Well, cheating a bit and sending this out the night before. But no matter how early I am up, there's always someone up before me. MARGED --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Morning Jean !

notlob where the motorways cobbled and seagulls fly backward flat caps are deregar and coal inth bath dan seddon -----Original Message----- From: Marged [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers Hi Dan Welcome aboard! I see you are in UK - whereabouts? Marged | my name is dan seddon, i am searching seddon any where anytime.i have a | database of over 25000 records going back to 1450 | any info from any source any seddon questions | dan seddon | | -----Original Message----- | From: Northern Genealogy [mailto:[email protected]] | Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:26 PM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers | | | I would just like to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers who | have joined us over the holidays, don't be shy to post as you will find this | is a very friendly list. | No question is ever considered silly or out of place here as this list not | only welcomes those who are new to genealogy but is a unique list in that we | also allow trivia postings. | | | Mike | Admin [email protected] | http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ | check out Dave's bits & bobs here, | http://212.19.69.91/north/ | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may | want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family history of the region.

"Backward Bolton" then, eh? Been there, got the tee-shirt. Didn't know they had sea gulls there, though. I suppose sea gulls go anywhere nowadays though - they know they don't have to follow the herring boats any more! Marged | notlob where the motorways cobbled and seagulls fly backward flat caps are | deregar and coal inth bath | dan seddon | | | Hi Dan | | Welcome aboard! I see you are in UK - whereabouts? | | Marged | | | | | my name is dan seddon, i am searching seddon any where anytime.i have a | | database of over 25000 records going back to 1450 | | any info from any source any seddon questions | | dan seddon | | | | -----Original Message----- | | From: Northern Genealogy [mailto:[email protected]] | | Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:26 PM | | To: [email protected] | | Subject: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers | | | | | | I would just like to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers who | | have joined us over the holidays, don't be shy to post as you will find | this | | is a very friendly list. | | No question is ever considered silly or out of place here as this list not | | only welcomes those who are new to genealogy but is a unique list in that | we | | also allow trivia postings. | | | | | | Mike | | Admin [email protected] | | http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ | | check out Dave's bits & bobs here, | | http://212.19.69.91/north/ | | --- | | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | | Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 | | | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may | | want to share in our on line forum message board, | | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | | | | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in | | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England | | | | | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | The aims of this list are to create a comradeship of Northerners and those | descendent from Northerners which can be beneficial to tracing the family | history of the region. | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Marged, I've been sent one fiche of deaths to transcribe. It is quite formidable when you first look at it. But after about half an hour I was quite into the swing of it. Give it a try. I have done quite a bit of transcribing in the past. e.g. the 1871 census for North Staffs and also some for Rod Neep for the Archive CD books project. I have enjoyed it all, because it is worthwhile if it is going to help others with their research. By the way, welcome back. Pam. Marged wrote: > I would certainly consider giving it a try, but would like them to send me less > that 6 x 350 to begin with. Are you listening there, Pamela? > > Marged > > | Hi Marge, > | Welcome back, as to FREEBMD all they ask is half an hour per week but really > | it is up to you how much you transcribe, I was sent six pages double sided > | with about 350 names each side, took me about a week to fill in just one > | side @ about half an hour per night. > | I gave it up because the type is so small I felt it would give me eyestrain. > | Happy new year > | Danny > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Marged" <[email protected]> > | To: <[email protected]> > | Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:46 PM > | Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Happy New Year Everybody > | > | > | > Pam - Brian has obviously done us all a favour by introducing you to the > | list. > | > > | > I have toyed with the idea of helping to put things on FREBMD but I am > | afraid of > | > biting off more than I can chew. Is it possible to start in a very small > | way > | > with a very small project? > | > > | > I can type, so that is an asset I suppose? But I don't want to get bogged > | down > | > in something I can't cope with. > | > > | > Marged > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > | Goodmorning > | > | > | > | Thought I would fill in a few minutes to wish everyone a very happy and > | > | prosperous New Year. > | > | > | > | As Brian would tell you, I am finding it easier to type than to talk at > | > | the moment, although I just about managed two lines of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, > | > | when I spoke to him yesterday. [He rang from the pub would you > | > | believe!!] In other words I've lost my voice! Still I am giving everyone > | > | a break from listening to me chat. > | > | > | > | I would also like to tell you, in case you don't already know, about a > | > | marvellous project called Archive CD Books. Take the time to visit the > | > | home page and read all about it, it's a very worth while project in my > | > | opinion and as family historians we should support it. > | > | The url is, for those of you who don't know about it, > | > | http://www.archivecdbooks.com/ > | > | > | > | I have also just volunteered for the FREEBMD project. This is the > | > | project to put all birth, marriages and deaths since 1837 on line. This > | > | is going to be so useful to all of us and everyone can join in, you > | > | don't need a micro fiche reader according the web page. > | > | The url for this is http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > | > | > | > | Hope you all find this interesting, and maybe a couple of you could join > | > | in the above and so speed up this project. > | > | > | > | Happy New Year and good luck with your researching. > | > | Very best wishes, > | > | Pam > | > | Stoke on Trent > | > | > | > | > | > | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > | > | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in > | > | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England > | > | > | > | > | > > | > > | > --- > | > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > | > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > | > Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 > | > > | > > | > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > | > An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in > | > Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England > | > > | > | > | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may > want to share in our on line forum message board, > | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html > | > | > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > This list also allows Trivia postings about the region as well as serious genealogy research postings.

you passed !!!! ROTFLOL ttfn Marion test examiner extraordinaire ;-)

Hi Jean and Glenda So pleased to hear you have had good news regarding the genealogy searches. I agree that the people we meet on the Lists are so kind and generous. Marged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Hello Mikey Nice to see you back on the List. Hope you managed good celebrations in spite of bad weather before Christmas, and flood damage etc. I wonder if you heard from Andrea yet? I expect to see her on Friday. MARGED --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

That's the last time I'm saying that this year. But I do wish it to you all. We had a lovely time, especially the journey up there which was quite spectacular. The snow was cleared from the roads, and just looked beautiful on the hills. You will be surprised to hear that once I landed in Lois's house, I stayed indoors the whole week-end. Not one for getting cold if it's not necessary! MARGED --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Just reading what you both wrote about elderly parents "not quite making it". My mum's next door neighbour died three weeks before her hundredth birthday, we thought it was so sad, and I was glad (although not a royalist) that the Queen Mother did make it to her 100th. After my Nanna Jones died in 1969, aged 83, I felt quite angry whenever I saw 100th birthday pictures in the local press, as I felt it would have been quite reasonable to expect her to live another 17 years, especially when I needed her so much. Nobody was ever THAT that interested in me again, once she died. MARGED --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

I would certainly consider giving it a try, but would like them to send me less that 6 x 350 to begin with. Are you listening there, Pamela? Marged | Hi Marge, | Welcome back, as to FREEBMD all they ask is half an hour per week but really | it is up to you how much you transcribe, I was sent six pages double sided | with about 350 names each side, took me about a week to fill in just one | side @ about half an hour per night. | I gave it up because the type is so small I felt it would give me eyestrain. | Happy new year | Danny | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Marged" <[email protected]> | To: <[email protected]> | Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:46 PM | Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Happy New Year Everybody | | | > Pam - Brian has obviously done us all a favour by introducing you to the | list. | > | > I have toyed with the idea of helping to put things on FREBMD but I am | afraid of | > biting off more than I can chew. Is it possible to start in a very small | way | > with a very small project? | > | > I can type, so that is an asset I suppose? But I don't want to get bogged | down | > in something I can't cope with. | > | > Marged | > | > | > | > | > | Goodmorning | > | | > | Thought I would fill in a few minutes to wish everyone a very happy and | > | prosperous New Year. | > | | > | As Brian would tell you, I am finding it easier to type than to talk at | > | the moment, although I just about managed two lines of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, | > | when I spoke to him yesterday. [He rang from the pub would you | > | believe!!] In other words I've lost my voice! Still I am giving everyone | > | a break from listening to me chat. | > | | > | I would also like to tell you, in case you don't already know, about a | > | marvellous project called Archive CD Books. Take the time to visit the | > | home page and read all about it, it's a very worth while project in my | > | opinion and as family historians we should support it. | > | The url is, for those of you who don't know about it, | > | http://www.archivecdbooks.com/ | > | | > | I have also just volunteered for the FREEBMD project. This is the | > | project to put all birth, marriages and deaths since 1837 on line. This | > | is going to be so useful to all of us and everyone can join in, you | > | don't need a micro fiche reader according the web page. | > | The url for this is http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ | > | | > | Hope you all find this interesting, and maybe a couple of you could join | > | in the above and so speed up this project. | > | | > | Happy New Year and good luck with your researching. | > | Very best wishes, | > | Pam | > | Stoke on Trent | > | | > | | > | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | > | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in | > | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England | > | | > | | > | > | > --- | > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | > Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 | > | > | > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | > An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in | > Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England | > | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Hi Dave - No I didn't see that - I am a sucker for a bargain but I don't believe anyone can do this when BT own all the equipment. Lots of people have made the offer, such as Freeserve, but it always comes unstuck when you get to the bottom line. Marged Did you see an AD on TV for an ISP charging £89 a year with no call charges ( 0800 number ) ? http://www.thefreeinternet.net/ I think it was ................ Might be worth a look Regards Dave Well, the BT will have to close down if ever I stop using them as ISP. New phone bill £128. Not bad. A £50 reduction on the last quarter. Aiming to get it down lower next quarter. Marged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22-Dec-00 ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== There is a map showing the areas and Counties which this list covers highlighted in red here, http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Hi Marged Did you see an AD on TV for an ISP charging £89 a year with no call charges ( 0800 number ) ? http://www.thefreeinternet.net/ I think it was ................ Might be worth a look Regards Dave Well, the BT will have to close down if ever I stop using them as ISP. New phone bill £128. Not bad. A £50 reduction on the last quarter. Aiming to get it down lower next quarter. Marged --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22-Dec-00

Well, the BT will have to close down if ever I stop using them as ISP. New phone bill £128. Not bad. A £50 reduction on the last quarter. Aiming to get it down lower next quarter. Marged | Well thank you marged, it may well be possible now I have resolved my ISP | problems, can you believe they suspended my account for lack of use. | That's because I try to use the works computer for downloading most mail | <wG> | | mike | Admin [email protected] | http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ | check out Dave's bits & bobs here, | http://212.19.69.91/north/ | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Well thank you marged, it may well be possible now I have resolved my ISP problems, can you believe they suspended my account for lack of use. That's because I try to use the works computer for downloading most mail <wG> mike Admin [email protected] http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ check out Dave's bits & bobs here, http://212.19.69.91/north/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000

Hi Dan, welcome to a nice friendly list. From Bryan, The Wild Celt, Dum Spiro - Spero. ----- Original Message ----- From: daniel seddon <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: RE: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers > my name is dan seddon, i am searching seddon any where anytime.i have a > database of over 25000 records going back to 1450 > any info from any source any seddon questions > dan seddon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Northern Genealogy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers > > > I would just like to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers who > have joined us over the holidays, don't be shy to post as you will find this > is a very friendly list. > No question is ever considered silly or out of place here as this list not > only welcomes those who are new to genealogy but is a unique list in that we > also allow trivia postings. > > > Mike > Admin [email protected] > http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ > check out Dave's bits & bobs here, > http://212.19.69.91/north/ > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may > want to share in our on line forum message board, > http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html > > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in > Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

Hi Dan Welcome aboard! I see you are in UK - whereabouts? Marged | my name is dan seddon, i am searching seddon any where anytime.i have a | database of over 25000 records going back to 1450 | any info from any source any seddon questions | dan seddon | | -----Original Message----- | From: Northern Genealogy [mailto:[email protected]] | Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:26 PM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers | | | I would just like to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers who | have joined us over the holidays, don't be shy to post as you will find this | is a very friendly list. | No question is ever considered silly or out of place here as this list not | only welcomes those who are new to genealogy but is a unique list in that we | also allow trivia postings. | | | Mike | Admin [email protected] | http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ | check out Dave's bits & bobs here, | http://212.19.69.91/north/ | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may | want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00

'day Marj, How dare you....suggest I would ever do ANYONE a favour? I am not that way inclined. I introduced Pam as a punishment!!!!!!!!! Brian B Lancashire, UK. [email protected] http://www.gortonian.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Happy New Year Everybody > Pam - Brian has obviously done us all a favour by introducing you to the list. > > I have toyed with the idea of helping to put things on FREBMD but I am afraid of > biting off more than I can chew. Is it possible to start in a very small way > with a very small project? > > I can type, so that is an asset I suppose? But I don't want to get bogged down > in something I can't cope with. > > Marged > > > > > | Goodmorning > | > | Thought I would fill in a few minutes to wish everyone a very happy and > | prosperous New Year. > | > | As Brian would tell you, I am finding it easier to type than to talk at > | the moment, although I just about managed two lines of HAPPY BIRTHDAY, > | when I spoke to him yesterday. [He rang from the pub would you > | believe!!] In other words I've lost my voice! Still I am giving everyone > | a break from listening to me chat. > | > | I would also like to tell you, in case you don't already know, about a > | marvellous project called Archive CD Books. Take the time to visit the > | home page and read all about it, it's a very worth while project in my > | opinion and as family historians we should support it. > | The url is, for those of you who don't know about it, > | http://www.archivecdbooks.com/ > | > | I have also just volunteered for the FREEBMD project. This is the > | project to put all birth, marriages and deaths since 1837 on line. This > | is going to be so useful to all of us and everyone can join in, you > | don't need a micro fiche reader according the web page. > | The url for this is http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > | > | Hope you all find this interesting, and maybe a couple of you could join > | in the above and so speed up this project. > | > | Happy New Year and good luck with your researching. > | Very best wishes, > | Pam > | Stoke on Trent > | > | > | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > | An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in > | Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England > | > | > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > An alternative mailing list for genealogy research in > Northern England, this list covers the whole of the North of England > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free - checked by AVG anti-virus system . Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/2000

my name is dan seddon, i am searching seddon any where anytime.i have a database of over 25000 records going back to 1450 any info from any source any seddon questions dan seddon -----Original Message----- From: Northern Genealogy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTH-ENG] Welcome to New Subscribers I would just like to extend a warm welcome to all the new subscribers who have joined us over the holidays, don't be shy to post as you will find this is a very friendly list. No question is ever considered silly or out of place here as this list not only welcomes those who are new to genealogy but is a unique list in that we also allow trivia postings. Mike Admin [email protected] http://www.genealogy45.fsnet.co.uk/ check out Dave's bits & bobs here, http://212.19.69.91/north/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.219 / Virus Database: 103 - Release Date: 05/12/2000 ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html

| | COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Dec. 27) - Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, | author of "2001: A Space Odyssey," urged the world in a New Year message | Wednesday to celebrate "the real beginning" of the new millennium on Jan. 1. | "The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real | beginning of the 21 century and the Third Millennium," British-born Clarke | said in a statement from his home in Colombo. | | "Those who celebrated the twin events a year too soon are also invited to | join in the celebrations," said Clarke, who has been deluged with requests | for media interviews ahead of the New Year. | | Clarke felt so strongly about people calling the year 2000 the beginning of | the new millennium that he issued a statement in 1999 to try and correct | them. | | "Though some people have great difficulty in grasping this... we'll have had | only 99 years of this century by January 1, 2000," he said at the time. | | Clarke thanked film director Stanley Kubrick, who made a movie based on "2001 | A Space Odyssey," for the almost universally acknowledged association between | himself and the year 2001. | | "Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager | anticipation (and I like to think, with far less apprehension)," Clarke said, | referring to George Orwell's book "1984," which was written in the 1940s and | predicted a grim, totalitarian world by 1984. | Clarke also made a New Year wish for peace in Sri Lanka, the war-torn country | in which he has lived for more than 30 years. | | Clarke, who turned 83 last month, has lived to see many of his predictions | come true including a then controversial theory in 1945 which forecast a | world linked by a network of geo-stationary satellites. | Reuters | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.225 / Virus Database: 107 - Release Date: 22/12/00