"Hi Paul, Sorry to hear that your wonderful informative magazine will no longer be in production.

I have really enjoyed my subscription to your magazine and I share them with my sister-in-law who lives in Tennessee, as she and I have been doing the family history in India of my parents and ancestors during the time that they were living in British India.

We visited London a year ago and spent a lot of time doing research at the British Library, so looks like we may have to do another trip in the future.

Good luck with your future ventures and thank you so much for sharing the history of British India with us. We will really miss your magazine."

Julie Cloud, England

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"Paul: This is awful – but never fails – just as soon as one finds a great “site” to connect with it “disappears.

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to keeping alive a fast disappearing heritage of which so many of us are tremendously proud.

I doubt my grandchildren will ever experience the joy and freedom of the life we lived in India. Grandchildren? What am I talking about - my children didn’t either and all they have are my endless stories which sound like fairytales – no hyperbole and no romanticism – though I stand guilty of both!!!

When I am able to make contact with friends from my salad days, it is super nostalgic, time reverts and then stands still as memories, which never grow old, are relived. Again, Paul, many thanks. God bless. Take care.

Dawn Brown (nee Stuart), USA

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"Dear Paul,
As I read your message, that familiar phrase - "when one door shuts another door opens" - came to mind.

Where would we be without the past ten years Indiaman Magazine? It holds a special place. Opening many doors of interest and insight. Thank you for providing this valuable resource.

The past ten years' devotion to us is an accomplishment indeed.

Many thanks for offering so much of your time to a magnificent piece of work."

Phyllis Danko , USA

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"Paul, Thank you for all the pleasure you have given over the years with the quality nostalgia you have provided from the pages of the Indiaman, I am sure I share this with your many readers.

Thank you for the assistance through your research team with bits of the jig saw puzzle of my family tree. And thank you for being the conduit for my unexpected reunion, after forty years, with the late Sandy Cleland, that was a memorable highlight."

Derek Perry , Australia

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" I am still recovering from the shock of opening my mail this morning to read there will be no more "Indiaman."

I have become so accustomed to the arrival every quarter of a magazine which brought back so many happy memories of India. It was a friend and companion which I had come to take as a part of my life both past and present. It is now 30 years since I left India where I was first a Gunner out of the School of Artillery at Deolali, then post-war a boxwallah with ICI (India), for 25 years altogether.

"The Indiaman" kept alive memories of both sides of life. All your readership must have similar feelings as one can see from the letters and enquiries to Topica the interest in India is stronger than ever. There is no publication that can fill the gap.

Can you find no one to take some of the load from you to avoid such premature departure. There will be many, and much younger than me, who will miss the anticipation and pleasure of welcoming the familiar old friend every quarter. However, if it is to be inevitable, let me thank you for 10 years of pleasurable reading and memories.

I shall treasure my collection of back issues, and wish you a very happy future life with your lovely twin daughters."

Brian Ritchie, Sultanate of Oman

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"Dear Paul
I was so disappointed and upset to get your farewell e-mail telling us that you were giving up the editorship of the Indiaman. I fully understand the reason for your decision.

I'd like to say a big thank you for these last ten years of interesting and wonderful reading. You gave me so much help many years ago in finding details of my great grandfather, Joshua Marshall, and his connection with the Meerut Voluntary Horse in the mutiny, and later you helped me get in touch with a distant cousin, Robert Bellamy, who was also a descendant of J. M.and he gave me quite a lot of useful information about him.

Also, you were kind enough to publish my story of a train journey to school in the hills, and I had so many phone calls from old girls and boys who were at Oak Grove with me. It was wonderful to hear from them and I am still in touch with some of them.

Thank you again, dear Paul, - I'm going to miss my Indiaman so much.

Mrs Eve Ball, England.

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"I wish to add my Thanks to you and The Indiaman Magazine. Through your magazine, I found a cousin in Kew near Richmond, Surrey; a cousin in Dorking, a cousin in Chichester and 4 cousins in Western Australia. All 7 cousins have family, we visited Australia last year, one Australian family visited us this year. It has been an incredible experience and all down to you.

Mr Stuart Hyde, England.

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"I was surprised to receive copies of William and Elizabeth Bidie's burial records from the India Office. My friend and I visited twice and did not find them! It certainly pays to ask the experts!

Thank you to your Team for all their work.

Miss J. Vale, England.

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Many thanks to you for making all this possible and congratulations on a magazine which really does make a difference!"

- Mr W. Logan, England

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"I received my 'Indiaman' this morning and felt I must write to you straightaway to congratulate you on an excellent first issue.  It is not only nicely produced but also full of very interesting articles and valuable information.  I don't think, in 21 years association with the Federation of Family History Societies as either Chairman or President, that I can remember any society who produced such a good first issue. Quote me if you like!"

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"I look forward to each edition of the Indiaman. I like the layout, the content, the whole presentation. I preserve each copy and look forward to collecting copies in the future. I, in common with all other subscribers, appreciate the very hard work that is entailed in producing such an excellent magazine."

- Mr C. Dracott, England.

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"Your magazine is a pleasing and informative read. Well worth the money."

- Mrs P. Allen, England.

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"I feel I must offer my congratulations to you and your team for producing such a really splendid magazine. It is full of items of interest and helpful information, and of course, coupled with your friendly and informal style of writing makes it a real pleasure to read"

- Mrs M. Woodward, England.

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"On receiving The Indiaman Magazine I just dropped everything and lost myself in nostalgia. I was even tempted to ask my husband how sandwiches would grab him for dinner! Congratulations to you for founding The Indiaman and, to quote a traditional Hyderabadi blessing, 'Khana abad daulat ziada' - May your abode thrive and wealth multiply!"

- Mrs B.Atkinson, Australia.

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"I have much enjoyed the reading of the 'Indiaman' and have discovered a fascinating new British-Indian world and much information about the way of life of my husband's HEICO ancestors, and the search is far from ended!"

- Madame P. Duvivier, Belgium.

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"I received my long-awaited copy of The Indiaman, which I have read from cover to cover. I am looking forward to the next issue. The only other event that rivals this was the birth of my son, all of 13 years ago."

- Mrs N. Sidell, U.S.A. (1996).

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"You have created a well written and beautifully presented magazine, offering valuable help to family historians - well done, may it continue to flourish."

- Mrs J. Brockbank, England