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