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[ewilkin]

Hi Trish,
Is PM personal mail? New to this so don't know how it all works.
Thanks Elizabeth

[ewilkin]

Hi Trish,
Ok worked out the PM with the little green icon - helps if you look carefully.  Have delected email address off other posting as well.
Thnaks for your help and good wishes.
Cheers
Elizabeth

[trish251]

Sorry - I should have realised - don't think I am being too smart today  - Glad you sorted it 

The normal threads are picked up by search engines, PMs (private messages, personal messages) are between you and the receiver.

Trish

[Ruskie]

Hi Elizabeth,

I received your PM - and thanks for the help Trish  .

Well all those medical proceedures are coming at a good time Elizabeth. I have about 18 pages of letters for you to go through - that'll keep you out of mischief.

And don't forget to ask rootschatters for help with any other family you're stuck on - you may as well take advantage of your recovery time.

Best of luck with your ops - I hope they go really well.

[fridayjan]

Hi Ruskie,

Thanks.  I'll PM you my address.

Hi Elizabeth,

Hope your ops go well.  I started my family tree research while housebound and recovering from an operation 18 months ago!  Or should I say that's when my addiction started  .

There's no further news on the St Vincent front I'm afraid - my researcher over there hasn't been able to find any sign of a birth record or marriage for the two Adam Skellys.  It sounds as if the records are in a pretty terrible state, and one of the records offices has shut and is meant to be moving to new premises but no-one seems to know when or where.  She has found some mentions of the Boyd family (siblings of Margaret McGavin's mother) so I may ask her to pursue those.

On the Skelly side, I've just made contact with someone on Genes who has "our" Skelly's in their tree - going back to the 1600's.  I was delighted to find they come from Northumberland - one of my favourite places - so it looks like I'll have a good excuse to go back there on holiday .

Best wishes,

Janet

[MarieC]

Elizabeth

Best of luck with your trifecta - that's not nice at all, having to face up to three operations!    Hope you get lots of family history done while you are laid up!

MarieC

[Ruskie]

Janet and Elizabeth,

  ... my daughter isn't as clever as I thought. We're having terrible problems sending the files.

This message with huge attachment has been sitting in my outbox for days and every time I go into outlook express it tries to send it. Annoying. 

Anyhow, I'm going to seek expert assistance on the weekend so I hope to get this sorted out then. Probably have to convert them into something else  .

Sorry about the delay.

 

[ewilkin]

HI Ruskie and Janet,
Back in the land of the living - a little confused about who is who is Ruskie Nicole?
I was so delighted with McGavin letters, still trying to read them and take in what it all means, the writing is so descriptive its had to get to the bottom line sometimes and sort out the continuity of it all.
Still only able to sit at computer for short spells which is really annoying but each day is getting better so hopefully in next few days I''l be able to get stuck into it, as cabin fever is starting to set in.
Interested in finding out about your Skelly thread going back to 1600's how exciting.   I did recall getting an email amongst the hundreds that are still sitting there unread from a Craig that seemed to have a number a hits through Genes Reunited is this the same contact? Can't wait to check this out more/
Trouble is bum is getting numb already - grrrrrrrrrrrr
Talk later
Elizabeth

[fridayjan]

Hi Elizabeth,

Good to hear that the op went well and you're back with us. 

I suspect the message from Craig is the guy that I've been in contact with.  I've been trying to find out some more about the Skelly's and Boyd's in Ayrshire over the last couple of weeks.  Craig has John Skelly (who married Janet Boyd) with father Robert Skelly from Northumberland, but I'm not convinced from what I've seen that that is correct - on the baptism records for all of the children of John and Janet he is described as John Skelly Junr - which would make me think his father is John, not Robert.

I've tried to contact Craig again but with no response so far.  I've also tried to make contact with someone who has contributed information about the Skelly's in Northumberland onto the IGI, but again with no luck so far.

I feel this might be a brick wall!  Without knowing where John was born, how do I know which one he is, even if I find one with a father called John??



Janet