I have to jump in here, too. Josephine, you helped me so very much with my English ancestors (and others on this list did as well, from handwriting translation to just general encouragement) and I always endeavor to say "thanks" for any help. You even kindly chatted with me about your old cat while I was losing mine. If you don't get an expression of gratitude from me, it's because someone has taken me hostage, honestly. For months, I had a dry erase board propped up, covered with all my Stone and Bright branches on it, every name, date and place courtesy of your time and help. Several times I have shared photos or information that either went evidently unappreciated or showed up on their ancestry tree without my knowledge, sometimes with my own unconfirmed "facts" accompanying them. This is now duplicated all over the planet via the internet. Many of these things were given to me by others, so it's doubly annoying that they were also part of it through me trying to be helpful. My cousins have gone through it many times, too. It's unfortunate that we can't anticipate people's ignorance. Usually the last time such people contact me directly follows my sending some great photo that I took after driving who knows how far, or a very helpful detail. I will only repeat what others have said here, as I try to do it myself...9 out of 10 of the people I have encountered were generous and decent, and I have to try to ignore that rotten one percent that make my teeth grind. And good luck with your computer!!! Cindy PA, USA ________________________________________ From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] on behalf of Salter, Colin [colin.salter@blueyonder.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 8:48 AM To: MillieB&D; bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Helping other people with their family trees Hear hear! On Saturday, 4 January 2014, MillieB&D <millie@reallyhelpful.info> wrote: > Hello Josephine > > Please don’t be disheartened. Some people are just plain rude. For my part I have found your contribution to this site invaluable and you have helped me in the past. In fact, whenever I get stuck or want to know some general fact I immediately think “I bet that Josephine will know”!!! > > Rest assured that most of us really appreciate your efforts. > > Regards > Millie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 14:02:03 -0000, Baum, Cindy, OPM USA <Cindy.Baum@opm.com> wrote: > I have to jump in here, too. Josephine, you helped me so very much with > my English ancestors (and others on this list did as well, from > handwriting translation to just general encouragement) and I always > endeavor to say "thanks" for any help. You even kindly chatted with me > about your old cat while I was losing mine. Hi Cindy, Good to hear from you! Well, cats are part of our family history aren't they? Ours was born near the end of the war and arrived at our house, as a kitten, in a bag on the handlebars of my grandfather's bicycle. > For months, I had a dry erase board propped up, covered with all my > Stone and Bright branches on it, every name, date and place courtesy of > your time and help. Like many others on this list, I find it interesting to look at other people's family history and to discover new facts and make links. Earlier today, list member, Nivard, wrote, 'Truth be told I enjoy "the hunt".' Many of us would agree with this. Josephine