On 3 Aug 2010 at 15:55, Polly Rubery wrote: > Hi Roy > > >>I don't see your difficulty at all, I'm afraid because she is easily > >> traced in the records.<< > > Surely his difficulty is that he is trying to find an Ada HUGHES who > was born in Cirencester? Kind regards Polly > Well, possibly, but how do we know he's right? In fact, a simple check at FreeBMD shows not a single entry for any Ada Hughes born, married or died in the Cirencester registration district. Check for yourself! I gave the enquirer the results of my research based on what I found about the information he posted, which was for an Ada Campion married to William Campion in the 1911 census and I am quite certain I was correct. However, if this wasn't the Ada Hughes he sought I suggest he tells us so so because I won't waste my time again. There is an Ada Hughes who says she was born at Cirencester in 1872 in the 1891 census, living with her parents John and Susan Hughes at Chipping Camden. Maybe this is the one he seeks. The birth is not found at Cirencester with FreeBMD, though. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Many of us who do not have the luxury of living near to a family history centre or CRO, and in my case no longer live in the UK, are extremely grateful to those kind individuals who willingly go out of their way to help us with our research. Often our requirements will be simple for somebody living in the right place, but our remoteness turns a simple job into a nightmare. I have therefore been quite upset to see the recent postings on the above subject. To those willing to help, please don't be discouraged by the adverse comments of others. In some cases there is clearly an agenda there. I have received considerable help recently by a couple of people who have gone out of their way to help me and I shall always be in their debt. Dennis

Dennis, I think you have missed the point here - people like Roy go out of their way to help others with very little thanks or acknowledgement. Before the advent of online census sites I used to spend hours searching cds I had purchased for different censuses, parish records and the like to answer peoples queries on various forums. At a rough guess I'd say about half of those whose queries I answered couldn't be bothered to thank me for the time and effort put in. Eventually I stopped bothering to look things up for them. These days there are too many people who expect others to do their research for them, giving not just time but also the money it costs to access the records. This is not a cheap hobby for any of us, so why should others who have been told how to access the information still expect to be subsidised by those who have spent money on subscriptions? I have a whole library of cds, subscriptions to most of the mjor sites etc but have reached the stage where I think "Let them spend their own money not that of a pensioner". So much is available on the internet if they are prepared to make an effort. Thank you Roy for all the help you give others. Nuala ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Corbett Tel" <denniscorbett@denniscorbett.e.telefonica.net> To: "Worcester" <eng-worcester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] 1911 Census > Many of us who do not have the luxury of living near to a family history > centre or CRO, and in my case no longer live in the UK, are extremely > grateful to those kind individuals who willingly go out of their way to > help > us with our research. Often our requirements will be simple for somebody > living in the right place, but our remoteness turns a simple job into a > nightmare. > > I have therefore been quite upset to see the recent postings on the above > subject. To those willing to help, please don't be discouraged by the > adverse comments of others. In some cases there is clearly an agenda > there. > I have received considerable help recently by a couple of people who have > gone out of their way to help me and I shall always be in their debt. > > Dennis > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message