Following on from this thread in Nivard's letter,he is so right with his comments below.As a long term member of the Norfolk list the decline in postings since the Norfolk Parish Registers have been available online is huge,just down to a trickle some days.I used to visit the record office at least once a week and i would always help listers if possible with look-ups,but that has all gone now unless a particular parish register is not on the IGI.pilot search. So ,yes it is important to keep our mailing lists active otherwise we all lose out. Happy new year to you all, Richard Myhill richardmyhill43@btinternet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] 1841 Census help > Just a further point, I noticed your mention of subscribers off list help > which is to be commended in one sense but only wish they would also reply > to > list where its relevant to the enquiry > > Without the input of subscribers the lists are slowly crawling to a halt > and > if we are not careful we may find they cease completely which would be a > great loss to all > > That is not to say I think all posts must go to the list, I still believe > that is the choice of the responder, I would just like to see a little > more > list activity :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > PS I wonder how many replies you have had off list to this enquiry? > > > >> Hi Folks, I have another very difficult Census sheet that I cannot >> decipher >> The ref is HO107-1037Bk 9 folio 3 Page 19 and its for Hengrave SFK >> The family is ORSBORNE and it is the last childs name that I cannot >> understand age 1 mth >> Hope someone can help. I have been very pleased with all the help I >> have obtained from >> the Suffolk listers and continue to get direct help from some and >> thought all should know. >> Its typical of the folks involved in tracking down their family >> history Phil White > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Quite so Richard It is such a vast subject that no one person will ever know all there is to know about it, so a great reason for discussions on the list I have noticed the slow decline of the lists over the last couple of years, as you suggest mostly due to the greater accessibility to online records be that by subscription or via the likes of the LDS There is so much knowledge in the lists subscribers experience that it would be a great shame for it to dwindle away for lack of posts Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Following on from this thread in Nivard's letter,he is so right with his > comments below.As a long term member of the Norfolk list the decline in > postings since the Norfolk Parish Registers have been available online is > huge,just down to a trickle some days.I used to visit the record office at > least once a week and i would always help listers if possible with > look-ups,but that has all gone now unless a particular parish register is > not on the IGI.pilot search. > So ,yes it is important to keep our mailing lists active otherwise we all > lose out. > Happy new year to you all, > Richard Myhill