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Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 20:02

I have just contacted someone with a membership number beginning with 2. does that mean he is an 'oldie'? (and probably less like to reply maybe) and am I still a 'newbie' with mine beginning with 9?

Researching:

Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 20:21

Thanks Elizabeth - I really hope he isn't just a rummager from the past. I need to find my granny!

Researching:

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Feb 2010 20:29

lots uof us begin with a 2.....

hope i'm not it!!

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 20:32

I'm sure you don't go rummaging, Bob. You sound like a very nice boy to me!!

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MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 20:47

Check and see if they have read your pm.

Marion

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 12 Feb 2010 20:55

It depends also on how many numbers are in your membership number. The ones I just checked, some have 6 numbers, some 7. So even though some numbers begin with 2 they could be hundreds of thousands apart.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Michael

Michael Report 12 Feb 2010 20:55

How do you find your membership number folks,please?

Mike

Researching:
Stephenson,Boggon,Gilroy, Newcastle,Coxlodge,North Shields

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 20:58

Your 1185 Mike.
hover over the name...it shows up down the bottom.

Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 21:11

The numbers seem to vary so much, how can you tell if a member is old, middling or new?

Researching:

Michael

Michael Report 12 Feb 2010 21:27

Thanks Marion,I knew I joined around 2002!

Mike

Researching:
Stephenson,Boggon,Gilroy, Newcastle,Coxlodge,North Shields

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 21:28

I ' think' the bigger the number the newer the member...but I could be wrong.

Go to your sent messages and see if your pm has ben opened.

Marion

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 21:29

I joined 2002 aswell.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 12 Feb 2010 21:59

Mike's only 4 numbers. Marion is 5.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 22:13

I was Nov maybe Mike was earlier in the year.

Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 22:18

You got me excited there, Marion, I thought you knew something that I didn't! Unfortunately, it hasn't been opened yet, but I did send it only 2 hours or so ago. Thanks for your interest x

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MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 12 Feb 2010 22:31

Plenty time then, they are maybe out/away.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 12 Feb 2010 22:43

Apart from Lyndas first number, Mikes' is the earliest I know of.....

Bob

I was St.Valentines day, 2003

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

Wend

Wend Report 12 Feb 2010 22:56

How romantic - you're coming up for your 7th anniversary.

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Janet 693215

Janet 693215 Report 12 Feb 2010 22:57

I joined December 2003 hence my really high number! lol

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Feb 2010 01:18

The membership numbers run consecutively from the beginning of the site. There was a thread on, I think, General the other week asking about the lowest membership number

#1 was one of the founders of the Friends Reunited and then Genes Connected (as it was then) sites.

GR never gets rid of members, so they cannot re-use membership numbers.

The higher the number the more recent the member ................ they're well over 10 million now.

Of coruse, even an "oldie" may not have found their way to the Community boards until recently ............ especially as many of them would have been free members, and free members cannot post on theses boards. They may have upgraded to Standard Membership recently, but they still keep their original number.




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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