Wow, somebody's cranky! "Steven" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I have, some time ago - unfortunately - received an answer, to a question I > posted in another newsgroup - from you. The answer, by the way, was totally > useless! > At that time you also chose to expose my e-mail adddress in your header. As > you very well know, a lot of spammers and people who think it is a lot of > fun to mail viruses to people in the newsgroups, will rejoice in the "great" > help you are providing them with. Now they don't need to spend time to > search for the e-mail addresses - as you make sure the e-mail address is > clearly seen. > The last time I refer to - when I got a reply from you - I received more > than 90 spammails and 3 viruses within 24 hours! Before that, I had hardly > any spamming and only very few virus mailed to me! > If you do not yet know about Scandinavian patronyms in detail, how they work > and how they can be used in genealogy, and in what year the system was > changed as far as -sen, -son, -datter and -dottor is concerned, then I would > suggest that you do read some books on this subject. > As far as my own experience goes, I have been working with genealogy for > more than 30 years. Before that I did help my family with all the little odd > jobs involved in researching familyroots. > Then you write: gardsnavn. I presume that you mean gaardsnavn, or as it is > called here in Denmark - gårdsnavn or gårdnavn. No, it is far from sure that > you can explain where a person lives - or lived - just by this gårdnavn! > Further, a lot of these farms (gårde) have the very same names all over > Scandinavia. It is only very few that are so outstanding, that there is only > one place with that name! So, get off your high horse! > Hugh Watkins is living here in Denmark, he goes to the places where he can > search and check the backgrounds of the families he is interested in. As far > as I have been able to follow his engagement in the Danish newsgroup, he is > constantly trying to assist other people here, and he is very devoted to > getting his informations confirmed. He even takes the time to respond in > Danish - even he is not Danish. I'm Danish - are you? > I have no hostility, and have not expressed any. I just oppose your > consistent use - and exposure - of e-mailaddresses and the fact that you > regard yourself an expert on Scandinavian genealogy. I hardly think you > would think it was appropiate that I should start to lecture you on American > genealogy! > And, when it comes to that - most Americans have their roots here in Europe! > As far as headers is concerned - you can read all the headers you want - no > skin off my nose! > > > Steven > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.491 / Virus Database: 290 - Release Date: 18-06-2003 > >

I thought we got away from cranks when we got electric starters! Olaf > Wow, somebody's cranky! > > "Steven" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] > > I have, some time ago - unfortunately - received an answer, to a question > I > > posted in another newsgroup - from you. The answer, by the way, was > totally > > useless!