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waralan
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« on: Wednesday 17 November 04 17:21 UTC (UK) »
Hi,
      I would like to know if there any Rutters in the Newton/Wisbech area of Cambridgeshire today.
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 17 November 04 20:59 UTC (UK) »

http://www2.bt.com/edq_resnamesearch

The first entry on the google search engine 
www. google .com 
for a search for UK telephone directories
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 17 November 04 21:18 UTC (UK) »
Hi David,
     Thanks for your speedy reply.  I now have a further question?  Would you respond negatively to an American writing you who may or may not be a distant relative?
      I wouldn't want anything.  This wouldn't be a scam.
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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 17 November 04 22:54 UTC (UK) »
Totally hypothetical!

What I would do is not necessarily what the man on the Clapham omnibus would do. It would depend on how the letter was phrased, whether I had any interest at all in corresponding with a possible very distant relative, whether I had an interest in genealogy etc.  The chances are I would  bin it, although if an email address were included courtesy would prompt me to send an email in response.

But in your position I think I would do more research into your great grandfather's family (knowing your grandfather left no male siblings in the UK) to see if he had any brothers who might have perpetuated the Rutter name before writing any letters, as opposed to adopting a scattergun approach and doing a mass mailing to anyone bearing the Rutter name in the Wisbech/north Cambs area.  As with all speculative mailshots you've got to research your market!
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Beds:   Cople: Luke/Spencer
            Everton: Hale
            Henlow: Cooper/Watts/Sabey
            Potton:  Merrill
            Southill: Faulkner/Litchfield/Sabey
            Woburn/Husborne Crawley: Surkitt
Hunts:  Gt Gransden: Merrill/Chandler/Medlock
            Toseland: Surkitt/Hedge/Corn         
Cambs:  Bourn: Bowd
             Eltisley: Medlock
             Graveley: Ford/Revell
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Re: I would like to know
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 20 November 04 17:04 UTC (UK) »
David,
     Thanks for the insight.  You must be a marketing major.  That is not a slam.  Having gone through business school, I now recognize that.
      Having said that, I think I will look up leads on this side of the pond.  My grandfather had a nephew, George, who was a good deal younger than he.  I will try to look descends of him.
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