A good researcher...... NO, - sorry Bess - a good researcher is not the person who wil search what you ask for - that is an average to middling recsearcher - it's someone on a lead/leash being told to search. A GOOD researcher will use their own initiaitive - their own instinct - based on years of experience. My reading of this email from you - you are interested in a particular 'clann' Clann (i.e. family.........or, family names - not the same as family history/family genealogy) is not particularly in the realm of you ordinary 'genealogical' researcher. It is much more in the line of Historical Research. You say one thing here - that I, as a family history/genealogical researcher based in Ireland - with total and absolute access to all Irish records ,isagree with. You say "I traced Clann Cearnacháin back through time, all the way to Adam and Eve! (You can do hat with the Irish)." I say - You CANNOT trace any Irish Clann back to Adam and Eve I cannot believe any word you say beyond that point. You are saying that Irish researchers areno good nad that yoiu can bring you r family back to Adam and Eve - they can't. As for full time - I'm glad you were/are able to do that yourself - If you stop and think about it - would you reallybe willing tp Pay a stranger 40 Euro+ per hour to work for you on a full time basis Jane ginal Message ----- From: "Carnahan Ranch" <carnahanranch@starband.net> To: <NIR-ANTRIM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Antrim] (no subject) On the subject of researchers, both professional and amateur, I would like to offer a bit of advice. If you want really good research, including chasing down blind alleys, digging up bones, etc., DO IT YOURSELF! Good professional researchers will search what you ask for. BUT, they do not chase down other leads, etc. In researching Clann Cearnacháin, Carnahan, Kernohan, etc., I hired several

Jane: You must have had a bad "hair day" as your spelling sliped a bit, however I agree with what you had to say. With few exceptions there are very few things which can be done well at a distance. I supply what info I have and hope the researcher will take it from there. The Adam & Eve part is for the birds, for anyone to believe that is both naive and brainless! Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Jane Lyons" <sniliaghin@iol.ie> To: <NIR-ANTRIM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:30 PM Subject: A good researcher : Re: [Antrim] (no subject) >A good researcher...... > > NO, - sorry Bess - a good researcher is not the person who wil search what > you ask for - that is an average to middling recsearcher - it's someone on > a lead/leash being told to search. > > A GOOD researcher will use their own initiaitive - their own instinct - > based on years of experience. > > My reading of this email from you - you are interested in a particular > 'clann' > > Clann (i.e. family.........or, family names - not the same as family > history/family genealogy) is not particularly in the realm of you ordinary > 'genealogical' researcher. It is much more in the line of Historical > Research. > > You say one thing here - that I, as a family history/genealogical > researcher based in Ireland - with total and absolute access to all Irish > records ,isagree with. You say "I traced Clann Cearnacháin back through > time, all the way to Adam and Eve! (You can do hat with the Irish)." > > I say - You CANNOT trace any Irish Clann back to Adam and Eve > > I cannot believe any word you say beyond that point. > > You are saying that Irish researchers areno good nad that yoiu can bring > you r family back to Adam and Eve - they can't. > > As for full time - I'm glad you were/are able to do that yourself - If you > stop and think about it - would you reallybe willing tp Pay a stranger 40 > Euro+ per hour to work for you on a full time basis > Jane > > ginal Message ----- > From: "Carnahan Ranch" <carnahanranch@starband.net> > To: <NIR-ANTRIM-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Antrim] (no subject) > > > On the subject of researchers, both professional and amateur, I would like > to offer a bit of advice. > > If you want really good research, including chasing down blind alleys, > digging up bones, etc., DO IT YOURSELF! > > Good professional researchers will search what you ask for. BUT, they do > not chase down other leads, etc. > > In researching Clann Cearnacháin, Carnahan, Kernohan, etc., I hired > several > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >