Hi List, This is the opportune time for all listers with PIGGOTT roots in England in 1881 to get them posted on Lost Cousins. As I've mentioned before, if you get a potential contact on Lost Cousins, it will 99.9% be a VALID tie-in with another researcher. The Lost Cousins concept is awesome. Regards, Joe >From: "LostCousins" <info@lostcousins.com> >To: jbissett@txdirect.net >Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:29:32 +0100 >Subject: FREE WEEKEND - LostCousins is completely free this weekend! > >FREE WEEKEND - THIS WEEKEND > >This weekend the LostCousins site will be COMPLETELY FREE - from now >until midnight on Monday 9th October all members will have the >privileges normally reserved for subscribers! > >When we ran a similar offer in the Spring, more members visited >LostCousins in that ONE weekend than the total who attended the UK's >THREE biggest family history fairs (London, York, and Gateshead). > >Numerous records were broken and more members found their 'lost >cousins' than ever before - and this weekend promises to be even better! > >Feel free to SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS to your friends and relatives, on >forums and mailing lists, and on other family history sites, as this >will further increase the number of 'lost cousins' discovered during >the weekend. > >(Remember that when a new member finds a 'lost cousin' the cousin is >invariably an existing member - and that member could be you!) > >DON'T MISS OUT on this opportunity to get the benefits of subscriber >status and make contact with the other members who are your living relatives! > >To make it as simple as possible we've prepared a checklist that >will help you make the most of this great opportunity: > > >HERE'S WHAT TO DO..... > >(1) Log-in at LostCousins (http://www.LostCousins.com). If you can't >remember your password, click on "Forgotten your password?" and >enter your email address (jbissett@txdirect.net) to get an instant >email reminder. > >(2) Go to your My Ancestors page and enter as many relatives from >the 1881 British Census as you can - every one is a potential link >to a 'lost cousin'. > >Remember that most of the matches we make involve the brothers, >sisters, and cousins who by 1881 had families of their own. It's >important to enter your direct ancestors, BUT it's the other >relatives who are likely to be the link to your 'lost cousins'! > >(3) Click the Search button. You'll be told within seconds if there >are any new matches. > >(4) Go to your My Cousins page. If there are any New Contacts shown, >click on 'Make Contact' or 'Reply'. (If nothing appears to happen >hold down the Ctrl key and click again). > >(5) Once your relative has responded his or her name will be >revealed, and you'll be able to start exchanging information. > >(6) Please click the red ? symbol alongside your cousin's name and >tell us whether the person we've found is someone you already knew >(you may need to hold down the Ctrl key while you click). > >(7) Don't worry if you don't find a 'lost cousin' immediately - new >members are joining all the time. However if you're able to add some >more relatives from the 1881 Census, that will speed up the process >considerably. > > >PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS > >Remember to tell as many people as you can about this great offer, >because you'll not only be doing them a favour, you'll be helping >everyone in the LostCousins community. The more people who join, the >more 'lost cousins' will be found! > >At the end of this email you'll find answers to some of the >questions you may have. If there's any other way we can help, please >email info@lostcousins.com > >Have a great weekend! > >The LostCousins Team > >======== > > >Here are answers to some of the questions you may have: > > >Q. What happens when the offer ends - will I have to pay to stay a member? > >A. Free basic membership of LostCousins will continue indefinitely. > > >Q. If I make contact with a cousin during the offer, will I still be >able to contact them afterwards, even if we haven't exchanged email addresses? > >A. Absolutely - once contact is made you can continue sending >messages through the site, and you can agree to exchange email >addresses at any time. Unlike some other sites we actually help you >to exchange email addresses when you're ready. > > >Q. Suppose that I try to contact a cousin, but don't get a response >before the offer ends - will I miss out? > >A. Absolutely not. As long as you click on 'Make Contact', then on >'Contact' in the pop-up window that appears, they'll be able to >respond to you even after the offer has ended. > > >Q. When I click on 'Make Contact' (or 'Reply') nothing happens - >what do I do next? > >A. What you should see is a small pop-up window where you choose >whether or not to exchange email addresses with your cousin. > >Internet Explorer and some other programs can confuse pop-ups like >this with those annoying adverts that appear on less reputable sites >(the Firefox browser doesn't have this problem). > >If you hold down the Ctrl key when you click on 'Make Contact' this >usually fixes the problem (if it doesn't, then please contact us for advice). > > >Q. What happens if my cousin doesn't reply? > >A. These days it's all too easy to discard important emails when >we're getting rid of junk mail (sometimes our ISP or email program >does this automatically). > >So if you don't get a response within 14 days email >info@LostCousins.com and we'll follow up on your behalf. > > >Q. If I decide I want to subscribe, are there any special offers? > >A. Yes, if you enter the code AUTUMN on the Subscribe page between >now and Thursday 12th October you can get a subscription to 1st >January 2008 - almost 15 months for the price of a 12 month subscription! Joe Bissett, PIGGOTT/CUMMISKEY List Administrator/Rootsweb I use America's Book CDs in my genealogical research to access otherwise unavailable primary source material. http://www.abcd-usa.com/ I support the Godfrey Memorial Library. http://www.godfrey.org/ Proud to be a member of LostCousins! http://www/LostCousins.com