Hello, all. First, I must say that I have not ever up-loaded any family tree info to any of the data-bases. Second, I have not ever down-loaded any, either! But, over the last six years, I HAVE had to change e-mail addresses, several times. My first ISP went broke, and the whole list of customers was bought up by an internet 'alligator' who tried to go up on the rate, and many of the customers, including me, had to go to new ISP contacts!! Then, after a good while at the last one, we moved our residence location, and the eletrical system in the new place was faulty, and the access to the internet was not possible. So, we went to DSL, and that involved another change. Now, DSL is not easy to afford, so we probably will go back to some variety of a dial-up ISP contact, and that, when it occurs, will cause the sixth new address in six years. Who can say when such a similar series of events has or will affect the present address for any of us?? That is to include the 'sources' for some of the material you can now down-load from those data-bases, and which, in some cses, may be correct (or not) and which, in most cases, may not be 'authenticated' by the original submitter!! My sympathy goes to all who have 'enjoyed' the sort of changes we have, and to all those whose economics dictate the changes we now face, on the DSL question. DSL is a nice service, because it allows the use of one telephone line, while being on line, at the same time. But the cost is really very high, in terms of the comparative costs, based on the use of two lines for dial-up service. The budget for DSL is about the same as the old two-line service for dial-up, so it is not cost-effectively competitive. Just a little history on my account, to give you some possible reasons for the lack of continuity for some e-mail addresses!! Good fortune to all!! Joe DUKE The results are that ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 3:17 PM Subject: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #197 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
And then some are able to keep the same e-mail address for a long, long time. Or telephone number, into the 2nd generation. Early on as a newly married couple, our address changed three times before we even moved. In the "olden days" in small communities, you got your mail whether it had the correct address for you or not. More population, more hard to find people, and more lost people. Kay Chestnut ----- Original Message ----- From: "thehornguy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Changes of e-mail addresses!! > > > Hello, all. > > First, I must say that I have not ever up-loaded any family tree info to > any of the data-bases. Second, I have not ever down-loaded any, either! > > But, over the last six years, I HAVE had to change e-mail addresses, > several times. > My first ISP went broke, and the whole list of customers was bought up by > an internet 'alligator' who tried to go up on the rate, and many of the > customers, including me, had to go to new ISP contacts!! > Then, after a good while at the last one, we moved our residence > location, > and the eletrical system in the new place was faulty, and the access to > the > internet was not possible. > > So, we went to DSL, and that involved another change. Now, DSL is not > easy to afford, so we probably will go back to some variety of a dial-up > ISP > contact, and that, when it occurs, will cause the sixth new address in six > years. > > Who can say when such a similar series of events has or will affect the > present address for any of us?? That is to include the 'sources' for > some > of the material you can now down-load from those data-bases, and which, in > some cses, may be correct (or not) and which, in most cases, may not be > 'authenticated' by the original submitter!! > > My sympathy goes to all who have 'enjoyed' the sort of changes we have, > and to all those whose economics dictate the changes we now face, on the > DSL > question. > > DSL is a nice service, because it allows the use of one telephone line, > while being on line, at the same time. But the cost is really very > high, > in terms of the comparative costs, based on the use of two lines for > dial-up > service. > The budget for DSL is about the same as the old two-line service for > dial-up, so it is not cost-effectively competitive. > > Just a little history on my account, to give you some possible reasons > for > the lack of continuity for some e-mail addresses!! > > Good fortune to all!! Joe DUKE > > The results are that > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 3:17 PM > Subject: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #197 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >