*What Cheri fails to mention is that her efforts predate the Azores List by at least 10 years when she was the driving force behind the Portuguese section of the AOL genealogy forum. A few of us oldtimers remember that well. To her credit, when AOL bailed out on us Cheri went ahead and set up Azores List, A LESSER PERSON WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP. John Vasconcelos.*
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > This list will be 7 years old on the 27th! The first post was on the > 28th. I can't believe this has been going on 7 years already! > > Today, our 1000th member signed up! There are 1000 email addresses > subscribed to his list now. Seven years ago, I thought I would wind up > with 300 or maybe 350 members. As those numbers approached, I thought > maybe 500 would be it. I'm amazed at the number of people doing Azorean > genealogy. > > May the list, our web site at Azores Gen Web, and especially the spirit of > helping among our members continue for more years to come! > -- > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
