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From: Elizabeth Russo <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Computer Problems
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 14:29:42 -0500


Thank you Jann, and everyone, who sent me URLs for bookmarks, email
addresses, and archived emails pertaining to my families and to the
Huguenot reunion in Charleston.

I love my list family here!

And Jann, I don't even know what search engine footprints are, much less
any programmers who do...

Elizabeth

Jann Hutchison wrote:
>
> Elizabeth, it just so happens I've saved a few of your emails, including
> some about the reunion. I'll send them along as I can. Still working on
> my darn search engine, genealogyexchange, but as of yet it will not accept
> gedcom files. Know any good computer programers that can redo
> search engine footprints? (or whatever you call it.)
> Jann
>
> Elizabeth Russo wrote:
>
> > Well it seems to happen to good folks all the time, and now it has
> > happened to me...
> >
> > In trying to delete my son's e-mail account (he was receiving
> > unsolicited porno that would not stop), the Netscape Gods That Be
> > somehow wiped out all of my own e-mail, preferences, address book,
> > bookmarks, etc.
> >
> > This means that for now:
> >
> > * I cannot write any of you unless you write me first;
> > * those of you on my Huguenot Reunion mail list need to re-contact me;
> > * cousin Judy, we have two newly-discovered DUBOIS cousins who just
> > e-mailed me before the crash, but I don't think I forwarded their emails
> > to you just yet so we have to hope that they'll write again because I
> > don't remember their email addresses, and for that matter, Judy, I don't
> > have yours any more, either!
> > * I do not have any of the emails sent to me over the past two years (I
> > had filed in folders over 20,000 of them)
> >
> > Sigh....
> >
> > So, folks, do as I say and not as I do... back up your information
> > often. I normally do with my other programs, but hadn't figured out yet
> > how to back up email.
> >
> > Maybe this means I have to go back to practicing law and leave genealogy
> > alone for a while....
> >
> > Sorry for using this forum, but this is where most of my more regular
> > correspondents "hang out."
> >
> > Elizabet

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