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34 The Link Magazine • Janua ry 2001
Name link up across the world and through time
(Dfinity.com A single word on the swindonlink.com web site has linked up Amy Blocher from New York state and a
Link reader.
Mother of two Amy has been the collection born in 1913 and
Specialists in researchingherfamilybackground of creepy emigrated to the
for the last five years. Earlier in the crawlies. USA in the 1930s
custom web year she entered a single word A p a r t and died recently. ,
'Waddicor' into a search site. Of from James' We put Amy r
design all the billions of words on the surname, it and James in
internet, it found the name at was his touch with each
swindonlink.com where a story photo on our other and they -.
Web solutions tailored about Peatmoor insect collector web site 4! have been exchanging information
t
to meet all the needs James Waddicor appeared with his which fasci- by e-mail. James has talked to his
photograph, right. His passion for nated her be- parents about the family back-
of your business,
tarantulas, stick insects and cock- cause of the ground.
providing a service that roaches was featured in the Febru- striking like- "I was quite surprised when The
meets your requirements. ary Link. ness to her / ' Ill ^^ ^ r f Link first passed on Amy's e-mail
But Amy was not interested in great uncle William, far right, message," said James in Decem-
By e mail Amy explained that ber. "We have not yet been able to
WEB Design and there are very few 'Waddicors' - establish a family connection, but
E-Commerce Service about 200 world wide - and they Amy has been investigating the
family tree back to the 1881 cen-
all originate from Darwen, Lanca-
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shire, where it seems to have been sus. With so few people with the
Management adopted by workers in the cotton same name, I suppose we must be
There are some industry. William Waddicor was related if we go back far enough."
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Right, holding up their greetings
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Seddon, Wendy King, with youth
worker Carol Shand, back
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