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    1. Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations
    2. ann bryan
    3. I got mine from that huge online bookstore based in Swansea, I think. If not then try ABE boooks. Ann. --- On Mon, 20/12/10, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 20 December, 2010, 23:40 If I can find it, it sounds perfect, thanks Eliz On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mike Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Eliz. > > I'd recommend: `Hope and Heartbreak, A social history of Wales and > the Welsh, 1776-1871,` Russell Davies, University of Wales Press, > ISBN 0-7083-1932-7. Entertaining as well as informative and instructive. > > Heddwch > > Mike. > > Mike Llywelyn Cox > [email protected] > http://www.ppeyes.org.uk > http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com > A NSUN (http://www.nsun.org.uk) member > A http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member. > Family History www.wotashower.co.uk > > On 19 Dec 2010, at 22:24, Eliz Hanebury wrote: > >> It really is up to us to find things we want to know that might be >> "general knowledge", topics that several people are interested in. I >> joined this list in hope of perhaps coming across my 2Xggf whose place >> of birth is totally unknown to me. There are three possibles found in >> LDS records so I am trying to straddle Wales <G> His son, my ggf, >> married a woman whose family was born and several generations deep in >> Merthyr, I can find more to mine there. >> >> I check all messages, because we keep replying to "Digest" and >> forgetting to change the subject <G> so I find items others might not. >> >> I really would like to find out more about economics in Wales and life >> style in various areas, but Wm R Davis was in the US by 1851 having >> been born in 1816 so the more modern items I read with interest but >> <G> they aren't much USE except to let me know how things were. >> >> Wm R Davis (or Davies who knows) was a blacksmith, my Merthyr family >> were iron workers, were there other fairly industrial areas in Wales >> in the 1830-40 era? >> >> >> >> Eliz >> >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Peter Evans >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello All, >>> >>>> >>>> With Christmas intervening, it's unlikely there will be a >>>> significant >>>> increase in list activity in December, but we live in hope! >>> >>> One of the reasons, from my point of view, for not being active in >>> this list >>> is that I don't see much meaningful activity. I look at the >>> subject and >>> quickly decide whether it is worth opening up the message. I >>> subscribe to >>> many lists. >>> >>> I recently started a thread with the subject Montgomeryshire Quarter >>> Sessions... >>> >>> There were some excellent replies. >>> >>> However, this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol >>> 5, Issue >>> 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line >>> like this. >>> The only reason I saw it was it happened to be at the top of the >>> list of >>> incoming messages. >>> >>> I was surprised to find a discussion on a totally different >>> subject: yes, >>> you guessed it - Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions. >>> >>> Do people realise that it is highly likely that their message will >>> never >>> been seen in the list archives? >>> >>> Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? >>> >>> Furthermore, am I now using the right subject line? >>> >>> Regards, >>>  Peter Evans >>> >>> >>> >>> =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >>> powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >> powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 > =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- 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

    12/21/2010 05:33:11
    1. Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations
    2. Eliz Hanebury
    3. I found it finally at alibris <G> I don't know if it is currently in residence in the UK <G> Eliz On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:33 AM, ann bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > I got mine from that huge online bookstore based in Swansea, I think. If not then try ABE boooks. > Ann. > > --- On Mon, 20/12/10, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 20 December, 2010, 23:40 > > > If I can find it, it sounds perfect, thanks > > > Eliz > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mike Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Eliz. >> >> I'd recommend: `Hope and Heartbreak, A social history of Wales and >> the Welsh, 1776-1871,` Russell Davies, University of Wales Press, >> ISBN 0-7083-1932-7. Entertaining as well as informative and instructive. >> >> Heddwch >> >> Mike. >> >> Mike Llywelyn Cox >> [email protected] >> http://www.ppeyes.org.uk >> http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com >> A NSUN (http://www.nsun.org.uk) member >> A http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member. >> Family History www.wotashower.co.uk >> >> On 19 Dec 2010, at 22:24, Eliz Hanebury wrote: >> >>> It really is up to us to find things we want to know that might be >>> "general knowledge", topics that several people are interested in. I >>> joined this list in hope of perhaps coming across my 2Xggf whose place >>> of birth is totally unknown to me. There are three possibles found in >>> LDS records so I am trying to straddle Wales <G> His son, my ggf, >>> married a woman whose family was born and several generations deep in >>> Merthyr, I can find more to mine there. >>> >>> I check all messages, because we keep replying to "Digest" and >>> forgetting to change the subject <G> so I find items others might not. >>> >>> I really would like to find out more about economics in Wales and life >>> style in various areas, but Wm R Davis was in the US by 1851 having >>> been born in 1816 so the more modern items I read with interest but >>> <G> they aren't much USE except to let me know how things were. >>> >>> Wm R Davis (or Davies who knows) was a blacksmith, my Merthyr family >>> were iron workers, were there other fairly industrial areas in Wales >>> in the 1830-40 era? >>> >>> >>> >>> Eliz >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Peter Evans >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>>> >>>>> With Christmas intervening, it's unlikely there will be a >>>>> significant >>>>> increase in list activity in December, but we live in hope! >>>> >>>> One of the reasons, from my point of view, for not being active in >>>> this list >>>> is that I don't see much meaningful activity. I look at the >>>> subject and >>>> quickly decide whether it is worth opening up the message. I >>>> subscribe to >>>> many lists. >>>> >>>> I recently started a thread with the subject Montgomeryshire Quarter >>>> Sessions... >>>> >>>> There were some excellent replies. >>>> >>>> However, this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol >>>> 5, Issue >>>> 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line >>>> like this. >>>> The only reason I saw it was it happened to be at the top of the >>>> list of >>>> incoming messages. >>>> >>>> I was surprised to find a discussion on a totally different >>>> subject: yes, >>>> you guessed it - Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions. >>>> >>>> Do people realise that it is highly likely that their message will >>>> never >>>> been seen in the list archives? >>>> >>>> Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? >>>> >>>> Furthermore, am I now using the right subject line? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>>  Peter Evans >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> =================== >>>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >>>> powyslist.htm >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >>> powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

    12/21/2010 06:02:16
    1. Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations
    2. ann bryan
    3. Amazon have only 4 in stock, and it's £15.19. Be quick before they all go. Ann. --- On Tue, 21/12/10, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 21 December, 2010, 18:02 I found it finally at alibris <G> I don't know if it is currently in residence in the UK <G> Eliz On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 7:33 AM, ann bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > I got mine from that huge online bookstore based in Swansea, I think. If not then try ABE boooks. > Ann. > > --- On Mon, 20/12/10, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [POWYS] Powys List Activity or lack of same- and a question about occupations > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 20 December, 2010, 23:40 > > > If I can find it, it sounds perfect, thanks > > > Eliz > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Mike Cox <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello Eliz. >> >> I'd recommend: `Hope and Heartbreak, A social history of Wales and >> the Welsh, 1776-1871,` Russell Davies, University of Wales Press, >> ISBN 0-7083-1932-7. Entertaining as well as informative and instructive. >> >> Heddwch >> >> Mike. >> >> Mike Llywelyn Cox >> [email protected] >> http://www.ppeyes.org.uk >> http://micoxpplog.blogspot.com >> A NSUN (http://www.nsun.org.uk) member >> A http://www.solnetwork.org.uk member. >> Family History www.wotashower.co.uk >> >> On 19 Dec 2010, at 22:24, Eliz Hanebury wrote: >> >>> It really is up to us to find things we want to know that might be >>> "general knowledge", topics that several people are interested in. I >>> joined this list in hope of perhaps coming across my 2Xggf whose place >>> of birth is totally unknown to me. There are three possibles found in >>> LDS records so I am trying to straddle Wales <G> His son, my ggf, >>> married a woman whose family was born and several generations deep in >>> Merthyr, I can find more to mine there. >>> >>> I check all messages, because we keep replying to "Digest" and >>> forgetting to change the subject <G> so I find items others might not. >>> >>> I really would like to find out more about economics in Wales and life >>> style in various areas, but Wm R Davis was in the US by 1851 having >>> been born in 1816 so the more modern items I read with interest but >>> <G> they aren't much USE except to let me know how things were. >>> >>> Wm R Davis (or Davies who knows) was a blacksmith, my Merthyr family >>> were iron workers, were there other fairly industrial areas in Wales >>> in the 1830-40 era? >>> >>> >>> >>> Eliz >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Peter Evans >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hello All, >>>> >>>>> >>>>> With Christmas intervening, it's unlikely there will be a >>>>> significant >>>>> increase in list activity in December, but we live in hope! >>>> >>>> One of the reasons, from my point of view, for not being active in >>>> this list >>>> is that I don't see much meaningful activity. I look at the >>>> subject and >>>> quickly decide whether it is worth opening up the message. I >>>> subscribe to >>>> many lists. >>>> >>>> I recently started a thread with the subject Montgomeryshire Quarter >>>> Sessions... >>>> >>>> There were some excellent replies. >>>> >>>> However, this morning, I looked at the subject: POWYS Digest, Vol >>>> 5, Issue >>>> 343. I do not, as a rule, read any subject with a subject line >>>> like this. >>>> The only reason I saw it was it happened to be at the top of the >>>> list of >>>> incoming messages. >>>> >>>> I was surprised to find a discussion on a totally different >>>> subject: yes, >>>> you guessed it - Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions. >>>> >>>> Do people realise that it is highly likely that their message will >>>> never >>>> been seen in the list archives? >>>> >>>> Why doesn't the list moderator bring these posters back into line? >>>> >>>> Furthermore, am I now using the right subject line? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>>  Peter Evans >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> =================== >>>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >>>> powyslist.htm >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> =================== >>> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/ >>> powyslist.htm >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POWYS- >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> =================== >> Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > 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 > =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- 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

    12/21/2010 11:36:17