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Cynthia

Let me just add that without you Pming a lot of the folk to tell them they have replies when you see no response from them many peolpe wouldnt know they had the replies to thank people for.

So thank you Cynthia for what you do.
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Hi Cynthia

I'm sure you told her she doesn't need to repay anyone, cos most of us do it because we enjoy doing it and are glad to solve what are little problems to us, but big issues to them. But it is nice to hear of someone so delighted, so thanks for sharing it with us.

There really are some gracious people here -- helpees as well as helpers!

I've had scads of similar PMs, as I'm sure you have and anyone who has spent much time helping out here has. It feels odd sometimes to have touched the life of a complete stranger so intimately and directly -- that's especially the case when we manage to find living relations that a member here had never known, and then hear back about the emotional family reunions that have taken place. (Sadly, not all successful searches end in happy tears, and those can be painful to hear about.) Just another day, another search, for us, but it means the world to someone.

It used to be that the Success Stories board was filled with messages thanking the members of this site the way the PM you received does. Since the revamp, it just seems to be praise for the site owners, despite the fact that it is members giving and getting help on the boards who are the site's heart and soul.

I received this pm today and thought it should be shared with everyone - after all, you do the work, I only send out advice about finding it!


Claudia Re: Re: Re: New message from Cynthia 24/10/2009 11:16:18
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Hello Cynthia

Just to let you know how overwhelmed I am with the support I have been given by the community members regarding my research.
I felt dizzy with the advice and information, it was like I was standing still and everyone was buzzing around me with searching here and there on my behalf. One of the researchers, Melanie, spent her credits to purchase a 1911 census as the census copy I emailed to her was not clear.
How on earth can I ever repay these wonderful people back. I may never find any more data on James Foster, but I have certainly met some wonderful, and helpful people . I'm lost for words.

Gwladys