Thanks for your ideas Norma. Haven't had any response so I may well have to go down that road. Regards and a Happy Christmas Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Whitaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [POWYS] for Sam Ashton > Hi Sam, > If you don't get another response from the list, you might try an > old-fashioned approach, and send a letter to the editor of the newspaper > in Bristol. In the days prior to email, I had great success that way. > Just a short letter explaining who (and why) I was seeking, and some sort > of contact > information, resulted in a wonderful reply. If Alun Ashton himself does > not see your letter, somebody who knows him might! (An internet search, > and/or your local public library, will provide the name of the appropriate > newspaper.) > (My "people" were in Dorset. I contacted the Denver Public Library, and > was given info for two newspapers. I picked one to write to; it turned > out to be a weekly rather than daily, and led to the discovery of a > previously unknown cousin -- who read the newspaper after she returned > from holiday!) > > Good luck! > Norma Whitaker > across the Pond in Colorado, USA > > > On Dec 17, 2010, at 1:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> ate: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:56:54 -0000 >> From: "Sam" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [POWYS] Family Research >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I'm trying to get in touch with the following person. The only address I >> have is from 20-30 years ago: >> >> Mr Alun Ashton >> 46 Springfield Road >> Mangotsfield >> Bristol >> >> I'd be grateful for any help.. >> >> Frank (Sam) Ashton > > > =================== > 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