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From: "colleen" <>
Subject: Re: [Ess] Nature's unkind hand
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:47:34 -0000
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You've echoed my thoughts, Michael. The ancestors of many of us in Essex
migrated to Australia and a large number of us have family there. My
thoughts are with the Australian people too.

Colleen


----- Original Message -----
From: "michael Daniels" <>
> Evening Essex listers
>
> I am sure Elmo will understand my reason for mailing this off topic
> message.
>
> Many of our rootsweb subscribers live in the Australasias and now we
> see on our
> TV screens the horror of what is happening to Queensland and northern
> parts of New
> South Wales. Just dreadful scenes, and what we have been experiencing
> lately in
> some regions of the UK, surely may pale into insignificance to what large
> areas of
> Australia's east coast is suffering.
>
> I have relatives and friends living in some of the places affected,
> also remember
> the helpfulness extended to us by listers who reside in regions that may
> be caught
> up in this catastrophe. Indeed, I believe that some have directly assisted
> with my
> family history enquiries.
>
> Thus I could not rest content until I could use this opportunity to
> express my
> deepest sympathy and concern, may I say our concern, for all our cousins
> down
> under, who in a variety of ways, could be affected by this terrible and
> still unfolding
> disaster.
>
> Michael Daniels
>
> On the English coast of East Anglia.

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