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   In message <73tsedprf9teee4j8m7oliml0gu6fpd1qm@4ax.com>, Steve Hayes   
    writes:   
   >On Sat, 5 May 2018 14:56:56 +0200, john   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 05/05/2018 14:25, sat@ford-farm.com wrote:   
   >>> On Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 3:01:30 PM UTC, sarahl...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>>> Hi mervyn,   
   >>>> My grandfather was Dennis joberns- I have a copy of one of his   
   >>>>marriage certificates .   
   >>>   
   >>> Hello Sarah,   
   >>> I came across this site by chance. I have recently been asked to   
   >>>find out what I can about Dennis Joberns by a friend of someone who   
   >>>is his son, Michael. He knows nothing about his father, apart from   
   >>>the bigamy and the criminal record. I have discovered quite a lot of   
   >>>information already, some of which could come as a shock to Michael,   
   >>>especially the fact that he has living relatives, so I will have to   
   >>>go slowly and carefully. Would you be interested in making contact   
   >>>with him when I have eventually told him what I have found? I have   
   >>>sent for certificates for both marriages so it will be interesting to   
   >>>see whether I receive them both.   
   >>> Shirley Thornton   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Sarah was replying to a newsgroup message query which was originally   
   >>posted in December 1998   
   >>   
   >>There are many gmail users who reply to messages on the soc.genealogy.   
   >>britain seemingly assuming they are replying to an individual by e-mail   
   >>rather than posting a message on  public newsgroup.   
   >>   
   >>It is unlikely Sarah will ever see your message.   
   >   
   >Sarah was replying in 20`7, so, whicxh was less than 2 years ago, so   
   >might weell be still around to read it. I was rewaading this NG in   
   >1998, so if someone replied to something I wrote back then, I might   
   >well be glad to read it, even though I no longer have access to gmail,   
   >as Google tells me my browser is no longer supported.   
   >   
   >   
   It's not the time-since-posting, it's the fact that it is a gmail   
   poster, who thinks she was sending a private reply, and thus may not be   
   _looking_ here for any followup (or even know what "here" is).   
      
   And yes. I know this does not apply to all gmail users.   
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