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From: "Dawn Tapscott" <>
Subject: Re: Awards for the list - thanks David.
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:31:07 +1000


I would like to endorse Viola's sentiments with regard to help from Devon
listers. I too have been most fortunate in getting assistance from David in
Devon. David has increased my knowledge of my family and where they lived
tenfold in a couple of weeks. I hope to reciprocate his generosity.

Dawn in Melbourne

-----Original Message-----
From: ViolaRae <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, 1 June 1999 5:16 AM
Subject: Awards for the list.

>As each of us work on our individual lines, we sometimes feel we are alone
.
>We are the ONLY ones working on our line. Thoughts race through our minds
>(and words out of our mouths) "why can't I be like everyone else and have
>common lines with lots of people working on them".
>
>I have been on this list for several years, always watching, never seeing
>the name/names I need. Yesterday I was prompted to ask the list for help.
>A wonderful woman came forward and has given me a lot of help. She spent
>"an hour writing . . . an email" (only to have the puter eat it) I have
>worked on this line actively since 1970 without a hint of progress and with
>the wonder of the computer age and the persons that comprise this list more
>has been accomplished in a day than all the letters I have written over the
>years.
>
>Thank you Susan!
>ViolaRae
>
>
>

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