I think there used to be a link to my old website - but just a reminder that it is now www.thesilverbowl.com The Co. Down people who are most significant are BROWNE-EDGAR-MARTIN of Ardglass and Downpatrick - although many others are there as well. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grit" <mwhitmore@snet.net> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:14 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Raymond's County Down Web Site > Hello Everyone - > > Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself & wish you all the best > that the New Year has to offer. > > My name is Margaret Whitmore & I live in Connecticut in the US. (aka > Grit) For those of you who follow Raymond Kelly's County Down Web Site, > you will know that last year Raymond was looking for a little assistance > and he very kindly allowed me to become involved in helping with the site. > To date, I have not been very involved in changing or adding to the site, > but now I am preparing to do so. > > Raymond & I are thinking of adding a section to the site for submissions > from others of their "proven" family connections with origins from County > Down. The reason for using only "proven" information is to avoid putting > incorrect information in a place where others might assume it is correct > (like they do on the rootweb & ancestry family tree sites) There is much > misinformation available, and, if all you want is something to put into > your tree without worrying about accuracy, that's great. But there are > many of us who much prefer to use only the information we can verify. > > Now, I can start with my family which my cousin & I have traced back to > Ballyculter. But, if you're interested in sharing with others and maybe > getting more information from our readers, we'd appreciate your input. > > For now, submissions need to be forwarded in the form of a gedcom file. > If your information is in familytreemaker or a pedigree resource file, it > is a gedcom. You can forward family trees to me at > grit@raymondscountydownwebsite.com together with a simple statement of how > you connected your family to County Down and what documentation you used. > If you wish to submit information, but don't have your family in a gedcom > file, drop me a note and we'll see what we can work out. > > It may take a little while to get this section up and running, but bear > with me over the holidays and I'll keep you up to date on the progress. > > Here's hoping you will all join me in helping to keep Raymond's site > right up there in the top of those trying to make genealogy information > free for all to utilize. He's done a great job in keeping up for many > years and it'd be great to keep things going that way. > > BTW - Please join me in wishing Raymond & the Lady Cathie a happy 53rd > wedding anniversary! > > GRIT > > Comments and criticisms always welcome at > grit@raymondscountydownwebsite.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com 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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1203 - Release Date: > 30/12/2007 11:27 AM > > 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
Thats your new link on now Sharon, on the links page of the webite. Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Oddie Brown" <s.brown@dccnet.com> To: <mwhitmore@snet.net>; <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Raymond's County Down Web Site >I think there used to be a link to my old website - but just a reminder >that > it is now www.thesilverbowl.com The Co. Down people who are most > significant > are BROWNE-EDGAR-MARTIN of Ardglass and Downpatrick - although many others > are there as well. > 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 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grit" <mwhitmore@snet.net> > To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:14 AM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Raymond's County Down Web Site > > >> Hello Everyone - >> >> Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself & wish you all the best >> that the New Year has to offer. >> >> My name is Margaret Whitmore & I live in Connecticut in the US. (aka >> Grit) For those of you who follow Raymond Kelly's County Down Web Site, >> you will know that last year Raymond was looking for a little assistance >> and he very kindly allowed me to become involved in helping with the >> site. >> To date, I have not been very involved in changing or adding to the site, >> but now I am preparing to do so. >> >> Raymond & I are thinking of adding a section to the site for submissions >> from others of their "proven" family connections with origins from County >> Down. The reason for using only "proven" information is to avoid putting >> incorrect information in a place where others might assume it is correct >> (like they do on the rootweb & ancestry family tree sites) There is much >> misinformation available, and, if all you want is something to put into >> your tree without worrying about accuracy, that's great. But there are >> many of us who much prefer to use only the information we can verify. >> >> Now, I can start with my family which my cousin & I have traced back to >> Ballyculter. But, if you're interested in sharing with others and maybe >> getting more information from our readers, we'd appreciate your input. >> >> For now, submissions need to be forwarded in the form of a gedcom file. >> If your information is in familytreemaker or a pedigree resource file, it >> is a gedcom. You can forward family trees to me at >> grit@raymondscountydownwebsite.com together with a simple statement of >> how >> you connected your family to County Down and what documentation you used. >> If you wish to submit information, but don't have your family in a gedcom >> file, drop me a note and we'll see what we can work out. >> >> It may take a little while to get this section up and running, but bear >> with me over the holidays and I'll keep you up to date on the progress. >> >> Here's hoping you will all join me in helping to keep Raymond's site >> right up there in the top of those trying to make genealogy information >> free for all to utilize. He's done a great job in keeping up for many >> years and it'd be great to keep things going that way. >> >> BTW - Please join me in wishing Raymond & the Lady Cathie a happy 53rd >> wedding anniversary! >> >> GRIT >> >> Comments and criticisms always welcome at >> grit@raymondscountydownwebsite.com >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com 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 Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.12/1203 - Release Date: >> 30/12/2007 11:27 AM >> >> > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >