Find Ancestors

Most threads get answered very quickly but the poster disappears,

All the census info is posted and then you find out they had it all but want to trace family after 1901?

Or you find out after several question that they do actually have the birth or marriage cert.


Any piece of information, however small, is so useful.

Maureen

I blame GR, the site!


They don't give any advice on how to use these boards.

They don't tell people that any postings on the Surnames Board, also appear on Trying To Find ..... this is the main reason for surnames not showing up Jenna. Peeps are posting on the Elliott thread on Surnames, and think they don't need to repeat the surname!

They also don't tell people that the ones who help are NOT paid employees of GR, but members like themselves, using their own subscriptions to other sites (as well as sometimes paying out for pay per view) to help others.


And, of course, so many peeps are so caught up in their own research that they just plain forget that others are not!




sylvia

thanks for that robert. Some people think we're psychic and sometimes we only get the first name of people. if this is the case, i just dont bother replying any more

Please don't just post a name and expect the floodgates to open. At least add a year, if only approximate, and a geographical area or place name with county and country. These are far better than "John Smith married Ann Jones, they had 3 children" or "Fred Bloggs died 1930, I cannot find his brothers and sisters". Also, please tell us where and when you found who you are looking for. In fact, posting any information you know helps us to narrow down the search parameters and means not wasting our time. After all, we are volunteers.

Furthermore: what are you looking for? Is it the registration of a birth or baptism, death or marriage, a family group, military record, emigration, occupation, spouse?