Dear Douglas Thanks for your Email. Obviously you're being frustrated by too many lists arriving, presumably not helpful ones. Perhaps I have just got myself in deep, as I have just subscribed to both L and D for the 3 counties in England where my own and my husband's families originate. I haven't checked again (too lazy!) but I remember most, if not all, had a "subscribe" and an "unsubscribe" function. So hopefully if you go into the site where you subscribed you may be able to reverse the process. I do wish you the best of luck; it's not much fun being swamped with junk mail is it?! If you lived here you'd really know about it. Unlike the US and UK, the real physical junk mail doesn't have to use the postal service, and many companies deliver, almost every day, heaps of junk mail. We often get the same things twice, but have often found good "bargains" from some of it. Your Email addr doesn't give a novice like me much clue as to where you live (we've only just come onto the Web) but you're looking for names in America so perhaps you live there? VA and NC mean little to me but I presume they're abbreviations of US states (Virginia and North Carolina - bet I'm wrong!). I live in Sydney, Australia; hubby and I migrated here ourselves and our families are all in England - even 1 daughter, temporarily working there. One of my Email replies is titled "Can anyone help a Yank with" -whatever the name is, not one of mine. So I'm asking if anyone can help an Aussie with - well several names. When you get back to me I'll give you them if you're interested, but they're all in the UK. My Sharp(e)s are from Lincolnshire, but our branch of the family has exterminated the name as we've all had only female offspring. We have 2 girls, my mother and her female cousin were only children of the only 2 Sharpes of that family. However, I have already had info from others with Sharpes in that area, perhaps brothers of my great grandfather. It's interesting, isn't it, that the "e" drops from a name. My grandfather's birth cert. has it on, but not his death cert. and I know it was always Sharp as long as I can remember. But you don't want to be bored with my family goings on. Let me wish you the best of luck with your own searching and also with your back. I also have just come out of hospital. I had an umbilical hernia repaired for the second time in 10 months and have a huge scar, at least by today's standards, and have to take things as easy as possible for as long as possible. I also have a bad back as of 25 years and have it more or less under control now, with exercises, medication and herbal remedies, so I can sit quite well if the chair's right, so long as I take an occasional walk. One herbal remedy I use is Pennywort which I have growing all over the place in the back garden. It's free and works wonders. To be dropped from the unwanted lists try the sites where you originally subscribed to them. If "unsubscribe" doesn't work you may have to Email them. I got your name from the Lincolnshire surnames list, probably after "surfing" via "lincolnshire.com" (watch you don't get Lincolnshire in America, I forget which state), but I now have it bookmarked. I am looking for the census lists for Lincs. as one reply to my Emails suggested using them. I've had them up once but can't for the life of me find them again! So if you can help there I'd much appreciate it. All the best in your searches and look after that back, from a fellow sufferer. Hope it all mends soon and you're back in the swing of things. It's good to hear from a Christian - I know if you say you'll get back to me, you will. Best regards Jan Marchant -----Original Message----- From: D Crater <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 6 March 2000 12:43 Subject: [SHARP-L] Can someone help me. >I thought I saved the information about getting off a mailing list but >cannot locate it and hope there is at least one good person out that >that is not like me and knows exactly where it is located. If you can >find the information on getting off of this list, let me know. I get >both the L and D versions. I only want the Digest version because >otherwise it fills up my e-mail. I like to sit down and read them all >at one time. > Can someone help me by sending info on getting off of the List >version? > Also am always looking for help and willing to help others working on >Sharp or Sharpe families that settled in the Western Part of NC. My >Sharp/Sharpe family came from VA to NC and many moved to many other >areas. The ones I am presently working on moved to Iredell, Davie, >Yadkin, Forsyth and surrounding counties of North Carolina. Anyone >interested in these areas please contact me. I will get back to you. >Have been in the hospital and had work done on my back so don't sit at >the computer very long but will eventually get back to you. I need your >help? > Have a wonderful week and may God Bless >Love In Christ, >Douglas Crater >[email protected] >[email protected] > > >==== SHARP Mailing List ==== > > >