I am writing to condemn the egotistical, self aggrandising, unimaginative, arrogant, boorish and self satisfied creature I have come across in many years. How dare you set yourself up to lecture and publicly humiliate another person who innocently made the error of inserting a c when asking for assistance. Those of us who do not deem ourselves to be either perfect or an ex-pert (a drip under pressure) had no difficulty in understanding the question or its' meaning. If this is your way of showing how erudite you are, you have missed your target; and if this is your way of being helpful and respectful, perhaps you should dip into your Oxford English Dictionary to determine the meaning of these two words. This missive is not a 'flame' just an attempt to point out your deficiencies in public/ awareness, in a, nodoubt vain attempt that you may acknowledge your lack and learn from your mistakes. I will, of course, avoid the temptation to use THE local expert in researching my family history, I doubt if I could be as precise as you expect us lesser mortals to be. (1) Respect is a two way street. (2) Respect has to be earned. Antoinette Ellett. > > the 1891c > > Is this a new abbreviation for "The 1891 census enumerators' > notebooks"? If so, I wish you had told us - and whether it comes with any authority > (the British Standards Association, the National Archives, the Oxford English > Dictionary, etc) or whether you have just made it up yourself on the spur of the > moment. The less guesswork we introduce into our research the better for > all. Also the more accurate and less likely to mislead our research will be. > All our writings are all about communication anyway, aren't they? > > We probably all have our own little "private abbreviations", whch is > they way in which we think of these things. I know I have many - but they > remain private and I would never think of inflicting any of them on anyone else, > much less of doing so with the assumption they will know what I mean. > > In case anyone accuses me of "flaming" - no this is not meant as such. > Rather is it meant with the greatest of respect, and to be helpful. > > Geoff Nicholson > > 57 Manor Park, Concord, WASHINGTON, Tyne & Wear NE37 2BU > NBL/DUR family history research in depth by THE local expert. > Record searching service: you name the records, I search them! > > ______________________________