Sliped eh! ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> To: <NIR-ANTRIM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:49 PM Subject: Re: A good researcher : Re: [Antrim] (no subject) 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 > > > ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx