From: "Tony Proctor" <tony@proctor.net> To: <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com>, <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com>, <Eng-yorkshire@rootsweb.com>, <wEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com> Copies to: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com>, <nottsgen@rootsweb.com>, <eNG-HERTFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NTT] Beware the Internet genealogy bucket shops! Date sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:08:27 +0100 > I would if anyone has looked at the demographics of the people that > buy them > Roy. > > When I started a new job in CA, back in 2009, they happily presented > me with a printout of the "coat of arms for my surname" since they knew I > was also a genealogist. I had to smile and look appreciative. > > Tony < I'm glad you said that and not me, Tony - I wouldn't want to upset our American cousins yet again! However, I suspect you are probably right and the majority of people who buy these things are in the US of A, and I say that with the greatest respect to the many serious American family historians we have on these lists. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE