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Every time any of you sends a message to any of these mailing lists, I (as
list administrator) get one or two messages that the list cannot reach some
subscribers and that their names will be dropped after there more such
failures (my setting). The reasons given are usually
* this user's mailbox is full
* this user's address no longer exists
So, if you are a subscriber and want to remain on the list, make sure that
your mailbox does not fill up. And if you change your email address, be sure
to resubscribe with your new address. Note that the full-up problem seem to
only exist with free mail accounts. You cannot get everything when you pay
nothing - that would be against the american way of life.
Of course, this message will not help those people that have already been
dropped. But to those of you who are still subscribers, you have been warned.
Jacques
List administrator
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Jacques L'Heureux, Columbia, Maryland
http://www.happyOnes.com/http://www.usra.edu/~jlheureux/http://www.happyOnes.com/genealogy/
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I just came across the website for the National Library of Quebec with an
amazing collection of books, maps, pictures, music, .... The site is at
http://www2.biblinat.gouv.qc.ca/ There is an english summary page. The book
section has over 1200 books, mostly in french (if not all). If you want to go
directly to the book section, go
tohttp://www2.biblinat.gouv.qc.ca/numtextes/accueil.htm
For example, in the book section, I found the 8 volume book Histoire des
Canadiens Francais, 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte (1882). I downloaded the
first volume (17 MB) and it is 176 pages. The pages have been scanned so
translation via computer would be quite a task since you would have to run it
through an OCR it first. But the pages print beautifully
In the music section, I just listened to a 1941 recording made in Montreal of
A la Claire Fontaine. What a treat. There are thousands more.
BTW, I found this site using my favorite search engine, Google at
http://www.google.com/
Another excellent site that I have not had much time to explore yet is the
Archives Nationales du Québec. It appears to be in french only but if you are
looking for maps and pictures, the language does not matter much.. It is at
http://www.anq.gouv.qc.ca/
PS. If you receive multiple copies of this message, it is only because you
belong to several of the lists that I used.
This was too good. I just had to share it.
Jacques
List administrator
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Jacques L'Heureux, Columbia, Maryland
http://www.happyOnes.com/http://www.usra.edu/~jlheureux/http://www.happyOnes.com/genealogy/
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