On 12 Sep 2009 at 11:50, Dave wrote: > [email protected] wrote - > ANYONE DOING DENNING HERE i would like to talk with you > <snipped> > > Hi folks, > If ever there was a lesson in how NOT to use this mailing list, this > is it. No mention of where, when or, indeed, any information to help > identify the family. I'm not going to waste my time looking up just > how many DENNINGs there were in Yorkshire at any particular time but > I'm sure there were plenty. This lazy approach to research is what > gets many people's backs up. A surname without a location really > belongs on the relevant surname list, not here. If in doubt as to how > to how to construct a query, have a look at the 'Welcome' message you > received when you subscribed. If you haven't kept it, contact me > privately and I'll send you a copy > Cheers, Dave Jassie - List > Administrator [email protected] > Thank you very much, Dave, for that excellent message and timely reminder to the lazybones "researchers" (so-called) who do indeed put the backs up of some of we experienced listers. Hopefully, the OP and others who post such fatuous messages will pay attention! As a matter of interest, I checked the name Denning with Surname Atlas (which draws instant surname distribution maps from the 1881 census data) and found there were a total of 1159 entries, 101 of them in Yorkshire - 89 in the West Riding, 10 in the North Riding and just two in the East Riding. By far the largest number, 47, were in Bradford. As you rightly point out, the OP would get far more sensible replies if he/she had actually given some names, dates and places. I congratulate you on your message and only wish more Listowners would take a similar approach. -- Roy Stockdill Professional 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

Roy you mention the Surname Atlas - not sure Ive run accross this before can your give the url please bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:37 AM Subject: Re: [YORKSHIRE] ADMINISTRATION > On 12 Sep 2009 at 11:50, Dave wrote: > >> [email protected] wrote - >> ANYONE DOING DENNING HERE i would like to talk with you >> <snipped> >> >> Hi folks, >> If ever there was a lesson in how NOT to use this mailing list, this >> is it. No mention of where, when or, indeed, any information to help >> identify the family. I'm not going to waste my time looking up just >> how many DENNINGs there were in Yorkshire at any particular time but >> I'm sure there were plenty. This lazy approach to research is what >> gets many people's backs up. A surname without a location really >> belongs on the relevant surname list, not here. If in doubt as to how >> to how to construct a query, have a look at the 'Welcome' message you >> received when you subscribed. If you haven't kept it, contact me >> privately and I'll send you a copy > >> Cheers, Dave Jassie - List >> Administrator [email protected] > > > Thank you very much, Dave, for that excellent message and timely reminder > to the > lazybones "researchers" (so-called) who do indeed put the backs up of some > of we > experienced listers. Hopefully, the OP and others who post such fatuous > messages will > pay attention! > > As a matter of interest, I checked the name Denning with Surname Atlas > (which draws > instant surname distribution maps from the 1881 census data) and found > there were a > total of 1159 entries, 101 of them in Yorkshire - 89 in the West Riding, > 10 in the North > Riding and just two in the East Riding. By far the largest number, 47, > were in Bradford. > > As you rightly point out, the OP would get far more sensible replies if > he/she had actually > given some names, dates and places. > > I congratulate you on your message and only wish more Listowners would > take a similar > approach. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional 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 > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 201 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message