G'morning Nancy,

-> Must be you are heading into spring down under...  Our autumn is
-> officially here, with temps and weather to match.  :)

These last three days have seemed very Springy,  ending 6 months of wet
misery that culminated in an Australia-sized storm escapee from the Roaring
Forties, plus an on-going force 7 earthquake in Christchurch that started a
month ago and marked the 28th day with two force 5 aftershocks last
night...

Apart from all that,  things are good....
 
-> Nothing new on the genealogy front, though...  :(

Mmmm ... I've set up some Google alerts that report any 'net mentions of
Maxted, Mexted, Maxsted, Maxstead, etc., etc.

This produces a lot of trivia and intrigue - and the occasional nugget;
yesterday's alerts revealed the 1880's existence of a parallel family
ancestor named Robert Maxted, butcher, in the High Street of Ramsgate -
matching my Robert Maxted, butcher, in the High Steet of Margate,
geographically a hop and a skip away on the coast of Kent, England.

There'll be a connection linking the two lurking somewhere...

Might you try setting some Google alerts for your sought-afters ?

-> I see you are posting from Doc's...  what's up with your bbs down there?

The BBSS is fine;  the old, beloved laptop that was dedicated to dialling
it up over the local telephone network gunged its hard drive,  and I
haven't managed to resuscitate it so far...

-> ... A wok is what you throw at a wabbit.

Weally ?  

Miles



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