Genealogy Chat

I think GR can still email people, unless they have changed their email addy. It is frustrating though that a lot of the hot matches only match because their gt grandmothers sister in law's uncles wifes aunt married into 'my' family.
I do go through the new hot matches, delete any that are obviously not a match, contact any that really do seem 'hot' and leave the others for another day when I dont have anything else to do.
It does seem strange though that nobody ever contacts me. Perhaps they are put off by my 'strange' first name.

Huia.

Just find it interesting that people see them as a nuisance that's all. Only have to open it to see if the other info matches and if it doesn't just close it and move on to the next one.

Only takes me 10 minutes to check them and contact any matches.

The majority of the people I contact do at least reply to say that they aren't a mtch which is good. But I think the problem is Rebekah, that even if people don't use GR anymore, you can still find matches, it's not that they're ignoring you, they just don't know the messages are there.

Seems very daft to me that GR hasn't got the capability to email you when you get messages and stuff

I am the same as you Natasha, I email most of my hot matches and wonder why they don't contact me when half the time we have the same people.
It's a bit annoying sometimes but most do reply

Stokie born and bred! Quite literally.

All sides of my family come from Stoke. If you search for Rhead on census stuff, 90% of them are from Stoke, and I'm sure the rest originally did somewhere along the line. Ccan go back to 1693 at the moment, to Whitmore just up the road from where I live now.

And my dad's mum's side is just as bad! They're all Biddulph, Norton, Burslem and Smallthorne at the moment!

I have moved out of Stoke for work though, I'm in Leek, using their internet connection instead :D

Hi, a fellow Stokie!

I live in Hanley but am working hard in Newcastle at the moment :0)

Sam x

I know what you mean about getting loads that don't match by county just name! Maybe that's what it is then, people see them as a nuisance!

Just out of inetrest, where abouts in Stoke are you from Sam? I;m in Trentham!

I don't use mine. I went into them about an hour ago and had 17 pages worth - I got bored after checking about 20 potential matches and deleted the rest.

However, if someone contacts me regaring a match then I do reply!

The matches are just plain ridiculous, most of them aren't even from the same County and some not even from the same Country. Also, the 'main' names in my tree never get matched, it's only the people who marry into my family and who I'm not really interested in!
Sam x

Hi Everyone

I'm just wondering how many people use the hot match facility that GR provide?

I check through mine as soon as they arrive and email the relevant people hoping for a match.

But if they come up as a match on my tree, surely I come up as a match on their tree?

As of yet, I haven't had anyone contact me enquiring about a hot match. I do get replies when I contact them though which is good!

Via hot match, I've found my mum's cousin who lives 30 minutes away, a 5th cousin in America and a distant realtive in Australia.

Just think it's a shame if people aren't using this facility, but I could be wrong of course

Natasha :D