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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