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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
