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Greetings Listers
To one and all I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a
Safe and Happy New Year for you and your family in 2002.
Well it's been for the most part a rewarding year. In some cases
if and when time allows I have assisted listers further their
research. Have been impressed by members helping others with
research and in some cases surprised by how much help some
individuals give. To those fantastic people I for one very
much appreciate your efforts as I'm sure do many many others.
With most Family History Societies, Libraries and Archive Offices
closing around this time, it is an ideal time to repost your
family line as many new members are joining the lists. It appears
a number of youngsters with time off school as well as those on
holidays from work are joining numerious Rootsweb lists. Posting
Research Queries and requests for assistance may be answered
by new members or old ones who missed it the first time.
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their computers. I would remind all to take the usual steps to
stay aware of new outbreaks. Keep your data backed up on floppy
or CD for those times when even updated Virus files fail to
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Removing this Essential Microsoft file will corrupt your
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Happy Hunting to all and all the best for the festive season.
regards
Michael Cheeseman WAGS 4520 <:-)>
Rootsweb List Administrator - details below
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Western Australian Genealogy Society member
http://www.wags.org.au/
Some Of My 200+ Family Lines being researched
Genealogy Research Interests
http://www.wags.org.au/mid/4520.htm
WAGS Member Swan River Pioneers 1829-1838,
WAGS 1788-1868 Convict and Historical Research
Group Committee member,
WAGS Pensioner Guards Group member
Convenor proposed WAGS New South Wales Group
Convenor proposed WAGS Wessex Group
Inaugral member WAGS East Anglia Group
Perth Dead Persons Society member
http://www.perthdps.com/
Genealogy Research Interests
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/research/che01.html
Rootsweb Email Lists I Administer with 900+ members:
AUS-WA-ALBANY-REGION-L, AUS-WA-CONVICT-L,
AUS-WA-GERALDTON-L, AUS-WA-KALGOORLIE-REGION-L,
AUS-WA-NORTHERN-REGION-L, AUS-WA-PENSIONER-GUARDS-L,
AUS-WA-SOUTHEAST-L, AUS-WA-SOUTHWEST-L,
AUS-WA-WHEATBELT-L, BOULTON-L, BUNTER-L, CHANT-L,
CHAPPLE-L, CHAPPEL-L, CHEESEMAN-UK-L, CORNWALL-L,
CROXFORD-L, DOGGETT-L, FREEBODY-L, HANCHARD-L,
LARK-L, LARKE-L, MUDFORD-L, SAMUELS-L, SARGEANT-L,
THOMAS-UK-L, TOMLINSON-UK-L.