Thankyou Shirley and Elaine for your kind words. I guess were not all perfect as other people are or seem to be ? I apologise to anybody if I have offended them, with my caps on.. DEBBIE.

Hi Debbie, No apologise needed..... Happy Easter.... Elaine Pickard. Ottawa. Canada. List Admin Bradford Mailing List. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.473 / Virus Database: 271 - Release Date: 17/04/03

"michael morgan" <dede.morgan@btopenworld.com> wrote..... > I apologise to anybody if I have offended them, with my caps on.. > IT'S not a question of offending anyone (I certainly wasn't offended, for one), but a matter of whether you could expect any replies to help your research, given the form in which your messages were posted. I was simply trying to explain to you that messages in all upper case are extremely difficult to read and most people will not bother but skip over them. I certainly do. If you expect sensible replies - which you rightly and properly do - then it helps to learn the rules and follow them. That is all I was saying and my advice was genuinely meant for your benefit, not as a means of belittling you. If it came across that way, apologies, but that's the way I give advice. Being a hard-nosed Yorkshireman, we tend to be blunt and call a spade a spade. I seriously suggest it might help you to look up the archives of this list and see what has been posted before. There has been much valuable background posted on Bradford by myself and others, which you can find by going to the archives. You will find these by going to the main rootsweb site, www.rootsweb.com, clicking on mailing lists, England and then Bradford (this list) and you will find a facility to browse or search the archives. Even though you are not apparently a complete newbie, could I suggest it still might help you to take a look at my Newbies' Guide, which is an 8,500-word resume of basic genealogical research in England (with particular emphasis on Yorkshire), available for download and printing out if you wish. Many people tell me they find it helpful. The only thing missing is in the section on censuses, where I need to update it to take in the 1901. I will do this as soon as my myriad other genealogical commitments allow! In the meantime, if you wish to know anything about Bradford, feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer. I was born there and have a small library of books about the city. Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith