Hi Folks

I've had a think.  How about limiting ourselves, initially, to
non-county topics/questions to those below.

Mil  Military topics
Occ  Occupational topics
Pmg  Parishmouse General topics
Rel  Religous topics
Soc  Genealogical Society news

Simple "looking for" should be added to the Database area.

Please pass an opinion as you see fit.

Cheers

Mike

----- Original Message -----

From: sally_parishmouse

To: parishmouse@...

Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:44 PM

Subject: [parishmouse] Re: Hello

Hello Sue and welcome to the Parishmouse Group

As you will probably realise the group is new and I am transferring the stuff from the old
boards as I get time. The surname lists are in the database section (click on Database on
the left menu) and are held here to keep everyones email addresses as safe as I can. Only
members can view the list and they are not indexed by any search engines so should never
be seen by anyone other than members of this group. Feel free to add any names you
want and I'll try and add more to the lists over the coming days.

The Chapman codes are reference codes given to each county in the UK. It is a short way
of referring to the counties in a form that everyone will know (if only we could all remeber
them all ! ). I am sure someone else can probably give you a better resume of them but
that is the essence of them. You can find a list of them in the files section.

Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@yahoogroups.co.uk, "Sue" <sue@...> wrote:
>
> Hello my name is Sue and I'm new to this group, where are the parish
> lists etc stated on homepage, and what is this chapman codes all about.
> I've been researching my family history for about 2yrs but have come to
> a stop on some names
> kind regards,
> sue
>

Hello Sue and welcome to the Parishmouse Group

As you will probably realise the group is new and I am transferring the stuff
from the old
boards as I get time.  The surname lists are in the database section (click on
Database on
the left menu) and are held here to keep everyones email addresses as safe as I
can.  Only
members can view the list and they are not indexed by any search engines so
should never
be seen by anyone other than members of this group.  Feel free to add any names
you
want and I'll try and add more to the lists over the coming days.

The Chapman codes are reference codes given to each county in the UK. It is a
short way
of referring to the counties in a form that everyone will know (if only we could
all remeber
them all ! ).  I am sure someone else can probably give you a better resume of
them but
that is the essence of them. You can find a list of them in the files section.

Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

BFN
Sally


--- In parishmouse@..., "Sue" <sue@...> wrote:
>
> Hello my name is Sue and I'm new to this group, where are the parish
> lists etc stated on homepage, and what is this chapman codes all about.
> I've been researching my family history for about 2yrs but have come to
> a stop on some names
> kind regards,
> sue
>

Hello my name is Sue and I'm new to this group, where are the parish
lists etc stated on homepage, and what is this chapman codes all about.
I've been researching my family history for about 2yrs but have come to
a stop on some names
kind regards,
sue

Hi Mike

I've turned off the spam filtering to see if that helps and have
raised a support issue with Yahoo so we will see what they have to say
about it.

Have another go with T-bird and I'll keep an eye on the spam box and
we will see if it gets through or not.

BFN
Sally (still learning how to drive this group :) )

--- In parishmouse@yahoogroups.co.uk, "bty51721" <mike.yegwart@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sally
>
> This is coming off the website.
>
> I think it is likely to be a white/black list setting somewhere. They
> wouldn't be offering repliable email addresses, the logic goes.
>
> It would make the Yahoo Groups service much more user friendly. I know
> of one very ardent genealogist who doesn't like noticeboards, but loves
> email notification.
>
> If you can't find the setting it may be worth asking Yahoo to
> automatically allow members auto access. I'm sure anything SPAM like
> will get dropped on like a ton of rocks from us 'mouse-ers'. Should
> Yahoo not have a get around then there should be a new members message
> slot, or you are likely to see a lot of messages in the SPAM box,
> especially from those who use Rootsweb as well.
>
> The reason I prefer Thunderbird to that M$ one is a matter of security.
> If it is T-bird then I will enter the website to post replies.
>
> Hope that all makes sense.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
> --- In parishmouse@yahoogroups.co.uk, "sally_parishmouse"
> <sally.lloyd@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > Yahoo doesn't seem to like Thunderbird as the two emails you have sent
> > using it have been trapped as spam and the delay has been caused by it
> > sitting in the spam folder waiting for me to approve it. I suggest
> > trying another application so as not to get caught as spam. I wonder
> > why it doesn't like Thunderbird?
> >
> > BFN
> > Sally
> >
>

-- Mike Yegwart
Branch Chairman
BromsgroveBMSGH
The Family History Site for North Worcestershire
http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk/ 

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the parishmouse
group.

   File        : /Chapman Codes.txt
   Uploaded by : sally_parishmouse <sally.lloyd@...>
   Description : List of Chapman Codes

You can access this file at the URL:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/parishmouse/files/Chapman%20Codes.txt

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/groups/files

Regards,

sally_parishmouse <sally.lloyd@...>

Hi Peter

Good to have you back.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@..., "mosspeter51" <mosspeter51@...>
wrote:
>
> Glad ive found you all again new site new future
> good to be back
> peter
>

Hi Mike

I've turned off the spam filtering to see if that helps and have
raised a support issue with Yahoo so we will see what they have to say
about it.

Have another go with T-bird and I'll keep an eye on the spam box and
we will see if it gets through or not.

BFN
Sally (still learning how to drive this group :) )

--- In parishmouse@..., "bty51721" <mike.yegwart@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sally
>
> This is coming off the website.
>
> I think it is likely to be a white/black list setting somewhere.  They
> wouldn't be offering repliable email addresses, the logic goes.
>
> It would make the Yahoo Groups service much more user friendly.  I know
> of one very ardent genealogist who doesn't like noticeboards, but loves
> email notification.
>
> If you can't find the setting it may be worth asking Yahoo to
> automatically allow members auto access.  I'm sure anything SPAM like
> will get dropped on like a ton of rocks from us 'mouse-ers'.   Should
> Yahoo not have a get around then there should be a new members message
> slot, or you are likely to see a lot of messages in the SPAM box,
> especially from those who use Rootsweb as well.
>
> The reason I prefer Thunderbird to that M$ one is a matter of security.
> If it is T-bird then I will enter the website to post replies.
>
> Hope that all makes sense.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
> --- In parishmouse@..., "sally_parishmouse"
> <sally.lloyd@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > Yahoo doesn't seem to like Thunderbird as the two emails you have sent
> > using it have been trapped as spam and the delay has been caused by it
> > sitting in the spam folder waiting for me to approve it.  I suggest
> > trying another application so as not to get caught as spam.  I wonder
> > why it doesn't like Thunderbird?
> >
> > BFN
> > Sally
> >
>

Glad ive found you all again new site new future
good to be back
peter

Hi Sally

This is coming off the website.

I think it is likely to be a white/black list setting somewhere.  They
wouldn't be offering repliable email addresses, the logic goes.

It would make the Yahoo Groups service much more user friendly.  I know
of one very ardent genealogist who doesn't like noticeboards, but loves
email notification.

If you can't find the setting it may be worth asking Yahoo to
automatically allow members auto access.  I'm sure anything SPAM like
will get dropped on like a ton of rocks from us 'mouse-ers'.   Should
Yahoo not have a get around then there should be a new members message
slot, or you are likely to see a lot of messages in the SPAM box,
especially from those who use Rootsweb as well.

The reason I prefer Thunderbird to that M$ one is a matter of security.
If it is T-bird then I will enter the website to post replies.

Hope that all makes sense.

Cheers

Mike

--- In parishmouse@..., "sally_parishmouse"
<sally.lloyd@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Mike
>
> Yahoo doesn't seem to like Thunderbird as the two emails you have sent
> using it have been trapped as spam and the delay has been caused by it
> sitting in the spam folder waiting for me to approve it.  I suggest
> trying another application so as not to get caught as spam.  I wonder
> why it doesn't like Thunderbird?
>
> BFN
> Sally
>

Hi Mike

Yahoo doesn't seem to like Thunderbird as the two emails you have sent
using it have been trapped as spam and the delay has been caused by it
sitting in the spam folder waiting for me to approve it.  I suggest
trying another application so as not to get caught as spam.  I wonder
why it doesn't like Thunderbird?

BFN
Sally

Hi Mike

Obviously your side of the family got the brains <BG> What a good idea ... I'll second it so
now it is up to everyone else.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@yahoogroups.co.uk, "bty51721" <mike.yegwart@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was thinking - carefully - that as we are starting to grow, but before
> we get too many that we should have as a guideline that each subject
> starts with the county Chapman code, e.g:
>
> WOR: xxxx xxxx xxxxx
>
> There are a lot of counties in the UK and Eire so I think this might
> make things easier for Sally.
>
> Also those of us who get lots of emails can 'delete' without reading.
> We could always refer back to the website if we were too enthusiastic
>
> The theme could be developed further as things progress, e.g. Occ for
> Occupational questions, Rel for Religion based queries and Soc for
> society notifications. This would maintain a 3 letter starter. The
> Chapman codes are always capitals, I think. These others could be
> mixed case.
>
> Your thoughts, but I think the final decision should be Sally's.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike [:)]
>

Hi Mike

Obviously your side of the family got the brains <BG> What a good idea ... I'll
second it so
now it is up to everyone else.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@..., "bty51721" <mike.yegwart@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I was thinking - carefully - that as we are starting to grow, but before
> we get too many that we should have as a guideline that each subject
> starts with the county Chapman code, e.g:
>
> WOR: xxxx xxxx xxxxx
>
> There are a lot of counties in the UK and Eire so I think this might
> make things easier for Sally.
>
> Also those of us who get lots of emails can 'delete' without reading.
> We could always refer back to the website if we were too enthusiastic
>
> The theme could be developed further as things progress, e.g. Occ for
> Occupational questions, Rel for Religion based queries and Soc for
> society notifications.  This would maintain a 3 letter starter.  The
> Chapman codes are always capitals, I think.   These others could be
> mixed case.
>
> Your thoughts, but I think the final decision should be Sally's.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike   [:)]
>

thanks sally,we are all waiting to find out what baby key number four
will be.mum bex had a scan but the little blighter was moving around
such a lot they couldent tell for sure.when asked what he wanted a
brother or a sister little owain said "noddy"so i hope hes not to upset
when the baby hasnt got a hat with a bell on top when it comes
home.anyway keep up the good work im sure you will get on top of it
soon.patx

Hi Sally.
group

Perhaps I was the only one that didn't have problems with the old
site.  Might be my advancing years that the site took pity on me.

Had more problems setting my Yahoo Account up and joining the group
than I needed, but made it in the end.

Best of luck with the new group and hope we can all help each other.


Kindest regards


Bob

--- In parishmouse@..., "patriciakey28"
<patriciakey28@...> wrote:
>
> hi everyone,i cant leave you alone for a couple of weeks without
> something happening can i? ive been so busy with things at home and
> work that i havent had much time for the computer.now ive lost my
> parishmouse monika because yahoo wont let me use it.so im not patx
> anymore.i quite like the one they suggested. well, the 28 part (if only)
> i can hardly remember what it was like being 28.im going to be a granny
> again soon (that makes 4)so im getting the support stockings and
> walking sticks ready.anyway lets hope more members join this group and
> it becomes as well used as the old one.
>

Hi Patx

There see we can all still know you as Patx even if yahoo won't let
you use it and nope take your eyes of me for five mins and it is
amazing what I can get up to ... my Mum has always found that too :) I
must admit when I arranged for PM to change servers I never envisaged
quite the radical change that there has ended up having to be done but
I think it may all work out for the better in the long run (fingers
crossed here).

Congrats on going to be a granny again ... let us know we the small
bundle arrives won't you.

Anyway, welcome back and must go now to put some stuff up on the site.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@..., "jackcorgi" <jackcorgi@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sally,
> I have sent this message to say thank you for all that you have done in
> setting up this new group. As a new member and tried to get on Parish
> Chat, with difficulty, I think you may have cracked it with this. I
> feel also that I cannot leave Mike, at present, on his own as the only
> guy amongst you girls.
> I hope that we shall all benefit from this and hopefully find out more
> info in our searches.
> Many thanks
> Chris Scott
>

Hi Chris

Thanks for the thanks and I hope we have cracked it and that we get
all our old members back.  I am a bit worried what you think us girls
are going to do to Mike if left on his own ... anyway I shall protect
him as he is a long lost cuz and I am the big chief of the group so
the others better watch out :P

Thanks again
BFN
Sally

Hi Sally,
I have sent this message to say thank you for all that you have done in
setting up this new group. As a new member and tried to get on Parish
Chat, with difficulty, I think you may have cracked it with this. I
feel also that I cannot leave Mike, at present, on his own as the only
guy amongst you girls.
I hope that we shall all benefit from this and hopefully find out more
info in our searches.
Many thanks
Chris Scott

hi everyone,i cant leave you alone for a couple of weeks without
something happening can i? ive been so busy with things at home and
work that i havent had much time for the computer.now ive lost my
parishmouse monika because yahoo wont let me use it.so im not patx
anymore.i quite like the one they suggested. well, the 28 part (if only)
i can hardly remember what it was like being 28.im going to be a granny
again soon (that makes 4)so im getting the support stockings and
walking sticks ready.anyway lets hope more members join this group and
it becomes as well used as the old one.

Hi Maggie,

The fraught meter is reducing slowly now!  I've started transferring some of the
photos and
will do some more later as at the mo I am uploading the Hanley Castle photos to
pm.com.

It is a puzzler why some members couldn't get on the boards as I too had no
problem so it
was only when Mike and Chris let me know that I realised that there was a
problem.  When
I looked at the logs I realised that quite a few must be having problems as
there was a
huge drop in the number of people visiting the site.  Having said that I still
can't find out
why there was a problem and am left with the only possibility that it is to do
with the
change to a new srver and that certain ISPs haven't updated their DNS addresses
yet.  I
think this happened to the IGI site a few years ago and for about 3 weeks or
more lots of
people were saying they had a problem with the site and it turned out to be
that.

I won't delete the boards until we all have decided whether we prefer the Yahoo
Groups
version or the old one.  It will be a group decision as to when and if we stay
here or go
back, but I don't know about you I like what I see so far.

BFN
Sally

--- In parishmouse@..., "maggie.fisher18" <maggie.fisher18@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Sally,
>
> I hope you have a less fraught time now!
>
> I would like my photos etc, transfered if you have time please.
>
> I can't understand the reason for folks having a problem accessing the
> old boards though - I didn't have any problems (or none that I
> realised!) and I logged several times a day!!
>
> Anyway, good luck with this new board.
>
> Maggie
>

Hi Gals,

I think that's right, as I think I'm the first guy to get on board.  I
was the one that started finding problems early last week on the old
forum.

Lets hope this goes well.  I think I would like all the threads that I
started to come over, which won't be too many.

Going away to make a stew and edit my profile.

Good luck Sally on this venture and see you all soon.

Mike

Hi Sally,

I hope you have a less fraught time now!

I would like my photos etc, transfered if you have time please.

I can't understand the reason for folks having a problem accessing the
old boards though - I didn't have any problems (or none that I
realised!) and I logged several times a day!!

Anyway, good luck with this new board.

Maggie

Hi Sally,

As Maggie said "I found you" !

Yahoo Groups are really good and I subscribe to several already, so I'm
certain that Parishmouse will do well here.

Of course there will be some things that we will miss on the old
Parishmouse site, but as they say 'a change is like a holiday', most
importantly though, your time will be freed up and your pocket a little
heavier.

Yes please, to my photograph albums being transferred to our new home.

Kaye.

Hi Maggie

Yes you have found me after a very fraught day yesterday trying to find out  why
no-one but
me can access pm.co.uk and I still have no idea, so decided to give up and setup
this group
which I must say will ease the admin burden on me and I may get some time later
to get on
with my own family's history.  Do you want me to move your photos as I still
have access to
the boards? I won't delete the old boards incase we all hate this setup and want
to go back
and of course IF I can find out what the problem is with the old system.

I must say though, after having a good look at what we have here and what is
likely to
become available soon it looks good and its free .... I had to pay for the old
boards.

Anyway, better get on now

BFN
Sally

Hi Sally - found you at last, I think...

Welcome to the new parishmouse group at Yahoo.  The idea is that this
group will replace the current ParishChat message board and will give
me more time to add transcriptions to parishmouse.com and I think give
members more features and be supported by the power of Yahoo.

Why change? Well it takes a lot of time behind the scenes to keep the
original message boards running. Databases have to be regularly
repaired and optimised, software updated to protect it from hackers
and then there is the constant problem of spam ... need I say more!
Then if there are problems I end up trying to sort them out over a
very temperamental internet connection as I now have no broadband.
For example, yesterday I ended up spending 10 hours trying to sort
things out and upgrade the system, just think of the number of new
transcriptions I could have done in that time.

Anyway, I hope you all like the new group.