Hang in there please Dave, and happy birthday. I concur with Nancy. I have been on this and other sites for some years and Yorksgen is by far the best. My suggestion is not to ban "off topic" posts entirely but to bring them to a halt after only a few responses. My biggest gripe is people who are vague in the subject line. I delete using that info, without reading the majority of posts. I may miss a few gems, but I also have other things to do. Time is important to me. The exception is anything sent from Roy. More please. My second gripe is those who don't identify their location. My third is punctuation and the non use of Capitals. I did however read and ponder on the one about writing up a family tree on MS Word. I think all Rootsweb sites have been effected by Facebook. A pity. Murray NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Magnusson via" <[email protected]> To: "D" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] ADMINISTRATION > Dave, I have been following the messages that have come through this list > and even though I very seldom post I felt compelled to reply now. I > forget > how long I have been a member of Yorksgen, but there have been debates off > and on since I've been a member and yes, I believe a couple of members > unsubscribed but not the list admin. I think this is an awesome list and > I, for one, have learned a lot reading the individual posts. I honestly > don't feel that you have been attacked, it's just members expressing their > own opinions and as far as I am concerned, I thought we are allowed to do > that. I have never done a Family tree in Microsoft Word, and I would love > to learn how people write up a family history using that program, but, I > guess that option of learning isn't going to be allowed now. > > I hope you change your mind about not being the admin and just relax a bit > and go with the flow to speak.........LOL. I feel the person posting was > asking a genealogy related topic question and that it was totally > appropriate. As for the lack of posts now, there is so much information > on > the internet that is readily available for people to access now and you > have websites on this forum for people to access. > > I personally feel that this forum should be for any and all genealogy > related questions whether it's asking how to find family, how to figure > out > who's who in the family or just asking how to write up a genealogy report > using whatever program. > > Anyhow, if you choose to not let this post go through that's up to you, > but, I don't feel I have violated any "rules" of this site by expressing > my > opinion. > > Cheers, Nancy > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:42 PM, D via <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I have read the messages that have come through whilst I have been out >> celebrating my birthday and replied to them. The list has been in >> “moderated” mode for the last few hours. I will shortly reinstate it to >> normal mode. Please don’t post any more about the latest debate. It >> would >> be pointless to do so because I have decided that you need an admin who >> will let you do as you like. I am not that person so, if anybody wants to >> take over, please contact me privately. >> Dave Jassie ([email protected]) >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> Some useful websites - >> FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >> FREEBMD - http://freebmd.org.uk/ >> FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ >> >> Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> >> Links to more useful websites - >> >> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org >> >> www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk >> >> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com >> >> www.yorkshireroots.org.uk >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Murray, I agree with you too. After an "off topic" has been bantered back and forth for a while, bring it to a halt. I have been researching for over 20 years and I am still learning and Yes, I would love to learn how to do a family tree report in Microsoft word. And, what better place than a forum bulletin board from members who have done this and know what to do and what not to do. Nancy Canada On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:11 PM, mhhr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hang in there please Dave, and happy birthday. > > I concur with Nancy. > I have been on this and other sites for some years and Yorksgen is by far > the best. > My suggestion is not to ban "off topic" posts entirely but to bring them > to a halt after only a few responses. > My biggest gripe is people who are vague in the subject line. I delete > using that info, without reading the majority of posts. > I may miss a few gems, but I also have other things to do. Time is > important to me. > The exception is anything sent from Roy. More please. > My second gripe is those who don't identify their location. My third is > punctuation and the non use of Capitals. > I did however read and ponder on the one about writing up a family tree on > MS Word. > I think all Rootsweb sites have been effected by Facebook. A pity. > > Murray > NZ > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Magnusson via" < > [email protected]> > To: "D" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] ADMINISTRATION > > > > Dave, I have been following the messages that have come through this list >> and even though I very seldom post I felt compelled to reply now. I >> forget >> how long I have been a member of Yorksgen, but there have been debates off >> and on since I've been a member and yes, I believe a couple of members >> unsubscribed but not the list admin. I think this is an awesome list and >> I, for one, have learned a lot reading the individual posts. I honestly >> don't feel that you have been attacked, it's just members expressing their >> own opinions and as far as I am concerned, I thought we are allowed to do >> that. I have never done a Family tree in Microsoft Word, and I would love >> to learn how people write up a family history using that program, but, I >> guess that option of learning isn't going to be allowed now. >> >> I hope you change your mind about not being the admin and just relax a bit >> and go with the flow to speak.........LOL. I feel the person posting was >> asking a genealogy related topic question and that it was totally >> appropriate. As for the lack of posts now, there is so much information >> on >> the internet that is readily available for people to access now and you >> have websites on this forum for people to access. >> >> I personally feel that this forum should be for any and all genealogy >> related questions whether it's asking how to find family, how to figure >> out >> who's who in the family or just asking how to write up a genealogy report >> using whatever program. >> >> Anyhow, if you choose to not let this post go through that's up to you, >> but, I don't feel I have violated any "rules" of this site by expressing >> my >> opinion. >> >> Cheers, Nancy >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:42 PM, D via <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >>> I have read the messages that have come through whilst I have been out >>> celebrating my birthday and replied to them. The list has been in >>> “moderated” mode for the last few hours. I will shortly reinstate it to >>> normal mode. Please don’t post any more about the latest debate. It >>> would >>> be pointless to do so because I have decided that you need an admin who >>> will let you do as you like. I am not that person so, if anybody wants to >>> take over, please contact me privately. >>> Dave Jassie ([email protected]) >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Some useful websites - >>> FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >>> FREEBMD - http://freebmd.org.uk/ >>> FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ >>> >>> Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >>> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Links to more useful websites - >>> >>> www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org >>> >>> www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk >>> >>> www.yorkshireparishregisters.com >>> >>> www.yorkshireroots.org.uk >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >