HI all that have responded to this post. I agree with Margaret & Gaylene that "we with the resources" can assist people at our leisure. It's the enjoyment, fun & excitment we get helping others to find what we all require - those missing pieces of our jigsaws. WE do also make friends this way. Just yesterday, I spent approx half an hour doing a look up for someone on this list & was ready to send all the details to the person and found that they had cross posted on another list and the same reply I had ready to go had already been answered. Should I have been angry and addressed that person "off list" to say you have wasted my time - NO, I was happy the person was given the correct details - it is the pleasure you get in helping other people. As for the rostered days to do look ups, just wouldn't work for me - I have 5 children that all want to use one of the two computers we have hooked up to internet, and of course always the same time I do, also I work full time, if I had to work to a roster - nothing would ever get done - I am lucky to make it to work on time. I also would like MY time to keep searching for my own pieces of the worlds bigest jigsaw that has no sides. I am now getting off my soap box - sorry Ray Darlene >From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> >Reply-To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] REGARDING LOOKUPS - >Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:20:49 +1000 > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <janealogy@westnet.com.au> >To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:33 PM >Subject: [AUS-MELB] REGARDING LOOKUPS - STUART/KIRKPATRICK > > >>Hello everyone, >> >>Firstly, let me thank very much the three members of this list who have >>been very generous in looking up the details for me of the >>STUART/KIRKPATRICK request I made. >> >>Secondly, what struck me immediately was that these three people had done >>exactly the same job, when the efforts and generosity of one person would >>have been sufficient. > >Hi Jan > >>So. I have a suggestion that perhaps Ray (List Admin.) may wish to >>comment on, as perhaps he would need to oversee/organise this. >> >>What if all of you with BDM cd's (or any other resource) work out a day of >>the week that each of you would be prepared to do a lookup for the rest of >>us, and any request that comes in on that particular day, then that person >>does the lookup. The results of the lookup still to be sent to the list, >>but I just think it would be a much fairer system to share the load, than >>to have several people spending their own time to find out the same >>information as each other. >>What do you think? > >It wouldnt work ................... I do alot of look ups as I enjoy a >challange but not with this list so much as dont live in VIC . > >I do these when I have time to spare or if what ever looks to be in real >mind bender. > >Have got 4 ' on the boil' at the moment. Well 3 as got a Eureka on one >tonight when I located a cousin for this over seas gene...... Its a lot of >fun but couldnt cope with it being regulated to once a week . > >bye > MargM > Beautiful Central Coast of NSW > Need Help ? >Try: www.raogk.org/listing.htm > > > >==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >==================================================== >Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > >============================== >View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > _________________________________________________________________ realestate.com.au: the biggest address in property http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au

Wow I only used an old plastic milk crate Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene Carlisle" <mrsdoubtfire59@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] REGARDING LOOKUPS - > > HI all that have responded to this post. I agree with Margaret & Gaylene > that "we with the resources" can assist people at our leisure. It's the > enjoyment, fun & excitment we get helping others to find what we all > require - those missing pieces of our jigsaws. WE do also make friends > this way. > > Just yesterday, I spent approx half an hour doing a look up for someone on > this list & was ready to send all the details to the person and found that > they had cross posted on another list and the same reply I had ready to go > had already been answered. Should I have been angry and addressed that > person "off list" to say you have wasted my time - NO, I was happy the > person was given the correct details - it is the pleasure you get in > helping other people. > > As for the rostered days to do look ups, just wouldn't work for me - I > have 5 children that all want to use one of the two computers we have > hooked up to internet, and of course always the same time I do, also I > work full time, if I had to work to a roster - nothing would ever get > done - I am lucky to make it to work on time. I also would like MY time > to keep searching for my own pieces of the worlds bigest jigsaw that has > no sides. > > I am now getting off my soap box - sorry Ray > > Darlene > > > > > >>From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> >>Reply-To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >>To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] REGARDING LOOKUPS - >>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:20:49 +1000 >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <janealogy@westnet.com.au> >>To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:33 PM >>Subject: [AUS-MELB] REGARDING LOOKUPS - STUART/KIRKPATRICK >> >> >>>Hello everyone, >>> >>>Firstly, let me thank very much the three members of this list who have >>>been very generous in looking up the details for me of the >>>STUART/KIRKPATRICK request I made. >>> >>>Secondly, what struck me immediately was that these three people had done >>>exactly the same job, when the efforts and generosity of one person would >>>have been sufficient. >> >>Hi Jan >> >>>So. I have a suggestion that perhaps Ray (List Admin.) may wish to >>>comment on, as perhaps he would need to oversee/organise this. >>> >>>What if all of you with BDM cd's (or any other resource) work out a day >>>of the week that each of you would be prepared to do a lookup for the >>>rest of us, and any request that comes in on that particular day, then >>>that person does the lookup. The results of the lookup still to be sent >>>to the list, but I just think it would be a much fairer system to share >>>the load, than to have several people spending their own time to find out >>>the same information as each other. >>>What do you think? >> >>It wouldnt work ................... I do alot of look ups as I enjoy a >>challange but not with this list so much as dont live in VIC . >> >>I do these when I have time to spare or if what ever looks to be in real >>mind bender. >> >>Have got 4 ' on the boil' at the moment. Well 3 as got a Eureka on one >>tonight when I located a cousin for this over seas gene...... Its a lot of >>fun but couldnt cope with it being regulated to once a week . >> >>bye >> MargM >> Beautiful Central Coast of NSW >> Need Help ? >>Try: www.raogk.org/listing.htm >> >> >> >>==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >>==================================================== >>Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! >> >>============================== >>View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > realestate.com.au: the biggest address in property > http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > ==================================================== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx