Genealogy Chat

Somebody has maybe gone to a lot of work looking up thing's for you :)) Marion

Marion, Well said. Unfortunately too many people post a thread and completely disappear - no feedback - nothing !!! Perhaps they have copied the information from their thread and wonder why they should bother acknowledging the help they had received. Maureen (A member who gets caught too often by these people)

Hi Maureen I know it happens a lot, it was seeing yours that got me going lol Marion

I agree. Advice for newbies: Remember not all information is instantly available. I sometimes need to check out something with another researcher or the local library so it is worth looking at 'Your threads' a couple of days later to see if more has been added and do thank people who have helped.

Also two threads on the same day asking for the same information really gets me annoyed. Members just spot the latest one and then post the same info that was on the earlier thread. Just wondering why I bother doing lookups. Maureen

glitter baby you posted a reply on my sisters post yesterday but we had to go out and when i finaly got home i posted a reply to what you had taken time to look up for us Dawn

Dawn, Thank you. Actually the person that is annoying me at the moment is a man LOL Think I will send him a pm and see what response I get. Maureen

Do what I do. If I see a duplicate post I flag it as such. I also PM people if there's no response after a few days. Rose

lol men who needs them (at times) lol Dawn

Rose, Yes I have sometimes flagged duplicate threads. Usually what happens is one gets deleted and all the information that was posted gets lost. Must get off my soap box !!! LOL Maureen

Just want to say, that i was one of those people that after a while never checked my thread. Was shocked to see that someone had done some research for me and i never knew. I felt awful. I did email them and apologise, because i am really thankful for what people do. they spend alot of time on looking up information, so i dont blame them for getting angry when they get no thanks. I now always check. Sally

Sally It takes a bit of getting used to, we probably have all done it at some time. Marion

Marion, I did send a pm to the man who had not checked his two threads. Got a message back stating that he did not know what a thread was and he was computer illiterate LOL He has been a member of this site for 3 years and has 200 names in his tree so really could not accept his explanation. Maureen

Thought I would nudge this ;)) Marion

Maureen I've just had dealings with the same guy............not too 'illiterate' to ask, though!! Reg

I wasn't getting at anyone in particular, just thought I would nudge it as I have noticed quite a few tonight where people have gone to a lot of work and in some cases used credits . Marion

nudge Marion

Hi guys, I'm new to the site and are eternally grateful for any help that I get as it has help me find out things that I would never have sorted by myself. It even showed I had been chasing down the wrong person. So a big thankyou to everyone who help. Heather

No apology for nudging this thread up again. Just put another 3 names on my list of people not to help in future. Maureen

There was a spate of this a while ago where some people were doing this deliberately. It was not that they wern't looking at theit threads but were re-posting the same question again and again because they did not receive the answer they liked. On one occasion some one responded rather brusquely to the effect that page 902 on Ancestry 1871 census blah blah looks exactly the same today as it did last week.....!