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Offline Guy Etchells

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Re: RootsWeb Mailing Lists
« Reply #9 on: Monday 30 October 17 10:36 GMT (UK) »
Yes, Rootsweb mailing lists were popular in the 1990s but started loing out to forums in and around 2008.
Now lists like Genbrit only get around 50 to 100 posts a moth whereas in the late 90s in was between 3000 to 5000 a month.

Take a look at the archives (and choose the list you want to browse or search) at
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html

Note the UK lists are listed under United Kingdom  but the country specific lists England, Northern Ireland, Scotland &  Wales under each specific country name
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Re: RootsWeb Mailing Lists
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 31 October 17 10:35 GMT (UK) »
Jane, thank you for your encouraging comments.  I might try a bit harder with the Rootsweb archive now.  Might even break down a brick-wall or two!   :-\

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Re: RootsWeb Mailing Lists
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 31 October 17 11:12 GMT (UK) »
Yes do try them. The ones that were down are back up and running and I've already solved another little issue I was having with finding a PCC Will. It might depend which list you want to use though. Worth checking the archive list to see how much traffic it gets.
Good luck. Jane
Searle, Searell, Searell, Bradridge, Furneaux, Mann, Palk(e), Webber, Caunter, Cantor, Scoble, Leatherbe(e), Pope , Bowden, Full, Colling, Widecomb. Harvey, Solomon, Willis, Grylls, Alger, Chugg, Rouse, Bunker, Richards, Hawkins. Devon.
Davies, Griffiths, Griffith, Jones, Ellis. Flintshire, Wales.
Robinson, Dennison, Birch, Howard, Barton, Jones, Rigby, Rimmer, Rhymer, Johnson, Marshall, Lunt, Ball, Illingworth, Hesketh, Taylor, Bolton, Abram, Spencer, Blundell. Lancashire.
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