen - Info on Zip Codes > > Ailsa, > > Whilst our Royal Mail service does ask that we provide a Postcode (or > Zipcode as you call it) on our letters and parcels, they are a pretty good > outfit at delivering items that don't have one supplied. I'm not aware of > any publicly available source that would allow you to look up the Postcode > for the address you are interested in. I suggest you send it off without the > Postcode and rely on the Royal Mail to deliver it. > > regards, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ailsa Petrie [mailto:ampetrie@ihug.co.nz] > Sent: 29 September 2003 08:57 > To: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [N'Yorks] Non Gen - Info on Zip Codes > > > Hello List > > I have been given an address of a possible relation-by-marriage in North > Yorkshire and it doesn't have a Zip code. Is it compulsory to add the > Zip code to an English address? If I omit it, will my letter still be > delivered or will it be returned to me? Is there any way in which I > could find what the Zip code is? I would like to make sure before I > write. > > Suggestions welcome. > > Regards > Ailsa Petrie > -- > > Hamilton > New Zealand > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > ~~ The List's GOLDEN RULE ~~ > Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestors! Keep it clean & cool. > Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post > your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > . > > ==== ENG-NORTH-YORKS Mailing List ==== > *** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip? *** > Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message > area to: ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? "L" into "D". > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Hamilton New Zealand

Hi Ailsa, actually NZ does have postal codes, you will see them on your bank statement & power bill. However they are only required to be used in bulk mailing, which is why corporates use them, NZ Post appearently has very advanced optical character readers that negate need for postal codes for mail sorting. Hint, in those sites (particularly North American ones), that require you to put in a zip code, you can either put in the real one or make one up, it does not matter. John Dods, Wellington, NZ Petrie <ampetrie@ihug.co.nz> wrote: We don't > have such postcodes > here in New Zealand Street number and name and town > suffices, ===== Proud to be a transcriber for the freeCEN Project and volunteer for Random Acts of Geneological Kindness __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com