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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Jul 2012 22:22

Before you hit the submit button please read through the information and make sure it is accurate

Please explain what help you want such as finding a marriage, birth or death or a family missing on a census etc

Depending on what help you want some of the following info would be useful as it saves the helpers keep asking questions:

1. Have you put the correct date and place of birth or year of marriage etc.

2. Do you have a birth or marriage cert – some details would be useful.

3. Have you found the family on any census and if mistranscribed please give the details.

4. If you have only found the family on one census then please post the details as it saves the members searching for it and then having to post it on the thread for other helpers to see.


Not all those bits of information are required so just include what will help with your request.

Please do not say looking for “any information” on Joe Bloggs as you must have arrived at his name some how.

Remember you have information in front of you that the helpers can not see so do not be surprised when information is posted on your thread that you already have. It is posted by one helper to confirm we are on the right track and to help anyone else looking at your request.

Try and stay online for a short time as you can then answers questions.

Helpers on the boards are individuals, not employed by GR, who use their own paid subscriptions to help others so a thank you would always be appreciated.

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 4 Jul 2012 22:29

.. and do please check the information you're posting for typos, spelling mistakes, errors on dates, etc.

It's so frustrating searching for non-existent records to then be told "Oh sorry, he was called Ken not Ben"

and don't believe that the info given by elderly relatives is 100% reliable, we deal in facts not hearsay!

(These threads have been done to death over the years but it's good to have a "humph")

Researching:
Current avatar is Marie-Celeste de Villentroy

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Jul 2012 22:34

Agree all of this has been mentioned so many times before but I felt a reminder was due.

Sometimes you look at a thread and think have they pulled a name out of a hat as they have no information at all.

The helpers do sometimes work miracles with so little information given to them

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

Gins

Gins Report 4 Jul 2012 22:52

More likely she was called Arthur not Martha ;-)


Good reminder GB

Researching:
You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)

۞ Cherilyn ۞

۞ Cherilyn ۞ Report 5 Jul 2012 02:04

Lol MC & Gins! :-D

I need a like button for this one, Glitterbaby!

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Jul 2012 04:22

good idea GB

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AlanOnTheWirral

AlanOnTheWirral Report 5 Jul 2012 08:52

Everything you say is absolutely correct. Problem is that the majority of people reading this are the more experienced researchers

Researching:
Molyneux in Liverpool, Manchester. Fell family from Liverpool, Wales and Shropshire.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 5 Jul 2012 20:02

this should be stickied at the top of the Board


Until then ................. let's keep it at the top :-D

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 6 Jul 2012 12:05

If only one member reads this and posts a clear request for help it will be worth it.

Might be able to put away my crystal ball ;-)

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 6 Jul 2012 19:26

Well, I've put this in my "watched threads" and if ever someone needs guidance on how to proceed then I'll give them the link to this thread.

Researching:
Current avatar is Marie-Celeste de Villentroy

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 7 Jul 2012 04:55

:-) :-)

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 12 Jul 2012 13:03

:-) :-D

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

Joy Kentish Maid

Joy Kentish Maid Report 12 Jul 2012 13:12

"If only one member reads this and posts a clear request for help it will be worth it."


:)

Researching:
Sadd - Suffolk, Newton - Buckinghamshire, McCusker - Galway and Fermanagh, Brooks - London, and many others

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 12 Jul 2012 20:36

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 15 Jul 2012 11:57

Shame as members are missing out if they do not include the right sort of info in their request or stay online to answer the questions.

:-D

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 21 Jul 2012 23:00

Oh dear some of the threads currently on the boards really need more clear information given in the request.

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 22 Jul 2012 16:56

If the helpers ask a question then please answer it as the information could be the one snippet thats help with your request.

Please do not ignore the questions :-|

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Jul 2012 00:41

:-) :-) :-)

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 27 Oct 2012 00:33

I think this needs a nudge up the board again

:-)

Researching:
Think the picture says it all.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Oct 2012 04:04

it does indeed!

:-) :-)

Researching:
Brigg Flatts Meeting House, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Built 1674/75 .................................. ............................ .............. .......... .......................................................... To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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