From: "jenny lang" <jjlang@xtra.co.nz> > Hi Carol > Yes there are PEARSON people out there. > > I am interested in William Pearson who married Mary Ellen UMPLEBY in > 1883. Their son Leonard came to NZ in the early part of the 1900's. > Leonard had a brother John and a sister Ida. > > Does any of this ring any bells.> My point, in pointing out the vagueness of the original query, was to avoid precisely this kind of message! It's like asking "Are there any Smiths out there?", although the name Pearson admittedly isn't quite as common as Smith, though it is relatively common. However, it seems to me slightly daft to pose a query in such a vague and general way, then have lots of listers replying with their Pearsons, only to be told in the great majority of cases probably that the OP isn't interested in them! When posting queries asking for contact from those interested in a particular surname, you should always be SPECIFIC, i.e., which family are you interested in?; what were their full names?; where did they live and when? The key to garnering information that is going to be of help is to give some information as to what you know and what you have already researched and discovered. Otherwise, you may just be wasting people's time and bandwidth. Here's how the query should have been phrased (hypothetical data, of course): "I am interested in John PEARSON, a greengrocer in Leeds from about 1860 onwards. He married Maisie Snodgrass at Leeds Parish Church in 1859 and they had seven children, who were called.....etc. Does anyone else connect to this family?" THAT is the way to pose a proper query and expect sensible replies. -- Roy Stockdill Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org 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

OK Roy,I am looking for Hiram Pearson born i think in Saddleworth,or Skipton probley the first one,born about 1847,married a Mary,he was my great grandfather ,one of his sonswas my grandpop,Robert ,he married a Mary Ellen Phillips born Skipton.Robert was born1870,Mary his wife 1868.Hiram also had anothers son not sure of his name and two daughters Violet and Zillah.Hope you can work all thi s out .Many thank,s Carol. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:44 PM Subject: Re: [WRY] RE PEARSON > From: "jenny lang" <jjlang@xtra.co.nz> > >> Hi Carol >> Yes there are PEARSON people out there. >> >> I am interested in William Pearson who married Mary Ellen UMPLEBY in >> 1883. Their son Leonard came to NZ in the early part of the 1900's. >> Leonard had a brother John and a sister Ida. >> >> Does any of this ring any bells.> > > My point, in pointing out the vagueness of the original query, was to > avoid > precisely this kind of message! It's like asking "Are there any Smiths out > there?", although the name Pearson admittedly isn't quite as common as > Smith, though it is relatively common. > > However, it seems to me slightly daft to pose a query in such a vague > and general way, then have lots of listers replying with their Pearsons, > only to be told in the great majority of cases probably that the OP isn't > interested in them! > > When posting queries asking for contact from those interested in a > particular surname, you should always be SPECIFIC, i.e., which family > are you interested in?; what were their full names?; where did they live > and when? The key to garnering information that is going to be of help is > to give some information as to what you know and what you have already > researched and discovered. Otherwise, you may just be wasting people's > time and bandwidth. > > Here's how the query should have been phrased (hypothetical data, of > course): "I am interested in John PEARSON, a greengrocer in Leeds > from about 1860 onwards. He married Maisie Snodgrass at Leeds Parish > Church in 1859 and they had seven children, who were called.....etc. > Does anyone else connect to this family?" > > THAT is the way to pose a proper query and expect sensible replies. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies > Guild of One-Name Studies website: www.one-name.org > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >