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Offline Pollynation

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Writing letters to strangers
« on: Thursday 29 September 05 21:51 BST (UK) »
I have been on the LDS site and found 2 people with names and address's "doing" the same tree as me and i want to contact them.

What do i say??? I know this subject has been covered before but i cannot seem to find it.

Best wishes
Pauline
Atkinson/Mountney/Gardner/Mellor/Finch/Higham-Lancashire
Cooper/Price-Shropshire
Lund/Foster/Wilkinson/Crawforth-Yorkshire
Calvert-Durham


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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 29 September 05 21:56 BST (UK) »
ESSEX  Carter, Enever, Jeffrey, Mason, Middleditch, Pond, Poole, Rose, Sorrell, Staines, Stephens, Surry, Theobald HUNTS  Danns KENT  Luetchford, Wood NOTTINGHAMSHIRE  Baker, Dunks, Kemp, Price, Priestley, Swain, Woodward SUFFOLK  Rose SURREY  Bedel, Bransden, Bysh, Coleman, Gibbs, Quinton SUSSEX Gibbs, Langridge, Pilbeam, Spencer WILTSHIRE  Brice, Rumble

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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 29 September 05 21:57 BST (UK) »
Thankyou julianb

best wishes
Pauline
Atkinson/Mountney/Gardner/Mellor/Finch/Higham-Lancashire
Cooper/Price-Shropshire
Lund/Foster/Wilkinson/Crawforth-Yorkshire
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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 29 September 05 22:00 BST (UK) »
All UK Census Transcriptions are Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Bennett, Owen, Owens, Hudson, Crisp, Challinor/Challoner/Chaloner, Lewis, James, Richards, Simon, Mills, Evans, Trow, Davies, Turner, Beaton/Betton, Lloyd, Jenkins, Evans.....and a ton of JONES!!!!

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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 September 05 22:16 BST (UK) »
Thankyou Lloydy

I think i have it sorted now. Fingers crossed they reply  :-\

Best wishes
Pauline
Atkinson/Mountney/Gardner/Mellor/Finch/Higham-Lancashire
Cooper/Price-Shropshire
Lund/Foster/Wilkinson/Crawforth-Yorkshire
Calvert-Durham


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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #5 on: Friday 30 September 05 16:04 BST (UK) »
Just write and introduce your self telling them what you doing   !!

 I found i got a reply every time even if it was a no sorry wrong family etc

 But always put in a Stamped addressed envelope !!  :D
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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #6 on: Friday 30 September 05 17:31 BST (UK) »
Pauline

Let us know how you get on, whether successful or not. 

I hope you are successful.............. :D ;)

Jan
All UK Census Transcriptions are Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Bennett, Owen, Owens, Hudson, Crisp, Challinor/Challoner/Chaloner, Lewis, James, Richards, Simon, Mills, Evans, Trow, Davies, Turner, Beaton/Betton, Lloyd, Jenkins, Evans.....and a ton of JONES!!!!

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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #7 on: Friday 30 September 05 18:28 BST (UK) »
I will let you know what happens. Posted both letters today and they should have them by next friday ( Canada).

best wishes
Pauline
p.s. i recently found a new member on rootschat who is connected to my husbands side of the tree. Getting more relatives by the week! ;D
Atkinson/Mountney/Gardner/Mellor/Finch/Higham-Lancashire
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Re: Writing letters to strangers
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 04 October 05 00:15 BST (UK) »
Hi,I do hope you have more success than I did contacting someone on GR.

After finding my grandfather on someone else's tree I looked further and saw my Gx1 and Gx2 Grandads

We are stuck there with a brick wall so I was really quite excited when I saw dates going back to the 16'00's for my family.

I mailed the person who's tree it is and waited for a reply...........and waited.
After 3 weeks I wrote again with a wife for one of my Gx2 Grandads.......information I had through the marriage certificate I had obtained.

Two weeks later the person contacted me and said "thanks for that........it was something I didn't know" and that was it!!!!

I wrote again and said I could share lots of certificates if required............still I had nothing.................I sent a "request to see your tree" message..........and ..........yes nothing!!

The information for the BMD's for the family is not readily available on any of the on line sites as I have looked,so they must have access to information that we haven't got.......ie a family bible.

It is so sad that we share everything from Great Grandparents down..............our grandfathers must have been brothers.........but the person obviously feels he can't share the tree with me and the family.   :(

I do not see the point in putting a tree on GR if you are not intending to share the information.......................Genes Reunited means just that to me.

Sorry this is so long winded............I have it off my chest now and feel better...................it has upset me for two long months now!!

Hope you have better luck than I did.

Sue
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