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  • Is soc.genealogy.britain still active

    From MB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 26 09:24:57 2023
    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain still
    active

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  • From Graeme Wall@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 26 10:06:34 2023
    On 26/01/2023 09:24, MB wrote:
    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain still active

    Not really, occasionally something pops up.
    --
    Graeme Wall
    This account not read.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Geoff on Thu Jan 26 10:41:09 2023
    On 26/01/2023 10:23, Geoff wrote:
    What are people using now (if anything)?


    Rootsweb might have gone but Ancestry still have a number of message
    boards and often had an answer when posted a question about a particular
    area.

    Rootschat is also still running.

    Curious Fox very occasionally turns up something but it is cheap!

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Graeme Wall on Thu Jan 26 10:36:46 2023
    On 26/01/2023 10:06, Graeme Wall wrote:
    Not really, occasionally something pops up.


    Thanks, there are a few like that!

    I lost my Thunderbird settings and had to reload.

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  • From Geoff@21:1/5 to Graeme Wall on Thu Jan 26 10:23:45 2023
    Graeme Wall wrote:

    On 26/01/2023 09:24, MB wrote:
    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain
    still active

    Not really, occasionally something pops up.

    What are people using now (if anything)?

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  • From Geoff@21:1/5 to Geoff on Thu Jan 26 12:30:31 2023
    "MB" wrote in message news:tqtlc6$1577a$2@dont-email.me...

    On 26/01/2023 10:23, Geoff wrote:
    What are people using now (if anything)?


    Rootsweb might have gone but Ancestry still have a number of message
    boards and often had an answer when posted a question about a particular
    area.

    Rootschat is also still running.

    Curious Fox very occasionally turns up something but it is cheap!


    Thanks! I'll see what Rootschat Has.

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to onlyme101@btinternet.com on Mon Jan 30 06:21:30 2023
    On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:23:45 -0000 (UTC), "Geoff"
    <onlyme101@btinternet.com> wrote:

    Graeme Wall wrote:

    On 26/01/2023 09:24, MB wrote:
    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain
    still active

    Not really, occasionally something pops up.

    What are people using now (if anything)?

    There are several mailing lists, many of them hosted by groups.io
    following the demise of YahooGroups.


    --
    Steve Hayes
    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Steve Hayes on Mon Jan 30 12:56:40 2023
    On 30/01/2023 04:21, Steve Hayes wrote:
    There are several mailing lists, many of them hosted by groups.io
    following the demise of YahooGroups.


    I forgot by groups.io, as you write there are many lists there, many
    nothing to do with family history.

    For more serious subjects JISCMAIL can be useful, a couple of lists
    there have got me answers from very well placed people.

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to MB@nospam.net on Tue Jan 31 07:48:39 2023
    On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:56:40 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:

    On 30/01/2023 04:21, Steve Hayes wrote:
    There are several mailing lists, many of them hosted by groups.io
    following the demise of YahooGroups.


    I forgot by groups.io, as you write there are many lists there, many
    nothing to do with family history.

    Indeed, it's a public listserve, so just as many newsgroups on Usenet
    have nothing to do with family history, so many mailing lists don't
    either, but I was referring to the many that DO have to do with family
    history, and if you don't like any of them, you can start your own.


    --
    Steve Hayes
    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/

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  • From Charles Ellson@21:1/5 to MB@nospam.net on Wed Feb 22 11:30:54 2023
    On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:24:57 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:

    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain still >active

    Occasionally.

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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to charlesellson@btinternet.com on Tue Mar 14 12:16:36 2023
    On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:30:54 +0000, Charles Ellson <charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:24:57 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:

    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain still >>active

    Occasionally.

    But it seems to have stopped being active right after the question was
    asked.


    --
    Steve Hayes
    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/afgen/

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  • From Charles Ellson@21:1/5 to hayesstw@telkomsa.net on Wed Mar 15 00:37:50 2023
    On Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:16:36 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

    On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:30:54 +0000, Charles Ellson ><charlesellson@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:24:57 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:

    Just having a sort out of my newsreader, is soc.genealogy.britain still >>>active

    Occasionally.

    But it seems to have stopped being active right after the question was
    asked.

    It definitely hasn't been a hive of activity for some time.

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