This is very needed because several different lines of different surnames have same first names and unless one knows where and when then one does not know if info ones has is related to what the inquirer wants Mable in Michigan. From: "Georgia Sanden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:09 PM Subject: RE: [PACUMBER] Source information > Please give up this argument. We all started somewhere. I still remember > the day someone told me they had found my dad on the Internet. I'd never > even thought of genealogy before, and the result was that I went from > having > no family to having over a hundred cousins I didn't know I had -- truly a > blessed event. > > In the time since, I'm amazed at how much I've learned and how much I > realize I don't know -- it's been a very convoluted path. I most > appreciate > folks who put everything they have on the Internet, and that's what I do. > I've learned that if there are sources, I need to check them out anyway, > but > at least I have a clue. I hate when someone throws out so-called facts > without even a hint as to where they got them; I can't tell you how many > hours I've spent running down other folk's dead ends. > > The goal is to find our ancestors, and the more researchers checking a > line, > the more opportunity there is to dig up information. The more we share our > sources, and the more transcribed source materials we put up, the more > chance we have of breaking down those brick walls and finding those > blessed > cousins. > > Just an opinion..... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 6:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PACUMBER] Source information > > In a message dated 4/16/2006 6:41:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: >> Real genealogical research requires time, money, and patience. That >> is what researchers find so offensive about nonresearchers who post >> pedigrees. > > Barb and Peg, > You bring forward two sides of the issue. > But I suspect you are preaching to the choir. In my experience, > many > of the subscribers to lists like this are serious and long term > researchers. > > People looking for an instant family tree don't spend much time on > these lists except to make a posting or two hoping that someone has done > the > work for them. > But this leads to why I am responding on-list rather than privately. > > Perhaps this can serve as a reminder that we can lead by example. > When we respond to those inquiries we can give some sources or other > background information so the other person can place it in context, > perhaps > even a word or two of explanation if the person is a "newbie." > I recently saw on another list where a responder to an inquiry > warned > the first person not to include dates and places because someone might > steal > it. What good is the information without that? Better to not respond at > all. > > Tony > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > A quick link to the complete list of PA USGenWeb County sites. > http://www.pagenweb.org/ > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > A quick link to the complete list of PA USGenWeb County sites. > http://www.pagenweb.org/ > > ============================== > 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 > >