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Hi, this is a short (ish) post to let the GR community know that GR member Lindsey* died suddenly in May. I "met" her in 2008 when just beginning my tree and she helped me with look ups and advised me on the best sites to visit.

At the beginning she held my hand thru the whole painful newbie phase and eventually we swapped personal email addresses and became great "online friends" We exchanged acidic words about neighbours and their cats digging up plants only 2 days before she died. I loved her non nonsense humour and approach to life and we bantered about everything tree and non tree related.

My tree would not be what it is today without her to bounce leads and dodgy ideas off and my life would be poorer for not having known her.

I think she would appreciate the idea that having not heard from her after a few weeks (which was odd as she always replied to my emails) I found she had pased away by putting my detective hat on and finding that her family had placed an obituary for her in their local newspaper......

Many thanks Lindsey....for everything...I miss you...friend, mentor and inspiration XXX

So sorry to hear this.

Oh dear, this is the Lindsey who did lovely paintings isn't it? How very sad.

Very sorry to hear this

how very sad = can I ask, is this the Lindsey who had her lovely paintings as avatars?

Thank you for letting us know. I am so very sorry to hear this news. It is always sad when we lose a member and expecially sad for you Jan as she had become a special friend to you.

Thank you Jan for posting this. Lindsy also helped me a lot too and only yesterday I passed on her name to someone else on the boards who needed a Sussex lookup. I will now send them the link to this thread by pm

Wendy

Hiya, yes this was Lindsey the artist who did beautiful paintings and lived in Bushey/Watford, not that long ago we laughed at one of her "commissions" a sign for her local Chinese Take Away

I keep going to email her funny stories about my day...or to moan about a stubborn relation I can't find and stop short.....we giggled over odd names, and loved finding black sheep and skeletons....now I smile to myself and guess at her responses :o)

thanks for that Jan - Lindsay and I exchanged a lot of emails during which she gave me her website - she was a very accomplished artist

Oh that is sad news.

So sorry to hear you have lost a friend Jan.

<3

I am so very sorry to read this. I loved her art and she had a wonderful sense of humour. She will be missed. BC XX

So sorry to hear this.

Is this Lindsey who's Avatar was her painting of a leopard? If so Jan I am really sorry to hear of her passing. You will miss her.

Mau xx

So sorry to read this. It's always sad to lose a valued GR member.
What a great friendship and fun times you shared.

Treasure those special memories.

Gwyn

That is so very sad. I remember Lindsey*.

Thank you for letting us know. :(

Mau...yes she varied them but they were of her paintings :o)

her art work was lovely and she always put with her avatar,,,,

by me, or I did this,,,,,

condolences sent for her family also you Jan on the loss of your lovely friend.

Very sad news....she will be missed on here.

Condolences to her family.

such sad news ,

sleep tight lindsey <3

Thanks everyone...it means a lot because you also knew her...it seemed really odd trying to tell people in my "real" world that she was gone, they didnt know her or about her but you do :o)