Hi Peter " I've answered 982 postings on this forum alone. You're at 28. I can't be accused at lack of effort". Nobody is accusing you of lack of effort, only the reminder at how much this would have cost if you had been paid! You are not forced to answer every query, but are obviously doing it because you want to which is great. Personally only having one or two names in Bedfordshire and a fairly tight area in which they lived, I only answer questions/help where I am sure of the answer/ or can provide an insight which is possibly not available elsewhere, there is certainly no point in duplicating replies. 982 against 28 postings, I wish I had the time to count them! "My point is that there is a cost in resources and subscriptions and a large amount of effort required to look up readily available data on basic sites like Family Search, FreeBMD and Census records. It's extremely frustrating when people are unwilling or incapable of extracting data that's staring them in the face." Yes, it would be nice if everybody was Internet savvy but suprisingly alot of people are not, especially beginners & older people. A gentle nudge in the right direction is often appreciated. Kind Regards Norina > From: pbo08596@bigpond.net.au > To: bedford@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:22:36 +1100 > Subject: Re: [BDF] THOMAS MORGAN & SARAH HALE - c1840 Heath & Reach > > Norina, > > > > And I replied within a hour of the post. I'm the only one to have done > so. And while I'm not criticising, he's had 24 hours to at least acknowledge > my efforts. > > As for the other lady, I put in a similar effort on my initial response > to her in June last year and it wasn't followed up. > > > > My purpose in mentioning money is simply to illustrate that each answer > is equivalent to $20-$50 from a professional researcher. > > On that basis, I've provided over $25,000 worth of effort to help people > on this list. And that's just one list. > > Peter > > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/