This came through this morning from the O'Connor list Trish in Sydney Subject: [OCONNOR] Our new administrator >I would like to introduce you to : > > Pat Connors, Your new admistrator to the O'Connor list. She is an > experienced List admin, so there isn't anything involved which is > likely to be a surprise or challenge to her. She has been on the list > for a very long time and has an active website for O'Connor research. > > I started this list in 1996 and find it hard to believe how long its > been, I am not giving up so easily, it was a very hard decision to > make, and I will miss it. I will still be on the list, just a bit less > active. During all those years I've solved many mysteries with my > Goodwin Line James and Ellen Roche O'Connor of Brigown, , Mitcheltown, > County Cork , (Canada and the USA and now even Japan) and I'm very > happy with the results. Especially since my father and I searched for > over 30 years before his death in 1996 with very few results. It was > only 3 months after his death that I tried a long shot of a town name, > Caro instead of Cairo and there on the very first page was the marriage > of my great grandfather and the rest is my family history. I truly > believe that my Da was guiding me, after meeting up with his ancestors > .(Thanks Da, and I sure miss speaking Irish with you, although we both > should have found a way to read and write it ! One of my grandaughters > speaks it fluently with me and is just waiting until after college to > learn the reading and writing. I hope I live long enough to introduce > her to Ireland, as I did her mother after college.) The same > Grandaughter will be taking over for me, when the time comes, thanks > Anne Catherine !! > > Pat will probably address all of you and give you her family line, and > please, take the time to welcome her, I know she will do an awesome > job. I've always considered her one of the more knowledgeable members > of the list.. > > Thank you for the e-mails regarding well wishes for the future and my > health and good hunting. > > Pat, Thanks > > Ley K O'Connor, List-mom 1996-2010 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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