I don't know who advised her, but I doubt that she has much legal basis for her proposed course of action. All her personal details are in the public domain, after all any one can go to the local library and find out her birth, and marriages etc. It is even easier via ancestry, just sit at home and trawl though the records. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of M. Page Sent: 29 March 2007 22:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living relatives they have on their tree. Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal information listed. A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real connection to her at all. She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on many family history research sites and genealogy lists. Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Jeanette Hartnack wrote: > My preference is to thank people privately for any help I may receive > because I've never thought it fair to burden others with messages that > aren't relevant to them (imagine one morning downloading over ten "thank > you" messages and nothing else!). Private is more personal too. I also > think it's worth considering the possibility that the person to whom you're > grateful might miss your acknowledgement if you only post it to the list. There's nothing wrong with thanking people privately, but I'm inclined to agree with Brad that it can give the impression of ingratitude - so what I have seen a number of people do, and which I think is a good idea, is privately thank those who've helped but also put a single message on the list saying something along the lines of "thank you to all who've helped, a private mail has gone to each". -- Charani (UK)

Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living relatives they have on their tree. Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal information listed. A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real connection to her at all. She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on many family history research sites and genealogy lists. Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570

Hello Carol Are you wanting to upload a Gedcom or are you wanting to add each person individually. If it is by Gedcom then Brad has answered that for you. But if is the other way, near where Brad mentioned about the Upload Gedcom button is the Add Relatives button, that will take you to your tree, it will open in another screen (at least it does with me). Then you can add or change your details, remember to click on the 'save' button to save each person as you go. With the living people, what I have done is put the word 'living' in both the First name and Surname fields. To add your parents, simply click on the Add father or Add mother buttons, the same with your sibling and your partner, remembering to save each person as you go. Then as you have finished a generation you add the next generation. Although time consuming, this way you are only adding Exactly what you want others to see. I do hope this helps. May your branches grow stronger in 2007 Melissa CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - Denmark, HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & London Eng & Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 9:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a question I realise this is off topic so maybe someone could answer me off list. But how do I actually put my tree on genes united? Some years ago I put my name in and then did no more as I didn't know how to input further without going through the natural progression from myself through parents, grandparents etc - all living relatives. I haven't been able to delete myself (!) so presumably need to start all over again (not sure how to do that either) once I know how to proceed. I haven't managed to find anywhere on the site to get answers to these questions so any suggestions gratefully received. Carol ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 4:23 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 4:23 PM

Hello Trevor, Kim and list I have been a member of GR since the end of 2004 when I started on this family history journey. I have to say I too find the lack of communication frustrating, but as I am in the same boat as Kim (with 2 young children etc), I don’t always remember to reply to every single message. I also know from experience that about 50% of my messages are not returned either, so I have stopped worrying about it. Trevor, maybe those who You want to get in touch with, try a gentle reminder message. I have done this before, some were successful. I do recall receiving a reply about my Hogarth family close to a year after I sent the message, patience is definitely a virtue in this hobby. I am pleased that I waited, as I found who new bunch of cousins with that reply. Also 99% of my contacts are from GR, My 1st contact was found only within a few weeks of joining. I have just noticed today on GR, they have changed the way you can search thru the contacts, much more user friendly, and less labor intensive. Cheers Melissa, Researching, CHILDS, GUY, HOLDER, PAMPLIN, TRUSSLER, -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kim Cotton Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 8:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Hi I'm in lurk mode at the moment until time allows me to do more, but I wanted to offer another possibility. I have had great success through Genes Reunited, finding at least 3 2nd cousins and a few more definate relations. I do my best to reply to initial contact from other people, but may not always be able to. I have 2 young children constantly wanting my attention, so I tend to put emails to one side if I think there's something in them, so I can look at my reasearch, find the information and then give them something to look into. I don't always get the chance to look for the info and often forget about contacts. It's not through being rude, inept, infrequent use of the pc or such like, just day to day life with a family and little time to spend sitting at the pc looking into family history. As frustrating as it is, give the other end a bit of leeway. For all you know between messages someone may have fallen very ill and the last thing they're thinking about is the computer! Kim ----- Original Message ---- From: Trevor Tomasin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 29 March, 2007 11:25:10 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Hi And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 4:23 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date: 28/03/2007 4:23 PM

Hi Brad and list: I did not use myself as the anchor in my tree at GR. Genes should state when completing "forms" upon registering that the info you supply will be used in your tree! I don't agree with including the living in trees for publication either or with genealogy companies who blatantly include information about the living other than in a census, etc. About email addresses, one would hope that email addresses listed for genealogy matters are checked at least once a week. This is a big problem if someone reads an old query posted. Something to consider prior to listing an email address for response purposes. Regards, Eve ----- However: GR require that you appear in the tree as the "anchor". ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Paul Howes wrote: > But I suspect the main reason is that with the advent of broadband and > greater competition in the telecom sector, people change their e-mail > addresses more frequently than they move house. That is a very valid and important point. I no longer use an ISP's email address. Instead I use a Gmail one for any sites like GR (although not GR) because it will stay with me no matter what ISP I'm with and it has excellent spam filters which means the account doesn't get rendered unusable as my ISP address did. -- Charani (UK)

Hi folks. I agree with you, Nigel. Just a couple of thoughts on the non-replies. Let's not forget that it's free to input data into GR, and that our hobby has had many new adherents recently since the UK TV grabbed the subject. Some newbies may have input data and become discouraged not to have found their trees back to 1538. After all, you can do it in an hour by TV, right? But I suspect the main reason is that with the advent of broadband and greater competition in the telecom sector, people change their e-mail addresses more frequently than they move house. Regards Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Chalk" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > Best thing I have done, have found 12 new leads since Xmas. Keep to the > basic lines you are researching, if you put in your full tree you will get > loads of replies you aren't ready for. Add the others as you work through > the branches. > > Nigel > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

True, in England it is in public domaine, however in Canada and other countries they are much stricter and you cannot get a birth or marriage certificate for close to 100 yrs for someone else! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hodgson-Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! >I don't know who advised her, but I doubt that she has much legal basis for > her proposed course of action. All her personal details are in the public > domain, after all any one can go to the local library and find out her > birth, and marriages etc. It is even easier via ancestry, just sit at > home > and trawl though the records. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of M. Page > Sent: 29 March 2007 22:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > > > Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living > relatives they have on their tree. > Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living > relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not > happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal > information listed. > > A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - > listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real > connection to her at all. > > She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on > many > family history research sites and genealogy lists. > > Moya Page, > researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Best thing I have done, have found 12 new leads since Xmas. Keep to the basic lines you are researching, if you put in your full tree you will get loads of replies you aren't ready for. Add the others as you work through the branches. Nigel

Hi, I've given up with GenesReunited. I uploaded my tree and then found I couldn't edit it at all so it's hopelessly out of date. In my experience a waste of time. Regards Michael. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Tomasin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > Hi > > How do the rest of you get on with the Genes Reunited web site? > > Personally I find the Genes Reunited site unnecessarily tedious to > use - I can't be bothered with all the secrecy and the convoluted > workings. I have up loaded my 'tree'as a Gedcom file to it, but tend > to redirect 'contacts' from the Genes Reunited web site to my own web > site where they can search to their 'hearts delight' and to then > contact me again by direct e-mail to discuss our joint ancestry. > > And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to > initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was > obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! > > Are the people who use Genes Reunited serious about their Family > History or was it a passing phase they went through one wet Saturday > afternoon? Then again they may be the types who only switch on their > computer once a month, or members of the IT inept. > > How do you get across to them that by not following up on a contact > they have started, they are wasting your time and being rude in the > extreme? The Genes Reunited system seems to have this situation > designed in to it. What's the point of it? Not communication - or > uniting any genes that's for sure! > > > Good Huntin' > > Trevor Tomasin > > Primarily researching - BANTON - BULL - COLLIS - LEAVERS - HOPKINS - > KNIGHT - MOODY - PERKIS - PURCHASE - PURCHES - STRETTEN - TAYLOR - > THOMASIN - TOMASIN & VINCENT - but always with an interest in their > spouses and their siblings! > See the full list at www.tomasin.org.uk - in 'The TOMASIN Family > History Project'! > > This e-mail, and any attachments to it, have been automatically > checked for 'nasties' by Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm 6. > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ann, it certainly is possible to create a GED file and exclude certain data. First go to the main BK screen Select 'GEDCOM' Select 'EXPORT' Select 'SELECTED PEOPLE' Enter number of generations you want to export or leave at 99 Select 'DESCENDANTS OF A PERSON' Enter record number of person you want to start with. Select 'COPY THE SELECTED PEOPLE NOW' Next when the box opens enter a 'name for the new GED file' and where you want to store it Select 'SAVE' At this point a screen will appear that will allow you to determine what you want to include or exclude in the GED file. After you have made your selection just click OK and the file will be made as requested. If you have any further questions just send me a note Best wishes Ed Barbour

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:59:38 EDT [email protected] wrote: Hello [email protected], > Thank you all again for your most generous assistance and I hope > no-one is offended if I don't reply individually to those who replied Not at all: My preference has always been for public thanks for help asked for, and received, publicly. To thank people privately might mean others start thinking you're not grateful when, in fact, you are. As a result, they could become reluctant to offer assistance when they know the answer to your query. All just because the person asking _appears_ to be an ingrate. As we all know, appearances can be deceptive. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" It's becoming an obsession Teenage Depression - Eddie & The Hot Rods

I think you rant is not really directed at GR but at human beings. GR is logical human beings are not!! Graham -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trevor Tomasin Sent: 29 March 2007 11:25 To: [email protected] Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Hi How do the rest of you get on with the Genes Reunited web site? Personally I find the Genes Reunited site unnecessarily tedious to use - I can't be bothered with all the secrecy and the convoluted workings. I have up loaded my 'tree'as a Gedcom file to it, but tend to redirect 'contacts' from the Genes Reunited web site to my own web site where they can search to their 'hearts delight' and to then contact me again by direct e-mail to discuss our joint ancestry. And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! Are the people who use Genes Reunited serious about their Family History or was it a passing phase they went through one wet Saturday afternoon? Then again they may be the types who only switch on their computer once a month, or members of the IT inept. How do you get across to them that by not following up on a contact they have started, they are wasting your time and being rude in the extreme? The Genes Reunited system seems to have this situation designed in to it. What's the point of it? Not communication - or uniting any genes that's for sure! Good Huntin' Trevor Tomasin Primarily researching - BANTON - BULL - COLLIS - LEAVERS - HOPKINS - KNIGHT - MOODY - PERKIS - PURCHASE - PURCHES - STRETTEN - TAYLOR - THOMASIN - TOMASIN & VINCENT - but always with an interest in their spouses and their siblings! See the full list at www.tomasin.org.uk - in 'The TOMASIN Family History Project'! This e-mail, and any attachments to it, have been automatically checked for 'nasties' by Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm 6. ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/732 - Release Date: 24/03/2007 16:36

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:10:41 +0100 "A. Day" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello A., > I have Brothers Keeper & would like to put a gedcom on minus the > living of course .I started doing it the tedious way but it is too > time consuming to do much & duplicates work already done I don't use BK, so can only offer hope, really; I hope it would be possible to set up filters within BK to select people based on Date of birth, death, etc. With such filtering, it ought be possible to select only those people deceased, or in the absence of a date for death, those with a birth more than say, 80 years ago. Then you only have to use the filter, and export the results as a GEDCOM. Alternatively, some software allows the insertion of "living" for the personal name of those still alive, and doesn't export birth dates. However: GR require that you appear in the tree as the "anchor". -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Sign away your life Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers

I have Brothers Keeper & would like to put a gedcom on minus the living of course .I started doing it the tedious way but it is too time consuming to do much & duplicates work already done Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Rogers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a question > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:38:43 EDT > [email protected] wrote: > > Hello [email protected], > > > But how do I actually put my tree on genes united? Some years ago I > > It's not immediately obvious, I know. You used to have to delete the > entire tree, before you could upload a replacement. That's no longer > necessary. > > Start by firing up your genealogy software and export your tree as a > GEDCOM file, making sure you know where it's saved on your computer. > > Next, log into GenesReunited. Once there, on your "personal homepage" > just below where is says "Hello (yourname), what would you like to do > today?" there are three options. The last of which is "Upload > Gedcom". It doesn't look like it, but it is a clickable link. You > will then go to the import/export page. Select "Import Gedcom" and a > new window opens (make sure your pop-up blocker, if you use one, > doesn't stop it coming up). > > In this new window click the "Browse..." button and use the requester > to navigate to the gedcom file you just saved. Click "Open" (or > whatever your requester says) and then click the "Import file" button > on the web page. > > You'll be warned not to close the window until the transfer is > complete. When the transfer completes, you'll be told, and you can > then close that window. GR's software then process the GEDCOM, and > once done, sends you an email saying that your new tree is in place. > > There. All done. It's always seemed (to me) such a simple thing to > do. However, when you have to write out an explanation, it often > proves that it _isn't_ always easy. I do hope my explanation makes > sense. If not, feel free to contact me directly. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > > Dream on white boy, dream on black girl > Original Sin - INXS > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A. Day wrote: > Also when switching on I automatically look at my e-mail .as I belong to > several lists this takes some time .I am wondering if I should leave them > for a while to consolidate & write up what I have found .How do others > cope? I'm subbed to about 46 lists plus I have other mail coming in. When I boot up in the morning, I download all the mail, then delete anything with an uninformative subject line and anything that is obviously of no interest. That eliminates about two thirds of the mail. I then have a quick look at the rest and either reply or delete as appropriate. Once the mail is dealt with, I go through the newsgroups (not all genealogically related). Some days there's little of interest, other days are the reverse. I also have two school age children, one of who is severely handicapped. I have the advantage that I work from home most of the time. -- Charani (UK)

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:38:43 EDT [email protected] wrote: Hello [email protected], > But how do I actually put my tree on genes united? Some years ago I It's not immediately obvious, I know. You used to have to delete the entire tree, before you could upload a replacement. That's no longer necessary. Start by firing up your genealogy software and export your tree as a GEDCOM file, making sure you know where it's saved on your computer. Next, log into GenesReunited. Once there, on your "personal homepage" just below where is says "Hello (yourname), what would you like to do today?" there are three options. The last of which is "Upload Gedcom". It doesn't look like it, but it is a clickable link. You will then go to the import/export page. Select "Import Gedcom" and a new window opens (make sure your pop-up blocker, if you use one, doesn't stop it coming up). In this new window click the "Browse..." button and use the requester to navigate to the gedcom file you just saved. Click "Open" (or whatever your requester says) and then click the "Import file" button on the web page. You'll be warned not to close the window until the transfer is complete. When the transfer completes, you'll be told, and you can then close that window. GR's software then process the GEDCOM, and once done, sends you an email saying that your new tree is in place. There. All done. It's always seemed (to me) such a simple thing to do. However, when you have to write out an explanation, it often proves that it _isn't_ always easy. I do hope my explanation makes sense. If not, feel free to contact me directly. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Dream on white boy, dream on black girl Original Sin - INXS

Also when switching on I automatically look at my e-mail .as I belong to several lists this takes some time .I am wondering if I should leave them for a while to consolidate & write up what I have found .How do others cope? Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "kim Cotton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > Hi > > I'm in lurk mode at the moment until time allows me to do more, but I wanted to offer another possibility. > > I have had great success through Genes Reunited, finding at least 3 2nd cousins and a few more definate relations. I do my best to reply to initial contact from other people, but may not always be able to. I have 2 young children constantly wanting my attention, so I tend to put emails to one side if I think there's something in them, so I can look at my reasearch, find the information and then give them something to look into. I don't always get the chance to look for the info and often forget about contacts. It's not through being rude, inept, infrequent use of the pc or such like, just day to day life with a family and little time to spend sitting at the pc looking into family history. > > As frustrating as it is, give the other end a bit of leeway. For all you know between messages someone may have fallen very ill and the last thing they're thinking about is the computer! > > Kim > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Trevor Tomasin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 29 March, 2007 11:25:10 AM > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > > > Hi > > And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to > initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was > obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! Photos is now offering a quality print service from just 7p a photo. http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi How do the rest of you get on with the Genes Reunited web site? Personally I find the Genes Reunited site unnecessarily tedious to use - I can't be bothered with all the secrecy and the convoluted workings. I have up loaded my 'tree'as a Gedcom file to it, but tend to redirect 'contacts' from the Genes Reunited web site to my own web site where they can search to their 'hearts delight' and to then contact me again by direct e-mail to discuss our joint ancestry. And what is it with the 'contacts'? They go to all that trouble to initiate a contact, then you reply, then nothing! Even when it was obvious from the start that there was a 'firm' match - nothing! Are the people who use Genes Reunited serious about their Family History or was it a passing phase they went through one wet Saturday afternoon? Then again they may be the types who only switch on their computer once a month, or members of the IT inept. How do you get across to them that by not following up on a contact they have started, they are wasting your time and being rude in the extreme? The Genes Reunited system seems to have this situation designed in to it. What's the point of it? Not communication - or uniting any genes that's for sure! Good Huntin' Trevor Tomasin Primarily researching - BANTON - BULL - COLLIS - LEAVERS - HOPKINS - KNIGHT - MOODY - PERKIS - PURCHASE - PURCHES - STRETTEN - TAYLOR - THOMASIN - TOMASIN & VINCENT - but always with an interest in their spouses and their siblings! See the full list at www.tomasin.org.uk - in 'The TOMASIN Family History Project'! This e-mail, and any attachments to it, have been automatically checked for 'nasties' by Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm 6.