Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

looking for family

ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

Keith

Keith Report 22 Mar 2011 23:29

hi all can sum one out there can am looking for my grandads side of family he was called cornelius simmons and looking for his mam and dad names and i want to no if he had bro are sister he was from west indians he was working on the ships and he was born in 1897 ?

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 22 Mar 2011 23:33

Keith, you had a lot of answers on this thread yesterday:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/trying_to_find/thread/1262678

You were advised to buy his marriage certificate. Someone also paid for credits to look up a record for you and offered to send it.

So why start a new thread on the same thing?

Keith

Keith Report 22 Mar 2011 23:38

yes i want to find if my grandad had bro and sister etc etc

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 22 Mar 2011 23:38

But you've been told !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is actually abusing people's goodwill.

Keith

Keith Report 22 Mar 2011 23:41

well am just asking that is all

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 22 Mar 2011 23:45

Keith -- look over on the left and click on "My thread participation".

That's how to find answers to messages you have posted.

If you have a thread about this already, you don't start another one. It's the rule.

Can you really not see how unfair it is to ask people to do the same thing all over again? You don't think wasting people's time like that is pretty rude?

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 22 Mar 2011 23:45

Keith, I give up! You're "just asking" even though you've already "just asked" and people have already answered.

You obviously haven't read Gene's guidelines:

"Please don’t post about the same person or family twice as this can make extra work for the volunteer helpers. "

Have you bothered to thank the person who paid for credits and offered to send you some very relevant information?

People who help out on here are not Genes Reunited employees, they are volunteers and paying members who just like helping people and use their own time and resources to do so. You are taking advantage of them.

Keith

Keith Report 22 Mar 2011 23:49

ok sorry thank you all for helping