On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:49:18 +0100 "Chris & Caroline" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Chris, > I normally try and thank people with a personal email and a general > thank you on the list. Yes, I'd say one to the list is enough. Too many and things become cluttered, and the real content becomes hard to find. > The other thing is when people post a query it is sometimes a good > thing to post the reply again to both the list and the persons I don't see the point, TBH. It means they get two copies of it, usually. > To many times have I seen "reply sent off list" or image sent off Which can be frustrating, if you want to know the answer too, obviously. Images should be sent off-list, of course. > are affectionately known, these "lurkers" can often benefit from info > passed on in this way, especially if they are new to genealogy etc. With the perfectly natural human trait of worrying about appearing silly asking "such a simple question". We were all beginners once, and didn't know the answers ourselves. Although places like Wikipedia, search engines like Google and ML FAQs are often good places to start. > I have learnt a considerable amount of where to find the info I need > etc by just reading through the postings albeit the family name may > not interest me. As have I. I learnt from quite a young age that just listening was a good way of soaking up knowledge. You can also pick up a lot of nonsense too. It's sorting the two out that sets one on the right track. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Only the wounded remain, the generals have all left the game Generals - The Damned