On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 15:47:48 UTC+1, Douglas Richardson wrote: > My comments are interspersed below. DR > > On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 1:55:32 AM UTC-6, jd...@me.com wrote: > > < Greetings Douglas > < > < Many thanks for the notes concerning our mutual ancestor, Humphrey. I will <read these with interest. > < > < Your publications have been frequently quoted to me. The experts at WikiTree < advised me that we do have at least one area of difference in the Poyntz > < ancestry. I do not know whether this is so as these experts did not produce > < any evidence. The upshot of the claim was that I was banned from WikiTree for < disagreeing with you. This was, for me, an event producing such trauma that <it is unlikely that I will ever recover. > > Dear John ~ I'm extremely sorry to hear that you were banned from WikiTree for disagreeing with me. Free enquiry is the CENTRAL focus of my scholarly pursuits. The idea that you would be banned for simply expressing an alternative view is not anything I would support. Honest scholars can disagree and still be friends. > > If you would be so kind, please forward me the contact information for the person(s) who banned you. I will address this matter personally. > > < It is probably most appropriate that I do so directly to your e-mail address > < as above? > > Yes, by all means, you're more than welcome to correspond with me privately at my e-mail address. > > > Regards > > John > > Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah Greetings Douglas Many thanks for your observation. I entirely endorse your view that it is only by open dialogue and free discussion that any research will make progress. The next generation of our family do not want to follow on with our genealogical research. My only reason for entering my family’s research on to WikiTree was to publish the research for any and all to make any use of the data. I am not impressed by the manner in which WikiTree manages its affairs and so there is no sorrow in ceasing to have any connection with WikiTree. My comment was made with typical British humour. Having said that to use your name and reputation in the manner that it was, for me, would be unacceptable conduct. I will prepare a summary for you as the matter does have a lengthy exchange of correspondence and forward to you at your e-mail address. Please feel free to use the data as you wish. Regards John