Perhaps the original poster is not addicted to this hobby like you and I Roy, so doesn't keep a 24/7 watch out for replies. Keith Wellington, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [NTT] Elizabeth Gertrude Edis >I wonder if the poster who asked for help re the above person has > noticed that myself and two other people answered this query within less > than three hours of it being posted to the list at 8.30 a.m. EST (Eastern > Standard Time), 1.30 p.m. GMT in the UK, on Sunday? > > I revealed to him who the likely parents of Elizabeth Gertrude Edis were > and Pat Williams and Peter Wright both confirmed my information. Peter > even posted the exact date of the parents' marriage, but we have so far > received no acknowledgement or thanks (a check with the archives > confirms) and it is now over 30 hours later. > > Do people just post queries to the list and then either not bother to > check > for any response, or do they just take the information and go away? And > some listers wonder why I occasionally get irritated with the "look-up > culture"! > > -- > 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 > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message