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Topic: And then we were 5 .... Happy Birthday RootsChat !! (Read 6487 times)
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Berlin-Bob
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RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 5687
by: My Daughter. Chatting to find her Roots !
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RootsChat was launched on 31st. December 2003
see [About us]
and RootsChat in the Public Eye
Slowly it grew:
1 year old ..... 2 years old ...... 3 years old ...... 4 years old ......
and, now, on Wednesday 31st. December,
RootsChat will be 5 years old !!
On 14.12.2008 the statistics showed that we have
Members: 70841 • Posts: 1937360 • Topics: 296185
Today (29.12.2008 at 10:30) the statistics tell us that we have
Members: 71539 • Posts: 1955376 • Topics: 298004
So within two weeks we have 700 new members, over 20,000 new replies and nearly 2000 new topics.
But that is just numbers.
What the statistics don't show is the quality of the help being offered by RootsChatters.
And what the statistics also don't show is the sense of community that makes RootsChat such a successful family history forum.
As in previous years RootsChatters have accepted challenges to find out more about people and things that caught the eye, the heart and the imagination ....
for instance:
Topic: ANZAC puzzle / Are you a relative of Alfred Parr ?
Another recurring theme was the "Scavenger Hunts", where RootsChatters make great efforts to knock down particular brick-walls.
The sense of community was also very noticable on the Totally Off Topic Bit and in the Chatroom, where RootsChatters could let their hair down, relax from the rigours of Family History, vent a few feelings, find comfort and support, have a few laughs,
........ and go back refreshed to the rigours of Family History 
On the "technical side" we have expanded the moderating team,
re-written the  pages,
and expanded the RootsChat Reference Library (Lexicon, Useful Links, Time Lines, Topic Catalogues)
RootsChat grows and grows: sometimes it gets a bit slow, due to it's popularity ("a victim of it's own success") ....
but it's well worth waiting for .....
So, raise your glasses and join me in saying
Happy Birthday RootsChat
and
Thank You, Sarah and Trystan
for having the idea,
and then having the courage, the strength and the patience to implement it.
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Further reading:
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RootsChat ! or: "Then he said, 'why not do it?' so we did."
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,115557.msg507377.html#msg507377
Topic: The RootChats Experience
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,194252.0.html
Topic: The RootsChat Phenomenon
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,194133.0.html
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« Last Edit: Tuesday 30 December 08 08:14 UTC (UK) by Berlin-Bob »
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site. All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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kerryb
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 11961
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Yes congratulations Rootschat! Long may you continue!
Thanks to all the Mods for all your hard work in keeping this site by far the best on the internet which is why so many of us keep coming back
I've just knocked up 4 years on Rootschat and it hardly seems like yesterday I was first told about this great site where I might be able to find some help with my family history and boy was that true 
Kerry
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukSearching for my family - Baldwin - Sussex, Middlesex, Cork, Pilbeam - Sussex, Harmer - Sussex, Terry - Surrey, Kent, Rhoades - Lincs, Roffey - Surrey, Traies - Devon & Middlesex & many many more to be found on my website .... www.kerrysfamilyhistory.co.uk |
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Half Pint
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 442
my wonderful mum and dad
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Hi
Over the last few years I have had what I thought at the time were "off days" but in nearly every instance I have come on here and been blown away.
I have had many, many "brick walls" knocked down, for which I am most grateful but most importantly of all, I have had my belief in human nature restored. Everyone is kind, thoughtful and most of all generous of their time.
Thank you to everyone for that, it is priceless
I wish everyone a really happy and peaceful 2009
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Bedfordshire: Chapman, Norris Cumberland: Bone, Casson, Ellwood, Harrington, Harrison, Huddleston, Mawson, Rooney, Singleton, Stephenson, Tunstall, Tyson, Wedgwood, Whitehead, Wilson, Woodall Hertfordshire: Chapman, Seymour Ireland: Macken, McAvoy, Rooney Lancashire: Casson, Dixon, Huddleston, Hunter, Muschamp, Skirrow Stephenson, Tyson Staffordshire: Burslem, Tunstall, Wedgwood Yorkshire: Harrison, Lund, Roberts, Swire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov. |
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Ruskie
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 4701
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Congratulations, Happy Birthday, and very many thanks to all who involved in the creation and running of this fantastic site!
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Trees
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2307
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A whole year passed already it went very quickly thanks to Rootschat. So many new friends found and so much added to the tree all thanks to the most wonderful family history site on the internet
A big thank you to Tristan and Sarah and all the mods and fellow chatters for everything.
Many happy returns
Trees
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oldtimer
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2883
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Thank you Sarah and Trystan for the best thing on the net! I have met so many lovely people that I like to think of now friends.
Thanks also to the Moderators, who don't always have an easy life!  You always do your job with patience and humour!
Best wishes
Judy 
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Daisy Loo
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1267
4 generations of Prestidge, 1835-1985
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Happy Birthday Rootchat!
Thanks to all the Mods, and all the wonderful people out there who have helped make this site a little haven from frustration, an inspiration for tired eyes, and a laugh for sagging spirits
Thanks to Trystan & Sarah for making this site possible, and long may it continue, for it is surely the BEST genealogy site around
Daisy Loo
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BARNETT- Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Dorset HILSDEN/HILLSDEN/HILLSDON- Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Canada PRESTIDGE/PRESTAGE- Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Islington PINNIGER/PINEGAR/PINNEGAR - Wiltshire Branmbleby - Kent, Middlesex
LEACH- Norfolk BUTTERWORTH - Lancashire OTTON - Somerset LAWRENCE - Berkshire
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Notinpastyet
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 488
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Congratulations! what a great site this is,always friendly ,helpful,great place to pop into get great info & leads.Long may it continue Happy Birthday & A Happy New Year to you all regards Nipy
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janetmp
RootsChat Member
Posts: 166
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Yes indeed. Happy birthday and thankyou trystan and sarah.
I have spent hundreds of happy hours in here and look forward to many more.
Jan
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wagg,merchant,drake,pike,wellings,latham,trott,plumb,livingston,
shropshire,somerset,dorset,hampshire,warwickshire,gloucestershire,worcestershire,gibbs
Census Information is Crown Copyright from www. national archives.gov.uk
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Hi Bob, thanks for bringing this forward..... 
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