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Title: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: goof on Monday 29 December 14 23:12 GMT (UK)
Brent Richards emailed me at an old Freeserve address regarding the two brothers who are our respective g-g-grandfathers. I have lost his email address so cannot reply.
They lived in St.Neots in late 1880's.
If anyone knows of Brent could they let me know.
My full name is Geoffrey Charge.
Thanks.
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 29 December 14 23:17 GMT (UK)
How long ago was the email?  Was it in reply to a post on Rootschat?
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: goof on Monday 29 December 14 23:26 GMT (UK)
His email was sent on 22nd December 2014. He had seen my queries about the Gray family on the internet.
Since this is the main site that I use I am guessing he saw it here.
I think Brent may be in Australia as his email was sent at 3.46 am GMT.
Thanks for your reply.
Geoff.
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 29 December 14 23:30 GMT (UK)
He could not have contacted you direct to your personal email address from this site as email addresses are not displayed

Have you posted on other sites and given your email address?
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: goof on Tuesday 30 December 14 11:08 GMT (UK)
Yes I have used some other sites, so my old email would have been available.
However I have done no research for nearly two years, during which time my email address changed.
Brent's message was direct to me, not intended for Rootschat.
Thanks for your interest.
Geoff.
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 30 December 14 11:26 GMT (UK)
Hi

In your opening post you say you think Brent had seen your posts on Rootschat hence his contact. 

What I was saying above is that as your actual email address is not displayed on RC he could not have contacted you that way via this site.

It is more likely he has seen one of your posts on one of the other sites you have used which does display personal email addresses. 

If you know which other sites you have posted on, you could see if he is a contributor on those sites or whether he has actually replied to your posts on those sites.

Good luck - hope you make contact with him



Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: bedfordshire boy on Tuesday 30 December 14 16:34 GMT (UK)
He posted on the now defunct genforum site 12 years ago. See http://genforum.genealogy.com/gray/messages/8552.html where his email address in use then is shown
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: goof on Wednesday 31 December 14 11:09 GMT (UK)
That's fantastic news. I will try an email and se if it is still valid after 12 years.
Thank you so much.
Geoff.
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: bedfordshire boy on Wednesday 31 December 14 13:00 GMT (UK)
If you google "brent Richards" gray you'll find other boards where he's posted
Title: Re: Sidney Gray and Harrry Gray
Post by: goof on Saturday 17 January 15 15:46 GMT (UK)
Thanks to all who replied.
I now have made contact with my second cousin twice removed, living in Australia.
What an excellent website this is.
Geoff.