Hi Everyone, On Saturday I spoke in two different meetings. In the morning I spoke to a large group made up mainly of LDS Family History Consultants serving in the Edmonton area. My topic was "How to Get Help From FamilySearch Support". I taught the second group in one of the smaller sessions at the Alberta Genealogical Society conference "How to Put Your Genealogy on the Internet", by uploading a gedcom file, creating a blog and making an entry, uploading an electronic genealogy document to scribd.com, and using a RootsWeb mailing list. These are email messages I received earlier this week. I have removed identifying details to protect the identities of my cousins, so I could post it in my blog if it seemed suitable. I received these great email messages this week from two of our cousins. Bill Date: 13/04/2009 03:18 PM To: Bill.Buchanan@excite.com Subject: Re: Genealogy Hi Bill, My name is […]. My mom and I are loving your website. We've been looking for pictures of Samuel and Mary for a while. Thanks so much. Samuel Buchanan and Mary Watson were my great great grandparents. David Buchanan and Jane (Jenny) Elizabeth Magoffin were my great grandparents. My grandparents were James Reid and Annabelle Buchanan. Annabelle was the 5th child of David and Jane (Jenny). Annabelle was born on Oct. 10, 1910 in Neepawa, Manitoba. She moved to Sumas, BC around 1913 and married James Sinclair Reid in 1936. They had 5 children: […] Annabelle passed away Jan. 8, 2003 in […] [Detailed information on the 5 children and their descendants followed.] My parents, siblings and I all live in […]. I'm a teacher in […] and I taught […] (Nee McLean)'s children. I found out quite by accident that she is the grand daughter of Victor Buchanan who was the son of Big Sam and the grandson of Andrew Buchanan (one of the 7 brothers from Ireland)! I was a Short Track Speed Skater with the Canadian team for many years. I competed in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics winning a silver and bronze medal in Calgary '88. I coach with my husband, Julian in my spare time and of course, all three of my kids skate, too. Thanks for the great website. […] Date: 16/04/2009 09:35 AM To: Bill.Buchanan@excite.com Subject: Re: family Bill: I googled my great uncle Everett Buchanan and found your genealogy pages. By the way his widow, my great Aunt Bea is still alive in […]. My grandfather was his brother Carl and my father was Donald Earl. You must not be too closely related as many people are left off in my family. Carl Buchanan [Note that this gives me the perfect opportunity to request information on his branch of the family.]