Nancy, A small tip - if the message has been gatewayed from the rootsweb board you need to reply on the board otherwise the chances are the person will not see your message. Nuala (a pensioner who has worked on computers since before the pc was invented) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Keith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] SAILOR FROM HULL > > Don't give up, Alan! My father met his first computer when he was nearly > 90 > and spent his last years very happily researching and learning new > things - > and sharing them with others. > > Don't be afraid to ask for help. We all started somewhere! > > Nancy > the resident techno-tard > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] SAILOR FROM HULL > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: alanfisher20 >> Surnames: HURLSTONE,SHAW, RAITHBY >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.yks.general/15374.1.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> THANKS BRIAN, >> I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW YOUR ADVISE (OR RATHER I WILL GET ONE OF MY GRAND >> CHILDREN TO TRY) >> DO WE TYPE IN AND SEARCH THE EAST RIDING BOARD,I MAY SOUND LIKE A THICK >> BRUMMIE TO YOU,BUT THESE COMPUTERS BEAT ME,I HAVE TRIED SHOUTING AT THE >> COMPUTER,EVEN SWEARING ALL TO NO AVAIL,SO IT WILL BE I AM AFRAID CAP IN >> HAND TO ONE OF THEM AGAIN. >> I HAVE ONLY TO SAY YOU KNOW WHEN YOU TRY TO DO SOMETHING ON THE >> COMPUTER,I >> CAN CLEAR A ROOM IN TWO SECONDS FLAT. >> THANKS AGAIN >> ALAN >> > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >