Totally agree Bill . Most listers have had contact with Klaus and most have found his site of great benefit. We are all well aware of privacy and do not post personal facts on living people. Kerry Australia -------------------------------------------------- From: "miriam wehrend" <mewwrw@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:38 AM To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <schleswig-holstein-roots@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] Thielman > I have used Klaus for research on a family line and he did excellent work > for a reasonable cost. Since the church records I needed were only > available in S-H it was great deal cheaper than trip to Germany even if I > could efficiently read the records (I can't). Don't know where the > complainer comes from, but that person is totally out of line. > > Bill Wehrend > > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 7:18 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Author: klstruve1 >> Surnames: >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.ceeurope.germany.schleswig.general/6419.1.2.1/mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> I take offence at the contents of this posting. >> My name is Klaus Struve and I live in Kiel, SH. I replied, off the board, >> to the person who wrote this, and who is looking for Thielmann-ancestors >> here in the Old Country. >> This person, whose name I know, is scared about losing >> his/her identity or his/her identity being "stolen". Far >> from understanding what your e-mail-address has to do with >> your identity, I respect that view and do not address you >> with your name. Who knows what you have been through. >> However, you posted your e-mail-address on the SH-board, >> which gave me opportunity to contact you directly. In my >> first mail, I directed you to my website www.rootdigger.de >> and the database of 70 - 80 000 emigrants from Schleswig- >> Holstein. You found your ancestor there and his parents' >> names. I was also able to confirm the date of birth you had >> down for him. You asked for more info, if possible. I said: >> yes, some generations, but I work for money, as a >> professional. For affordable prices. Your reply was : don't know you, >> etc., and I suggested to google my name plus >> genealogy plus research. There is ample reference to me in >> the web. That same day, you asked why I refused to give >> you a pricing for the "affordable" research I had offered. >> I assure you : you have never asked me for fees and terms. >> There is no such mail in my Inbox. Maybe, you asked some >> other guy from Kiel instead of me. >> Having been a researcher for 10 years now, I count my happy >> clients in the hundreds, and the majority of them come back >> for second, third, or further helpings of the old source >> material that I dig up. It is okay that you do not trust >> me, but I have certainly no reason whatsoever to hold back >> my schedule of fees from a potential client. Your statement >> in respect of this is wrong, and the light you make me >> appear in - these are things "up with which I can not put". >> >> This needed to be said. >> >> Greetings to all, >> >> Klaus Struve, Kiel >> >> www.rootdigger.de >> >> >> >> >> >> >> web. >> >> Important Note: >> The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you >> would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link >> above and respond on the board. >> >> >> >> ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== >> Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: >> http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message