Thank You Judi! Harold -----Original Message----- From: Judi Assony <jassony@bendnet.com> To: WEAVER-L@rootsweb.com <WEAVER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 8:25 PM Subject: [WEAVER-L] Dates/state/county PLEASE! >Dear Weaver Researchers, > >I'm getting frustrated with a lot of the posts on this list. > >A recent post is rather typical, listing data of a Weaver line who >lived in Washington County. Washington County in what state????? Do >you realize how many States have a Washington County?? There are many >many other counties that may not "sound" like they would be in other >States but they are, besides even if they aren't who among us have all >the counties of each state memorized? You do? okay tell me really fast >what state is Deschutes county in? > >Sometimes the post only mentions a town or township, still without a >State named, hey we aren't psychic! > >Another really frustrating thing is that so many posts don't have any >dates at all! So, okay you don't exactly when ggg grandfather was born, >you probably can figure out which century he was born in and probably >guess-ta-ment a 20- 30 year probability within that century, so maybe >you could at least say b. abt. 1820. > >Maybe you are working in the 18th century, but I have seen posts on this >list from people who are still stuck in the 20th century, don't assume >everyone on this list is searching the same time period you are. > >We all tend to get really intense in our searches, and don't stop to >realize how many people subscribe to a list like this, and guess what? >if you are searching in the South, or PA other people have ancestors in >other areas and really don't have time to read a 3 page post only to >find out they have no idea where your people lived, because you failed >to either mention it at all, or forgot to add what state it was in, or >what time frames were involved. (If you are really nice you would put >this in your subject line, i.e. Subject: Peter Weaver VA circa 1820) > >This list and others like it serve two purposes to help us find our >missing ancestors and to share what we do have. Which brings me to >another item, that I haven't the foggiest idea what the statistics are; >This is, family lines that only mention the direct ancestors of the >posters line. 1. Is this because that is all they are interested in, so >that is all they recorded even though the info on siblings were >available, but they tossed the rest? 2. Is this because they >understandably don't want to type in "everything" they have? What can >be done? 1. If you don't have anything more on siblings etc., say so in >your post, and it will save you getting mega useless inquiries. If you >do have more info on siblings, please be kind enough to state you have >more info you could supply via e-mail. > > P.S. to the last paragraph, by collecting sibling info, you are more >likely to find other related researchers who have a common goal of >researching further back, which means you can further help each other, >but you will never know they exist if you are only recording your direct >line. > >Since I have ranted on this long, I think I should also mention to >readers of this list to follow these guide lines if you are going to >e-mail a private message to a poster to the list. Don't just give them a >name and no other data and expect a lead to your quest. Remember WHO, >WHAT, WHERE and WHEN. I have 2 Smith lines, and I have run out of >fingers and toes counting the number of inquiries I have gotten from >people who are looking for a John Smith, no dates, let alone a century, >and no places at all! These people are so pathetic I really don't want >to answer them at all, but my upbringing won't let me. > >I have been using the internet for the past 4 years doing genealogy >research, and I have to state in closing the nicest people on the >internet are genealogist! > >Happy Holidays to all > >Judi Assony > > > > > > > > >==== WEAVER Mailing List ==== > > >