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I agree with Eric - Wayne has completely misunderstood the use of the word "Losers".

Anyone who doesn't come back to the thread within a reasonable amount of time will "lose out" because helpers will just move on to help someone else.

When posting a request for information, it IS much better to hang around for 15 minutes or so to see if anyone responds - HOWEVER , if for any reason you can't then it is much better to say so. Just say you will be back to the thread later, or tomorrow or next week etc. At least that way those trying to help will realise there is no point in asking you questions that you are not around to answer.

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Wayne - you are taking offfence when none was made - please just let it go - it could well be a misunderstanding on your part, but I and others completely understand where Eric is coming from even if you apparently don't. This is a nice site and a well intended thread - if you donlt like it, move on to another one

could I also state, if you are not already aware of the fact - Eric is an absolute stalwart on these research boards and has a knack of finding information that very often other people can't - I am not defending him here by the way, he is more than able to do that for himself and in my opinion already has done so

point taken and problem solvered

Keep up the good work i may need to call upon you one day

Wayne

thanks Wayne - see you around the boards!!!

phew!!
thank heavens for that.
two level headed grown ups at last !!
well done wayne and ann

vivienne

I do wish Genes would put some very basic guidelines re

How to find your thread ......
and
Stay by your computer for replies......

at the top of each board. :


This would then save folk like Alan, Heather, Sue etc. putting up their own helpful threads which disappear quickly down the boards and need to be constantly nudged up for effect.

Does anyone know why they don't do this?

because it could be seen as being helpful?

yes,why dont they stickie it at the top of each board?

vivienne

There's an idea that might help Wayne and others in his position, of course.

When posting from Australia, just say "I'm in Australia and I'll answer replies posted while I'm asleep when I wake up!"

People access their "local" sites at their local times. But a 30-second perusal of the TTF board or any board will make it clear that the default here is the UK -- both for posters and for the info they're looking for.

That's just another reason to include full info. A post looking for John Smith born in 1850 is automatically assumed to be about a John Smith born in England, unless otherwise stated.

Someone the other day mentioned having found info in the Ryerson Index, but non-Aussies don't know what that means, so someone was off looking for records at FreeBMD because the opening post didn't actually mention that the events in question were in Australia.

Rules and guidelines should be right in front of the face of anyone starting a thread. Not in stickies, not somewhere else on the site.

Click that Add Topic button, and you should get something that briefly explains how to request information and how to use the boards, *before* you type in the box.

So simple, so universally applied all over the internet, so just too much to ask for one's tenner at this place, obviously.

This place is here for the advertisers, not for us. Never forget.

*We* are the product being sold and delivered to the advertisers, and paying for the privilege.

Evie your idea has merit and a good one at that but what i am going to do now is jot down times for the best communication process ( i am a printing paper work nut that doesn't file properly ) and try and use them as a guide line plus i have been scouting all the threads for ideas, tips and general protocol ( and putting my foot in and treading on toes, committee members are very aware of it all the time)

what the heck is the "Ryerson Index"

Yoh just found it !!

Wayne

There, you see? ;)

The Ryerson Index is one of those things you don't know about until you see somebody mention it in a thread here, and then many moons later, you see it, and you think Aha, that's Australia! But if you haven't seen it before, well, you might not catch the central idea of the post -- Australia.

And I don't actually know what it is. I just know it's Australian. ;)

Evie
that Ryerson Index has some very interesting thing in it and you can also go into most of the paper sites and read the headline of the day I did and found that a reporter is going to travel down the mighty river murray in a tinny just to find out just what is happening to our magic river that is in a little bother and to top it off i sent him an email requesting him to keep in contact with me as I am on a very important committee dealing with the river.

so you not only gave me a site that i didn't know about, to look at, you also gave me an extra bonus

These threads are amazing it is completely endless and a little addictive mmm!!!
thanks Evie
Wayne

It is amazing ... and addictive ... ain't it?!

If only everyone would spend some time browsing the threads *before* posting their inquiries, and get a better idea both of what they can do for themselves and of how other people can help (especially, what information other people need in order to help).

Now you can run around telling everybody how to look in the Ryerson Index. Just like I do with the South African archives on line. Completely by chance, I ran into an old thread someone here had resurrected one day, about searching the SA archives. I immediately beetled over to the site and found a wonderful tidbit of info that completely confirmed a hunch I had developed about the son of an ancestor's sister maybe having gone to SA, and the archive in question sent me copies of a document for free. Since then I've directed a few other people to the site, and two or three have found major tidbits just like I did.

If only this website would *say* something like "take some time to read some of the threads on the boards before you ask a question -- it will help you get the most out of the GR experience".

And then something like "be sure to thank the people who reply to your questions" ...

Hi Evie
Do you know of these site as I have been in them and had a look mmmm most interesting and addictive i was looking with reference to my wife's side of the family ollly!!

http://www.lineages.co.uk/links.php

http://www.amateur-genealogist.com/

cheers
wayne

Nothing changes.....................I notice to day a few posts where the 'enquirer' disappears leaving willing helpers wondering why they bothered.

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