Hi All, Christmas 2009 is upon us and may it bring to you whatever might make you the happiest. May 2010 be filled with success in whatever may make your life the most fulfilled. Thank you all for being part of my "labor of love", our Westall family genealogy. There has not been a great deal of postings to the Westall list in 2009 but none the less I have worked steadily to find new Westall family members. Quite some success has been found in the Lancashire Westall family that came to the new world. Chris, Pam, Shelley, and Donald are all members of this select Westall family group and I hope to continue to reach more of them. My own Westall family of Virginia has grown to over 14,000 with the addition of our newest member Riley Michele Westall in 2009. Recently a very nice gentleman that is doing a research project on the Thomas G. Westall of Texas and his family sent me a preliminary copy of his thesis. It covers much of what we already knew but there was new info I did not have. In the last couple of months I have spoken to two ladies, one of 86 and the other of 91. They are both so very sharp and their voices were strong as was their memories. Both were most helpful in filling in gray areas. Ellen Gage sent me a couple of pictures of Joshua Montgomery Westall my grandfather's older brother and I can see the resemblance. My older brother resembles Joshua to some degree. The journey of finding our Westall family will never end and my hope is to get as much done as I am allowed the time to do. My daughter has been working on the Westall website, www.ourwestall.com. If anyone wishes to go there it would be nice if you left your name and where your Westall family is located now and where it came from in the past. Warmest possible regards to one and all of the Westall family where ever you might be living. May good health follow you in to the New Year! Bob Westall

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Bob. Thank you for continuing to be the 'Gatekeeper'for Westall Genealogy. David Hindley Ontario Canada -----Original Message----- From: westall-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:westall-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Bob Westall Sent: December 24, 2009 10:55 PM To: westall@rootsweb.com Subject: [WESTALL] The Westall Family Hi All, Christmas 2009 is upon us and may it bring to you whatever might make you the happiest. May 2010 be filled with success in whatever may make your life the most fulfilled. Thank you all for being part of my "labor of love", our Westall family genealogy. There has not been a great deal of postings to the Westall list in 2009 but none the less I have worked steadily to find new Westall family members. Quite some success has been found in the Lancashire Westall family that came to the new world. Chris, Pam, Shelley, and Donald are all members of this select Westall family group and I hope to continue to reach more of them. My own Westall family of Virginia has grown to over 14,000 with the addition of our newest member Riley Michele Westall in 2009. Recently a very nice gentleman that is doing a research project on the Thomas G. Westall of Texas and his family sent me a preliminary copy of his thesis. It covers much of what we already knew but there was new info I did not have. In the last couple of months I have spoken to two ladies, one of 86 and the other of 91. They are both so very sharp and their voices were strong as was their memories. Both were most helpful in filling in gray areas. Ellen Gage sent me a couple of pictures of Joshua Montgomery Westall my grandfather's older brother and I can see the resemblance. My older brother resembles Joshua to some degree. The journey of finding our Westall family will never end and my hope is to get as much done as I am allowed the time to do. My daughter has been working on the Westall website, www.ourwestall.com. If anyone wishes to go there it would be nice if you left your name and where your Westall family is located now and where it came from in the past. Warmest possible regards to one and all of the Westall family where ever you might be living. May good health follow you in to the New Year! Bob Westall ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message