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Lydart
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Dorset Ancestors is a site I check up on occasionally; its not as wide ranging, obviously, as RootsChat, but I've had a few useful bits of help in the past.
So I was horrified to read this:-
Throughout 2007 we have been plagued by people joining the forum with the sole intention of posting misleading messages intended to promote the sale of all manner of pills, tablets and worse.
We have stopped all of these bogus messages reaching the forum but recently we have been dealing with over fifty such attempts every day and it takes time to delete their details from our system and they are a constant distraction.
The forum is at the heart of our service so it is with much regret that we have to announce the suspension of the web-site and our free to use service until further notice.
How can people do this sort of thing ? I was sickened ...
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more Cornwall/Devon/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire/CANADA: Stubbs, Walmesley Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Barbara F
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That is really sad Lydart. I suppose I am not that surprised (given the amount of rubbish turns up in my junk mail folder) but it represents a great loss to researchers. I wonder how much junk Rootschat has to fend off?
Barbara
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Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent Fewell and Speller - Essex and London Headington and Bateman - London Feltwell - Norfolk and London Lewin - India and NZ Evan-Thomas - Wales and London Purser and Cook - Hunts Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Lydart
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I guess we need to keep saying a big THANK YOU to the RC moderators who keep this site 'clean' from people who just want to mess up others research and pleasure.
THANK YOU MODS !! You are a very special bunch !
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Dorset/Wiltshire: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more Cornwall/Devon/CANADA: Pomeroy Somerset: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancashire/Cheshire/CANADA: Stubbs, Walmesley Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Zelley
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Dorset Ancestors is a site I check up on occasionally; its not as wide ranging, obviously, as RootsChat, but I've had a few useful bits of help in the past. So I was horrified to read this:- Throughout 2007 we have been plagued by people joining the forum with the sole intention of posting misleading messages intended to promote the sale of all manner of pills, tablets and worse.
We have stopped all of these bogus messages reaching the forum but recently we have been dealing with over fifty such attempts every day and it takes time to delete their details from our system and they are a constant distraction.
The forum is at the heart of our service so it is with much regret that we have to announce the suspension of the web-site and our free to use service until further notice. How can people do this sort of thing ? I was sickened ...
I had been a regular contributor to that site and had posted hundreds of messages covering in detail names such as LOVELL
and VALLANCE etc, I also posted pictures of long gone relatives.
Therefore, I was not amused when I found out the site stopped.
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Zelley, Lovell, Godbold, Woods, Phillips, Lewis, Emery,
Magee, Baker, White. Flisher, Kyne, Tilston, Valence/Vallens,
Mabb/Mabbe, Bellamy, Selley, Martha Smith, Arno (of Dartmouth, Devon}.
Dorset, London, Warwick, East Anglia, Kent, Devon
North Wales
The ancestors lived here and there, in many scattered
places, with various occupations
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pinefamily
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It is ridiculous the lengths some people go to trying to make money. The internet is a wonderful tool, but sometimes is hijacked by the unscrupulous elements in our society.
In regard to junk in your e-mails, I have successfully blocked all bar occasional spam. You can set up message rules in your e-mail program, but this only stops about 80%. I also use a free program, Mailwasher, which you use to "vet" your e-mails first. It is very easy to use, and very successful.
Regards,
Darren
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Pine/Pyne one-name study
Devon/Dorset- Pine
Gloucestershire/Surrey/Dorset- Dowdeswell
Glasgow- Donnan
Pittaway-Oxfordshire
Snoswell-Kent
Lundquist-Hernosand, Sweden
Lindner-Silesia, Prussia
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Lydart
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Does any Dorset person (Nanny Jan for e.g. ?) know how it might be possible to access the info they had and the articles they published on the net ? I remember reading an interesting one about Dorset button makers, and wanted to read it again as I've got one !
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Lydart
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Like father, like daughter, Jan ??
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Lydart
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I understand they were made in cottages by 'out-workers' and sold in batches in the markets; what used to be called pin money, I suppose, for the wives of the ag.lab's !
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Lydart
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Still no sign of this re-appearing ...
http://www.dorset-ancestors.com/
I know one can email, it says, but how to tell what articles about Dorset are still being produced, if any ??
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