tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post8967032709955337402..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Meet My Polish CousinJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-49405404299841940852016-08-15T20:28:24.611-07:002016-08-15T20:28:24.611-07:00Well, it's not as good as it may sound, Iggy. ...Well, it's not as good as it may sound, Iggy. It wasn't necessarily through any efforts of my own.<br /><br />One of the bonuses (in my opinion) of those old genealogy forums is that you could post your questions or comments on the forum without necessarily having to divulge your email to the world (better for avoiding becoming a spam target!) and the forum service would alert the respective parties of responses to queries by individual email. So no email address needed to be posted publicly.<br /><br />A corrolary to that service was that, should a participant subsequently change his or her email address, as long as the participant went back to the website and updated his private email information, those alerts could be forwarded to the updated address.<br /><br />As it turns out, I had changed my email address a couple times since I first started posting on that site, but I was always careful to do the "forwarding address" correction, so notices would always follow me.<br /><br />Of course, once my cousin made contact with me, we exchanged addresses and continued to contact each other directly.<br /><br />Now, I fret over the possibility that <i>she</i> is the one who has changed her address. Even though I've sent notes, I never get responses--not even return messages that the email is no longer in use. It's likely it was one of those easy-to-get email services (like Yahoo or hotmail) that now lie dormant and forsaken, but not shut down.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-47755068913845665812016-08-15T20:20:02.348-07:002016-08-15T20:20:02.348-07:00Glad to have you along for the journey, Marian! On...Glad to have you along for the journey, Marian! One thing I can say is, after having given up on this search for so long, I'm delighted to discover so many more helpful resources, now that I'm revisiting this family mystery.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-53190389498729505152016-08-15T16:05:58.652-07:002016-08-15T16:05:58.652-07:00Your email address still being valid after all thi...Your email address still being valid after all this time is remarkable - to me anyway.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-70093960516842220402016-08-15T06:04:07.371-07:002016-08-15T06:04:07.371-07:00Looking forward to reading more about this Polish ...Looking forward to reading more about this Polish connection in your family!Marian B. Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03816923876592602598noreply@blogger.com