Best I can say Raymond is you have been as much of our family for ten years as anyone else we cherish so much. Thank you for all you do, and good luck from here out to the future. Please keep in touch. donkelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Owen Davey <[email protected]> To: the_researcher <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:29:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story Raymond. You are an original. People will remember what you just told us for years to come. True Irish! Happy 17th. Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting > small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which > i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said > she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients > hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be > put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my > younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived > near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being > blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an > incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, > after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a > computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the > computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he > had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a > computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and > i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a > website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built > the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it > started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in > genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting > in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00 ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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

Good Luck in your retirement. And a big thanx from all of us that you have helped over the years. May the rest of your days be the best of your days. Take care & have a great day. Dave in Canada

Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, Raymond

Thanks so much for all your hard work, Raymond.? When I'm retired I'll be able to take better advantage of it and find out more about my Neill and Geddes forebears who populated county Down. --Valerie (from momentarily sunny Oregon) -----Original Message----- From: the_researcher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 4:27 am Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the website started, Raymond ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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

I usually try to respond to emails off link unless they contain genealogical tidbits. But I cannot do this regarding your announcement Raymond because your news was much more than a genealogical tidbit. You wrote the first response to my genealogy quest and I was in shock and awe when I received your list of O'Hares and especially of my Ballyagholy O'Hares. Later, when I was going into hospital to begin a year of three planned joint replacements, I couldn't help thinking "what if" and decided I wanted to get my current research out there somewhere and approached you, Raymond, who accepted it as is and I know the way it was written up was more than a copy paste effort to put on your site. . Nothing I had written was meant to be for publishing and there were several different pieces of information from several sources and times and programs, and computers combined "loosely" by a novice researcher and computer user. Through the years I have never passed by a Raymond post because I know that you would always be bringing something of interest and at times useable by me. Thank you for all you have done and welcome Margaret. I am looking forward to your posting tonight, Raymond. I wish you and Kathleen much happiness and contentment and years of deserved fun together. I will miss you but am sure you have chosen well in picking Margaret to carry on your work. Judy McKeon **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002)

Hi Raymond All the best for your retirement from (what must have been!) full time family research. Hope you have a successful and enjoyable time 'working for yourself' as it were for a change. There can't be many researching families in Down who haven't had some help from you over the years, as I have had myself - Griffiths lists for East Down 'names', for example. Good luck. Brian Warwickshire the_researcher wrote: > > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the website started, > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09 05:59:00

Raymond. You are an original. People will remember what you just told us for years to come. True Irish! Happy 17th. Owen ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story > Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting > small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which > i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said > she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients > hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be > put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my > younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived > near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being > blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an > incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, > after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a > computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the > computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he > had never been in bed for years he slept in! > the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a > computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and > i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a > website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from > his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built > the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it > started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in > genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting > in a pscho hospital, > > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00

Raymond, that's an amazing story and I'm sure an amazing friendship. It just goes to show you that sometimes when we go through "trials and tribulations" in our lives, that usually there is a silver lining at the end. We actually have to GO THROUGH it...not just stand at the edge and look in. You went through it, and because of that you had the (what I believe) is the Divine encounter with your friend. Had you not been in that hospital at that time you wouldn't have met him. You wouldn't have started the friendship that led to the computer that led to your research! Your research has helped so many people connect with people from their past...and people from the present. I for one have met my living relatives because of you. I have also met people like Sheila Phillips (who is an angel herself) and have brought my extended family close together because they enjoy hearing about my research and the people that I've met while doing it. You've opened up the world to me. You have helped fill in gaps of who I am because of finding my family. Everything happens for a reason....and I thank God that you followed the path that you did and allowed God to use you as such an important tool to help so many people. Thank you Raymond! Love, Kathy **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)

After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the website started, Raymond

I have updated my website for Dromore, Banbridge and Newry, The Dromore update consists of Church landowners and tenants in Dromore and district 1868,plus some other information. Raymond http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com

With thanks to Sheila Phillips I have posted the following 1901 Census transcriptions to my website. The townlands of Aughamoira, Ballydesland & Ballymaconaghy, all Clonallan Civil Parish, Newry PLU. They can re reached quickly via the 'Latest Updates' link on my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meaneypj/index.htm Pete. [email protected]

Well done Raymond. I know that if we all lived close by you would be having a lot of company tonight. "Raymonds County Down Website" has become a legend. And, so have you. Cheers. Owen, in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:27 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. > April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website > known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will > be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, > but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the > website started, > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00

Firm believer, Raymond, in that there are no coincidences. Things happen the way they are meant to happen. Best wishes also to your friend, John. I hope he knows how much he has helped you help others. Joni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of the_researcher Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] start of the website raymonds story Before i knew anything about genealogy or computers,i started forgetting small things,so some members of my family advised me to see a doctor,which i did, he referred me to a psychiatrist, after a few tests the lady said she thought i had pre senile dementia, so i had to attend an out patients hospital twice a week.there they explained that loss of memory could be put down to a few things, i was involved in a serious car crash in my younger days, anyway attending the hospital was a young chap you lived near me, like myself he was on a war disablement pension,he having being blown up in a landrover while serving in Northern Ireland, me being in an incident while serving in Malaya, we formed a bond both being exservice, after about two years attending the hospital my pal John said he had got a computer and advised me to get one, no one showed him how to use the computer, he was completley self taught, his health condition was that he had never been in bed for years he slept in! the armchair, so he had plenty of time to learn the computer, i got a computer then and he taught me what to do, my memory started improving and i started to trace my ancestors, my pal said i think i will build you a website, remember this is a man now in his fifties who still suffers from his injuries,bodily and mentally, (Jean McCarthy knows him), So he built the website and between us there was blood and tears in getting it started, he never put anything on the website as he is not interested in genealogy, so thats how it all started, two self educated eejits meeting in a pscho hospital, Raymond ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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

And, I'll add another "THANK YOU", Raymond, from Calgary, AB, Canada. Take care! Joni -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Owen Davey Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:55 AM To: the_researcher; [email protected] Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing Well done Raymond. I know that if we all lived close by you would be having a lot of company tonight. "Raymonds County Down Website" has become a legend. And, so have you. Cheers. Owen, in Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:27 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. > April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website > known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret > will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular > basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe > how the website started, Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2004 - Release Date: 03/16/09 07:04:00 ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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

Raymond, you have been an inspiration to us all . Thank you for it all. Gord Lindsay On 16-Mar-09, at 8:27 AM, the_researcher wrote: > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from > the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over > the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update > from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be > updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on > tonight i will describe how the website started, > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your > questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 >

You have done so much valuable work! Many thanks from the U.S. C N Beattie the_researcher wrote: > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the website started, > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 >

What a wonderful story. One of the messages I take from it is the healing nature of the work that we all do on this site. I too am a "self educated eejit" and learned in my late-middle age how to set up my site from a young man who is the son of a dear friend. I have been at it, not as long as you, but pretty steadily since 2003 and it is the thing I most love to do (aside from time with friends and family). Thank you for all the work on your site. I use it often. Thanks also to to those who will continue to carry the torch of the flame that you began. Thousands will continue to be grateful. Always. Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl

Raymond, I will miss seeing your e-mails come through. Thank you for all that you have done for we who are looking for our county Down roots. Ellen Charlotte NC USA the_researcher wrote: > > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight i will describe how the website started, > Raymond > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09 05:59:00 ---------------------------------------- 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to ask your questions! ---------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- 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

All the very best Raymond, time to go fishing Eric Toronto From: "the_researcher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:27 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be on the th April, then the website will be updated on a regular basis, but as from today I will retire, later on tonight I will describe how the website started. Regards Raymond

Hi There All the best in your retirement I have enjoyed the site since the beginning. Good luck God Bless. Marj Snedden --- On Mon, 3/16/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Retireing > To: "the_researcher" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Received: Monday, March 16, 2009, 10:23 AM > You have done so much valuable work! Many thanks from the > U.S. > > C N Beattie > > the_researcher wrote: > > After 10 years on the genealogy lists i am calling it > a day, from the 6th. April, Margaret Whitmore will be > updating and taking over the website known as Raymonds > countydown website, the first update from Margaret will be > on the 6th April,then the website will be updated on a > regular basis, but as from today i retire, later on tonight > i will describe how the website started, > > Raymond > > ---------------------------------------- > > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good > place to ask your questions! > > ---------------------------------------- > > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------- > 479 list members as of 1 Mar 2009 - this is a good place to > ask your questions! > ---------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > 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