{"id":4836,"date":"2024-06-11T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/?p=4836"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:09:14","slug":"10-june-24-lost-cousins-newsletter-it-was-9-years-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/?p=4836","title":{"rendered":"10 June 24 Lost Cousins Newsletter : It was 9 years ago today&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div class=WordSection1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:<\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US> LostCousins &lt;<a href=\"mailto:info@lostcousins.com&#038;gt\" >info@lostcousins.com&#038;gt<\/a>; <br \/><b>Sent:<\/b> 08 June 2024 11:39<br \/><b>To:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk\" >ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk<\/a><br \/><b>Subject:<\/b> It was 9 years ago today&#8230;..<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>It&#8217;s your anniversary! Yes, on 8 June 2015 you registered as a LostCousins member, and ever since I&#8217;ve been sending you my newsletters &#8211; I hope you enjoy reading them and find them useful.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>During the 9 years you&#8217;ve been a member you have benefited from free membership &#8211; which is fine with me, I wouldn&#8217;t want anyone to miss out on their &#8216;lost cousins&#8217; simply because they can&#8217;t afford to buy a subscription.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>But what you might not be aware of is that the cost of LostCousins subscriptions has never increased &#8211; it has been fixed at just 10 pounds for a full 12 months ever since 2005. And I&#8217;d like to keep it at the same level if I possibly can &#8211; though it is increasingly challenging given the way that prices of other things are going up.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Maintaining the subscription price at this low level means encouraging a few more members to pay a subscription each year, and it seems fairest to ask those who have never bought a LostCousins subscription before to help out, if they can afford to do so.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>If you&#8217;re prepared to support my site by buying a subscription for the first time, simply log-in to your LostCousins account and click &#8216;Subscribe&#8217; in the website menu &#8211; there are many different ways to pay. As a bonus, you can get an extra 3 months by using the code ANNIVERSARY (and this applies whether you choose a single subscription or a joint subscription covering two accounts).<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>IMPORTANT: unlike other sites LostCousins subscriptions do NOT renew automatically. When your subscription is about to run out I&#8217;ll invite you to renew, should you wish to continue supporting my work, but if you do nothing your subscription will expire. There is no need to cancel.&nbsp; <\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Should you have forgotten your password just click the link below and enter your email address &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk\"><a href=\"mailto:ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk\" >ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.uk<\/a><\/a><\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostcousins.com\/pages\/login\/forgotten.mhtml\">https:\/\/www.lostcousins.com\/pages\/login\/forgotten.mhtml<\/a><\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>If you would rather not click a link in an email simply go to the LostCousins site and click &#8216;Password reminder&#8217; in the menu.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Please bear in mind that you can also support the LostCousins project in other ways that won&#8217;t cost you a penny &#8211; for example, by adding relatives from the 1881 Census to your My Ancestors page. Just a few minutes of your time could make a big difference for one of your distant cousins (and perhaps for you too).<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>You can also support LostCousins by using the links in my newsletters, for example when you buy a new subscription to Ancestry or Findmypast, or a DNA test &#8211; or even books and some other items.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Thanks for reading this email. There is no need to respond unless you need my help or advice &#8211; which is free and willingly given to ALL who are doing their best to connect with the other members who share their ancestors.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Best wishes,<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Peter Calver<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Founder &#8211; LostCousins<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",sans-serif'>Note: emails are only sent to members who have opted to receive my newsletters; if you would rather not receive my newsletters just change the setting on your My Details page &#8211; under &#8216;Privacy settings&#8217;.<\/span><span lang=EN><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><a href=\"mailto:info@lostcousins.com?subject=Unsubscribe%20(anniversary)\"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#467886'>Unsubscribe me<\/span><\/i><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: LostCousins &lt;info@lostcousins.com&#038;gt; Sent: 08 June 2024 11:39To: ian.clegg@nkfhg.org.ukSubject: It was 9 years ago today&#8230;.. &nbsp; It&#8217;s your anniversary! Yes, on 8 June 2015 you registered as a LostCousins member, and ever since I&#8217;ve been sending you my newsletters &#8211; I hope you enjoy reading them and find them useful. During the 9 years you&#8217;ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkfhg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}