Hi all I thought I'd like to share with you these thoughts. I am 71 years of age. Still young no doubt compared to some others on these lists. I first commenced genealogy research with a vengeance at the age of 59, which means I have been at it for about 13 years. My thoughts back in 1993 or 1994 were that this was something that might go for a couple of years and then probably fade out, mainly due to lack of records and research facilities. As the years rolled on I began to consider that my initial supposition was wrong. I had commenced a family history rag called Genetree for my relatives and also thought that it would not last beyond a couple of years. Wrong again! It continues. Researching in our State Library of Victoria and in other genealogy libraries was by way of book, microfiche and eventually microfilm. Nothing much could replace that, could it? Wrong again. CDs began to be offered and then the world wide internet came to us and with it some records previously unobtainable offered themselves to us. Things were expanding. My mind was expanding. Okay, so I was ahead of most with a computer at home (never had one previously) and a genealogy database, but then, suddenly being on the internet was exciting, for at last I could connect with Wales and Shropshire on a daily basis. I believe my first joinings were with the Clwyd and the Shropshire lists around 1996, thought Clwyd really did not get up and run properly until 1998 and Shropshire until 2000. What fascinating times these were! My point is for all on the list, that as you go on with your search for individual family members, away in the background other things are happening. People are continuously transcribing more records, more CDs are being planned, more online projects are being organized, and the world goes on. Patience is the keyword. Computer technology is always updating, moving on. A year ago I would not have considered doing PDF copies for others on this list (off-list, of course) but it seems that this is the coming thing and helps to spread information far and wide. As far as communication of research is concerned the world is growing smaller day by day. I understand that the LDS folk have plans to make available parish registers digitized and online in the near future. The world moves on, and anyone who is still stuck in researching genealogy as it was ten years ago ought to get their act together and update! No space for dinosaurs here. I now expect that I should be still be saying this when I am 100 if such be my luck, and again am quite willing to accept that I was also wrong regarding the future. Happy hunting Graham Melbourne Oz

Thanks for your reminiscing. It seems familiar as I have also passed along that trail, since I'm 80. The next thing for you is to start a DNA Project, or get involved on the Price name or check out the surname on: http://relativegenetics.com/relativegenetics/index.jsp to see others that have been tested, already. All you do is click on the address, input the name and send a message to the Coordinator for info. Ross GH Cotton, Burlington ON CAN 905)639-2929 Genealogy of the COTTON surname is my Enigma. I haven't sent an attachment if the details are not mentioned above. Check out my Genealogy Web Page at www.skylinc.net/~rgcotton GOONS member responsible for tracking the family name COTTON, #1437 Coordinator for Cotton DNA testing Project, Worldwide, See http://home.comcast.net/~cottondna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Price To: clwyd@rootsweb.com ; eng-shropshire-plus@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 4:13 AM Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Changing patterns re. research Hi all I thought I'd like to share with you these thoughts. I am 71 years of age. Still young no doubt compared to some others on these lists. I first commenced genealogy research with a vengeance at the age of 59, which means I have been at it for about 13 years. My thoughts back in 1993 or 1994 were that this was something that might go for a couple of years and then probably fade out, mainly due to lack of records and research facilities. As the years rolled on I began to consider that my initial supposition was wrong. I had commenced a family history rag called Genetree for my relatives and also thought that it would not last beyond a couple of years. Wrong again! It continues. Researching in our State Library of Victoria and in other genealogy libraries was by way of book, microfiche and eventually microfilm. Nothing much could replace that, could it? Wrong again. CDs began to be offered and then the world wide internet came to us and with it some records previously unobtainable offered themselves to us. Things were expanding. My mind was expanding. Okay, so I was ahead of most with a computer at home (never had one previously) and a genealogy database, but then, suddenly being on the internet was exciting, for at last I could connect with Wales and Shropshire on a daily basis. I believe my first joinings were with the Clwyd and the Shropshire lists around 1996, thought Clwyd really did not get up and run properly until 1998 and Shropshire until 2000. What fascinating times these were! My point is for all on the list, that as you go on with your search for individual family members, away in the background other things are happening. People are continuously transcribing more records, more CDs are being planned, more online projects are being organized, and the world goes on. Patience is the keyword. Computer technology is always updating, moving on. A year ago I would not have considered doing PDF copies for others on this list (off-list, of course) but it seems that this is the coming thing and helps to spread information far and wide. As far as communication of research is concerned the world is growing smaller day by day. I understand that the LDS folk have plans to make available parish registers digitized and online in the near future. The world moves on, and anyone who is still stuck in researching genealogy as it was ten years ago ought to get their act together and update! No space for dinosaurs here. I now expect that I should be still be saying this when I am 100 if such be my luck, and again am quite willing to accept that I was also wrong regarding the future. Happy hunting Graham Melbourne Oz ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am searching for members of the CADMAN and PICKING families Thomas CADMAN( b ~ 1795, maybe in Wombridge or Shifnal) married prudence PICKING (b 1799 Oakengates/Wombridge) in Shifnal in 1818. They had 7 children Joseph b 1819 Thomas b 1820 Prudence b 1823 Hannah b 1829 Sarah b 1832 Grace b1835 and Mary b 1837 By 1841 Thomas has died and Prudence is living in Wombridge with her children. Prudence CADMAN (dtr) married in 1840 - Richard JOHNSON - but she seems to have dissappeared after that I can't find her in 1851. Prudence CADMAN (mother) remarried in 1841 - Enoch WILLDIN She is living with her son in 1851 but then disappears Sarah CADMAN was my ggrandmother. She migrated to Australia via NZ Barbara Perth Australia