Hello Listers, I thought, may I am wrong list holders, that the sites were for Genealogy, ( maybe I misunderstand the word Genealogy) but I see people,asking about the 1930's, 40s. 50's 60's 70's 80's and even the 1990's trying to trace relatives. Should these people not better off with the Salvation Army instead of Glogging up these sites. we cannot look at records after 1901 in general terms in England- Other countries are earlier but never, or rarely later, so can someone not put something in the rules to stop this or advise people of the reason for the Web site. I have never objected to supplying data to people that I have that is prior to 1901, some have but they also agree that the data requested is Genealogical, and tell then were to go to get the data. That said it is wrong in my opinion to be requested of who lived where and who lived where for the aforementioned dates. Laurie.

Hi Laurie, Genealogy does not start with 1901,There are people on the other side of the world who may know nothing or have been adopted out in the war years they have to start somewhere it is not just looking back at the 18th 19th century they have to find their way back and the best way for Genealogy as everyone or nearly everyone knows is to start with facts from the here and now and work backwards,after all if you find relatives who you didn`t know you had who are alive now then they may have all the info you need.maybe one day you may be looking for dates which are closer now as you may find offsprings from branches of the family you don`t know about,so always be willing to help as one day them same people may help you. Best Wishes Coreen ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn M Coster <marilyn@mcoster.freeserve.co.uk> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: [BKHD] I do not Mind but do you > Hello Listers, > > I thought, may I am wrong list holders, that the sites were for Genealogy, ( maybe I misunderstand the word Genealogy) but I see people,asking about the 1930's, 40s. 50's 60's 70's 80's and even the 1990's trying to trace relatives. Should these people not better off with the Salvation Army instead of Glogging up these sites. we cannot look at records after 1901 in general terms in England- Other countries are earlier but never, or rarely later, so can someone not put something in the rules to stop this or advise people of the reason for the Web site. > > I have never objected to supplying data to people that I have that is prior to 1901, some have but they also agree that the data requested is Genealogical, and tell then were to go to get the data. That said it is wrong in my opinion to be requested of who lived where and who lived where for the aforementioned dates. > > Laurie. > > > > > ==== BIRKENHEAD Mailing List ==== > Search the archives of Birkenhead-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/BIRKENHEAD.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >