Dear Peg, A possibility... Reading the information at the site I do think the recipient has the option to turn down email or place restrictions on email received. I have heard from ppl who have actually found used E-Search successfully. I haven't tried it myself since I need to do a little more research I think before I contact possibilities. possum >I used the following route also, only problem is....simple message to same >name possible relative was not sent through.....prohibited by server. No >reason given. Very interesting!! Am now trying to think of other wording to >send it through. ANy suggestions? > >Peg > >At 05:16 PM 2/16/98 -0600, you wrote: >> >>Dia daoibh! >> >>In VU we are working on a newspaper lesson and "the ploy". It is really >>very interesting, but as I was mailing my homework to the group, I thought >>that some of the rest of you might be interested in the following URL so I >>mailed my homework off to the Fian (in order to spare the entire list from >>reading my homework.) >> >>Briefly "the ploy" involves writing letters to newspapers in spots where >>your ancestors once lived in order to find relatives. The following is not >>a newspaper URL, but is I think a site which would be perfect for a >>variation on the ploy: >> >>http://www.esearch.ie/index.html >>E-Search >> >>E-Search is a spam protected Irish email directory. You can search for ppl >>with your surnames here. E-Search will find ppl with the surname of >>interest. It gives you their address so you can find out if they might be >>from near the place your ancestors emigrated from. That way those of us >>with common surnames won't annoy everybody in Ireland by writing to them >>asking about possible relatives. >> >>This is not strictly a genealogical site so you may find ppl who are not >>fellow researchers, but they might enjoy hearing from you anyway and might >>even have some useful information. >> >>Slan go foill! >>(Bye for Now!) >> >>Rig3 aka possum >> >> >> > > >