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Title: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: wrjones on Monday 22 October 07 22:18 BST (UK)
The Email I received just this evening makes all the searching of Census entries,and BMD indexes seem worthwhile.It was from someone I didn't know existed before last week,and she said to me in her message that I am her only living relative on her Mother's side of the Family.Of course unknown to her,she has quite a tribe now of living relatives,that I was more than happy to point out by sending her details of my Webpage!

Regards
William Russell Jones
Cefn Mawr
Wrexham.
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: silvery on Monday 22 October 07 22:36 BST (UK)

How wonderful !!     What a lovely piece of news.
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: Shropshire Lass on Monday 22 October 07 23:42 BST (UK)
Christmas has come early for her!  She's going to have fun learning about her "new" relatives.

Monica
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: scottcharles on Tuesday 23 October 07 20:14 BST (UK)
Tell me about it, I've managed to put my mother in touch with a cousin of hers - they never knew that either side existed because neither parents spoke of that side of the family or didn't get the chance to.
They get on like a house on fire and it's been really great to bring some of those names and dates to life with this person's information!
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: trystan on Saturday 27 October 07 00:09 BST (UK)
William - great news, you must be delighted - all that hard work of yours has paid off. :) Well done.
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: MarieC on Saturday 27 October 07 10:10 BST (UK)
Congratulations to William and scottcharles!  Indeed, it is a wonderful outcome when you can put family members in touch with each other, when they didn't know of each other's existence!

MarieC
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: wheeldon on Tuesday 30 October 07 19:45 GMT (UK)
Very well done :D

At the very least, this mad hobby shows that we are not alone in this world :)

I hope that some friendships and bonds are created through your hard work  :)
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: wrjones on Tuesday 30 October 07 20:42 GMT (UK)
I don't know about the "hard work",the best thing I've found is luck!

Regards
William Russell Jones
Cefn Mawr
Wrexham.
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: Paul on Tuesday 30 October 07 22:59 GMT (UK)
You know what they say W.R  the harder you work the luckier you get.

Paul.
Title: Re: It Makes It All Worth The Effort.
Post by: KathMc on Thursday 01 November 07 11:46 GMT (UK)
Congratulations William and scottcharles. I think finding the living just as exciting as finding the dead, and have learned so much from the ones I have found, as well as making some wonderful friends.

Kath