--part1_d.b61f99c.27226f9c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/20/2000 12:35:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << I found this tip at the Ancestry.com newsletter and thought it to be a pretty good idea. I hope it helps someone out there. If I find an address of a possible family connection that is more than 10 years old, I write "occupant" on the envelope. Then in my letter, the P.S. says, "If you are the occupant (and not the addressee), would you please use this enclosed envelope to send me any information you might have on the whereabouts of the addressee." I have gotten about a 96 percent return rate using this method instead of relying on the post office's "No longer at this address." One person even got the new address for me from a neighbor. Cath >> --part1_d.b61f99c.27226f9c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v76_r1.8) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:35:07 -0400 Received: from lists3.rootsweb.com (lists3.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.39]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (v76_r1.19) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:35:00 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists3.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e9KGYdl20845; Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:34:39 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:34:39 -0700 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Fri Oct 20 09:34:33 2000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Patterson" <[email protected]> Old-To: "?" <[email protected]> Subject: when they have moved Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:53:19 -0600 Organization: Microsoft Corporation X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/99 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] I found this tip at the Ancestry.com newsletter and thought it to be a pretty good idea. I hope it helps someone out there. If I find an address of a possible family connection that is more than 10 years old, I write "occupant" on the envelope. Then in my letter, the P.S. says, "If you are the occupant (and not the addressee), would you please use this enclosed envelope to send me any information you might have on the whereabouts of the addressee." I have gotten about a 96 percent return rate using this method instead of relying on the post office's "No longer at this address." One person even got the new address for me from a neighbor. Cathy Luck to you, Sandy P.S. My family: Monmouth Co., NJ Surnames: TILTON & HARRIS, PYLE & MORAN Mercer Co., KY Surnames: PATTERSON & BUNTON, LAWSON & McGINNIS "Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one, it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves." ----- Dale Carnegie ============================== Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/search --part1_d.b61f99c.27226f9c_boundary--