I know George Pacheco tried to start one up a few years ago too. I really enjoyed chat groups (ran them for many years), but I think they have had their hey-day. It's worth a try to see if they can have a revival and Eric is providing a means. Good luck, Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:03 AM Tish M <tish.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not a bad idea, but I don't think the group is big enough. It seems we > tried something similar a while ago with a designated time, and that didn't > work (not enough people). How do others feel? > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 9:21 PM Eric Gomes <gomes.ances...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> It has been years since I have been on this email. Life has become >> really busy with the daughter growing up quickly and the job progressing >> and changing. >> >> I was wondering... recently in other parts of my life, I have used online >> chat programs to communicate with people who have common interests (namely >> some games that I play.) that live all around the world. I have friends >> all over the U.S. and the World with whom I speak to on a regular basis >> (Spain, Thailand, Great Britain, Michigan, Massachusetts, etc.) >> >> I wonder if this might be something of interest to this group. So, I >> have started a server that can be used for this purpose. I am using >> Discord and whenever we are working on our family history, one could simply >> log into the channel and if others are also online we could verbally bounce >> the ideas off of each other. Just a thought I had and figured I would >> start the channel and throw the invitation out there to see if there was an >> interest. >> >> Here is the website (https://discordapp.com/) where you can either login >> to Discord via their website or download their chat program and chat >> separately in the chat program (much like ICQ from the early 2000's). >> >> And here is a link to the server. https://discord.gg/V96BfC >> >> Sincerely, >> >> -- >> Eric Gomes >> Castro Valley, CA >> >> Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman, >> Rodrigues, and many more. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > -- > sfig > Researching > Island: Santa Maria > Freguesia: Santa Barbara > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
