Genealogy Chat

Alison You will have to buy the death cert to get that info Margaret

does anyone know if it is possible for me to find out when my paternal grandma died?....all i have is her name 'lily thomas' and an address she was at in 1953. '6 clements road, thanet,ramsgate,kent' if anyone can point me in the right direction i would appreciate it, best wishes alison

hi to everyone that has helped someone on here, without everyone helping and assisting each other a lot of people would be banging their heads against a wall...literally!... so a big thankyou to everyone on here, p.s- i need help lol..,... alison

hi i must say i have enjoyed reading all your replies and i know the feeling.i go on a few sites and as i have been doing my tree i am only just finding more time to help others .the trouble is on here you are all too quick for me and have replied first .i have been a member for a while but have only just found your message pages as i have been too busy in the past .but i must say out of all the sites this is the busiest and friendliest.anyone who has spent months going through thousands of names will appreciate all your hard work .regards henry

Ok then I will join in. I did agree to let someone see my tree, then spent ages trying to find her on my contacts list, umpteen pages as I do so many look ups. Many emails later it turned out that the name she uses on her email is different from the registered name, no wonder I couldn't find her. Also the flow of sharp emails with more and more requests with only a curt thanks, Grrrrrr Still there are some lovely ones who are so delighted to have had help. I suppose it all balances out. Linda

Lou Thats dreadful! Why should you know 100% about every name you have on here......I bet if you turned the question round to them they couldn't give 10% on even 1% of the names they have on here. Another example of those who take methinks :) Chris

Hi Louise Glad you feel better! I think this thread has become a general one for people to sound off about anything. I'm thinking about changing the title to something like 'Come and have a whinge here...all welcome!' Lou

I was a bit surprised to see that the moaning thread was still going but have just had a rude email myself! So ... MOAN, MOAN, MOAN! Also, I've had a few of those automatic requests to view my tree but I ignore them. Unless someone has the decency to send a message saying why they want to look, they don't get to see. I feel much better now I've had a moan. Thanks, Louise

Lou I get those type. The point is if you dont put them on you can't add the children, which are related to you. If I got a snotty email, they would get one equally snotty going the other way LOL Margaret

Thanks Margaret That's how I've been treating requests that are a little on the abrupt side. The other thing used to be when I had the full tree on here, I'd get requests about a name and it would turn out to be someone who had married my ggrandfather's brother's daughter or something equally as distant. When I used to reply with the fact I had no further info on Joe Bloggs as he had married into the family, I got a couple of snotty messages back saying that I shouldn't have people in my tree if I have no info on them! Another reason why I no longer keep the full tree on here! Lou

Lou I ask what connection they think they have with the names I have on GR as I dont give any info unless they can prove a connection. I vary rarely get a reply. I think they are just fishing for info. Margaret

Hi Margaret I've had a few of those. Out of curiousity, how do you respond? Lou

Grrrrrrrrrr I've had another one of those abrupt requests to view my tree. No mention of how we may be connected or when. Just 'can I view your tree'. They really annoy me. Margaret

Hi Chris, No , this will never deter me from giving help from my limited knowledge to those who ask...I am so sad that there are those out there , hopefully very few, that use others in such a way. The genuine people make up for them though. Anne :)))

You all deserve medals for doing so many teedious look-ups. You must have the patients of Saints to do it. I had downloaded the 1851 kent census months ago so thought I search it this morning, It took over 2 hours just looking for 2 surnames WITH the search facility on notepad/word packages and I still didn't get the families I was looking for. I'll have to search some of the other counties anouther day since I don't have time just now. I hope the brainless numbskulls read your moan, Lou, and realise that infomation is not as easy to get as switching on a PC.

Yes...I noticed that too...thats what started me thinking and then when I checked , I found I had already received messages from the ' other ' person '. There are some strange people around lol Anne.

Anne It appears she has also deleted the original thread. I remember the one you are talking about! Lou

The one I am going on about...I sent loads of entries and such after searching 3 hours for her and now she has the gall to put up another thread in another name...I know it is her cos I have never had connection to the new name and my messages say I have!! Anne.

You can't possibly be angry with a name like Honey Rum, which sounds sweet and go with the flow. But I do know what you mean. I get rather annoyed when people put up a query, which is replied to, and instead of reading and responding to the reply, or even acknowledging it, they put up more queries! ggrrrr. anyway the sun is shining so I am not going to be moany or cross. I am going to get the vacuum cleaner out and give the house a good going over with The Stranglers on fullblast on my CD player. Then I am going to carry on sorting out my notes and files. nell

And what p****s me off is when a person asks for look ups...gets them for free...then changes names to get more....just happened to me and I am B****y angry. Anne ...GRrrrrrrrr!!!