Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Bob and to all Westall's everywhere. -------------------------------------------------- From: "David and Deborah Hindley" <dhindley1@cogeco.ca> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 4:06 AM To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WESTALL] The Westall Family > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >