From roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com Thu Dec 5 14:23:50 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA11236; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:23:50 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (roots-in@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA25724 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:24:28 -0800 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA11231 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:23:49 -0800 Received: from bl-12.rootsweb.com (slist@bl-12.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.28]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA25079 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:05:02 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA06302 for roots-in@rootsweb.com; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:04:24 -0800 X-Envelope-From: angus@thor.pla-net.net Thu Dec 5 14:04:21 1996 Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (root@bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA06293 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:04:21 -0800 Received: from thor.pla-net.net (root@ns2.pla-net.net [205.216.11.251]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA25067 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:04:58 -0800 Received: from earth14.ts.pla-net.net by thor.pla-net.net (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA20489; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 16:02:21 -0600 Received: by earth14.ts.pla-net.net with Microsoft Mail id <01BBE2C5.1C8789E0@earth14.ts.pla-net.net>; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:58:09 -0600 Message-Id: <01BBE2C5.1C8789E0@earth14.ts.pla-net.net> From: Angus Robinson To: "'ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com'" Cc: "'angus@pla-net.net'" Subject: Re: Expired forwarding order Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:58:05 -0600 Old-Return-Receipt-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: roots-in@rootsweb.com When a researcher runs across the problem of expired forwarding = addresses (generally one year) they can send a letter to the postmaster = at the last known area of the person in question. It requires two = letters, one within the other, the outer letter addressed to the = postmaster (plus a forwarding fee) asking that he forward the enclosed = letter and the inner envelope containing the letter to the person sought = - envelope unaddressed. The fowarding fee is set the same across the = country so ask your local postmaster the amount of the fee. Assuming = the person sought has not died this method usually gets results. I've = traced several distant relatives in this manner. Angus P. Robinson