General Chat

2003

mainly on trying to find until a year ago....now I mainly use Gen and Trying to find,.....

I have been a member for about a year and a half when I anted to find out if I was related to a Northern Irish actor! No joy on that front and the leads on my ancestors dried up on the free info sites so I started to look around about four or five months ago.

I generally look to see if I can do anything in my tree or contact any possible matches and then have a nosey on chat. I have posted a few times but am wanting to keep reading so I get a feel for who is nice and who is nasty so I can choose who to chat to without others thinking that I am in cahoots or condoning any poor behavior. I have read a lot about 'problems' but haven't actually seen any yet so am quite wary.

I am looking forward to feeling like I can chat away and not be worried about it.
Nikyy

Oh Nicky,

You should not be afraid of posting on here, I do know what you mean though,..... took me a long time before I joined in on chat.
Does worry me a bit when things kick off on here, it may make members wary of posting, but the majority of people on here are lovely, so join in :O)

Yeah. As you can see I am building confidence. I think it is safe to go on big threads and threads started by the ones I see are nice. So I will start there so they can delete any nasties as I don't know how to start a thread or delete nasty comments.

Thanks for the reply Sheila.

Nicky,

Pick which board you want to start a thread on... click onto it at the top of the page it then says add topic , click onto there and add your heading , then under it your comments :O)
if you need to edit ot delete it ,when your thread comes up you will see in your first box an option to do this :O)

Good Luck! if you need any help come back on here and ask, we are glad to help :O)

ta Sheila.

Maybe soon. I think it will be like graduating or something especially if nice people actually post on it.

Thanks again,
Nikyy

Have been a member for three years now, first posted on Records and Tips then ventured onto General and now I often visit Chat but do not post on it much as everyone seems to know each other and as I have not as yet been to any meets I still feel like a bit of an outsider
Pat

One persons nice is another persons nasty.

which is why this outdated old fashioned board needs to be moderated - there are members who can't be trusted to stay civil and act in a civilised manner. A naughty step is required.

:-)

Pat,

Join in, we all had to get to know each other on here, I knew a lot of names from just reading these threads before I joined in.
Like most people felt a bit of a thread killer at first, was worried it was a bit of a click, but most people are really friendly on here.

Evening Elrick,

There are moderators on here, there is the young trainee with his finger on the whoosh button ;O)

Thanks Sheila I do look in a lot and enjoy reading the threads.
I am of to bed now we are going camping tomorrow to Arnside in the Lake District, just for the weekend so hope the weather isnt to bad.
See you all Monday
Night
Pat.

Nite Pat,

Have a good weekend, love the lake district, fingers crossed you have nice weather :O)
Will look for your threads on Monday ;O)

Joined in 2003

Still feel new...don't really know anyone.

Linda

Hi Linda,

Welcome :O) , now you know some of us from this thread ! , just take it a step at a time and start joining in some of the threads, we all started sometime.
Joined in 2003 myself, and only recently started joining in on chat, though been reading all all the boards from the start :O)
Will not take long till you get to know a lot of us :O)

Hello - I have been with Genes for just over a year, mainly using the trying to find,records and tips boards initially. Late last year started to try Gen. and Chat, and almost immediately got into a spat. This was down to my own ignorance of how things 'worked'. I didn't go on again until recently,as it made me feel very uncomfortable. I got embroiled in a post that turned nasty yesterday, just by asking a perfectly reasonable question,that was not pointed in anyway. I was told by another poster, not the thread owner, that I was "always turning up on these threads". It does put you off, but not all threads and people are like that though. I have seen people leave in my short time here, but this could be for very differing reasons.
Julia in Derbyshire

Hi Julie

I know I saw the thread ....... maybe they where confusing you with someone else, as I have several Julie's in my contacts :O)

Do not let if put you of though, this is a public forum, and the name on this board is chat, so feel free to join in, I welcome everyone's points of view on here ;O) as long as it stays friendly ;O)

Thanks Sheila, yes I know there are quite a few Julies/Julias/Jules,that's why I now put"in Derbyshire" after me name,to try and avoid confusion. I have generally been able to join in some very hilarious threads, particularly those of Hayley and Eldrick, and as you say, it is a public forum. Speak soon
Julia in Derbyshire