From: "Richard M Brown" <brownrichardm@yahoo.co.uk> >I rather liked the December / Christmas wish theme which is running on the >Lincolnshire Roots board. >...........my real wish relate to Reigate in >Surrey. Those who have been subscribed on this Surrey List for a while will remember that we used to have a monthly theme (similar to Lincsgen) - all still in the List Archives. The themes were always based on those requested by Listers themselves. So if there is enthusiasm to resume these, please let me know *off list* along with your suggestions for future themes. Richard's suggestion for December seems good, so by all means let's have that as our December challenge - find the elusive Surrey ancestor as a 'gift' to help fellow Listers. For the rest of this month the 'wish' theme could bring some very interesting postings. Lurking hoping that someone else will post something about one's ancestors is probably the least likely way to find connections or help. Proactively posting something of interest can often pay dividends. We've just seen evidence of this where someone posted about Egham and immediately there has been a shower of messages in response. We all tend to be very busy at this time of year but there's always a little time to be squeezed for research! Ann Surrey Admin