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Roslyn | Report | 3 Sep 2005 11:37 |
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Thanks Laura for the Newby advise |
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Michael | Report | 3 Sep 2005 12:52 |
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Birth years don't change? You wouldn't have thought it from my gg-grandmother who claimed to be 32, 40 and 53 on successive censuses! |
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Laura | Report | 9 Oct 2005 17:19 |
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nudge x |
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Laura | Report | 13 Oct 2005 18:47 |
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nudge |
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Paula | Report | 13 Oct 2005 19:34 |
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Be careful when offering to do lookups! If you have credits to websites that you want to use up, don't state where you are getting the information. You are not supposed to get information from these sites for anyone else. It is for personal use. Have different user names and email addresses for this site and for the site you are getting information from. While I'm here I'd like to say what a great site this is and what a wonderful group of people you all are. Before I found this site I had never really looked at any of the censuses. I had also thought about subscribing to Ancestry but wasn't sure it would be worth my while. I'm now waiting for the next discounted period and then I will definitely subscribe. Paula |
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Helen | Report | 21 Oct 2005 01:29 |
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A HUGE Thank You from us newbies. the people are just so helpful and give advice, because newbies don't understand what some things are. thank you to the ladies that advised me to look at the tips etc, good sound advice, will try to put it together when using site. Thank you to all who have helped me, understand now I was receiving answers immediately, so for us who perhaps live out od UK. need to say as we may be on line at different times. THANK YOU EVERYONE enjoying the site is excellent. |
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ErikaH | Report | 24 Oct 2005 15:12 |
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If you have someone on a census and are asking for lookups on earlier or later censuses, PLEASE post ALL the details from the census you have access to. It's so frustrating trying to help when only half the known info is given. Rose |
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Unknown | Report | 2 Nov 2005 08:19 |
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nudge |
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Unknown | Report | 19 Nov 2005 18:41 |
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nudged for Dianne ...... |
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cane | Report | 7 Dec 2005 13:34 |
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when i first came on the boards in june, the way i learn't was just to look what others were doing, and i guess iv'e just about got it sussed. i did get told off once for nudging and it did scare me a bit, but iv'e just realised that you don't have to use the word nudge, your message get's bumped up when someone replies to your thread. you can use nudge when your message is getting rearly low and you would like a reply, [ just don't forget to say why ]. just found out what lol means [thank's june ]. 'i never knew that' [ leah zotiades 21.7. 05 ]. you learn something new every day. now il'e have all the info on my thread for general guidance. thank's to everyone. great thread laura.. kind regards gwen. |
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ErikaH | Report | 17 Dec 2005 15:31 |
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When posting a request, make sure the title is an accurate indication of what you are looking for. DON'T use your own name...........it tells us absolutely nothing about your enquiry. Reg |
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ellnic | Report | 18 Dec 2005 00:49 |
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Thank you soooo much for these tips, I must admit to being a tad confused by it all. I was afraid to try just in case I did the wrong thing, thank you for. Jean |
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♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ | Report | 18 Dec 2005 01:18 |
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Lovely Laura. I thought this was a great idea for new people on GR. I just thought maybe they would also need to know what all the abbreviations stand for such as:- LDS BMD BIVRI Please could you add to this list as even i don't know all of them either. You will maybe be able to add some more? |
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Louise | Report | 26 Dec 2005 21:15 |
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Nudge for Xmas Newbies, |
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ErikaH | Report | 7 Jan 2006 17:24 |
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nudging for all those who don't know how to say 'please' |
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AnninGlos | Report | 9 Jan 2006 13:14 |
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I think it is a good idea to keep this near the top. |
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Joy | Report | 9 Jan 2006 19:08 |
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for Keith Sage. :-) Joy |
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Penny | Report | 12 Jan 2006 11:12 |
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just adding my name so i can find this again thanks, great idea. |
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Unknown | Report | 13 Jan 2006 10:49 |
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Abbreviations: LDS = Latter Day Saints (Another name for the FamilySearch site) IGI = International Genealogical Index (Found on LDS) BMD = Births, Deaths & Marriages BVRI = British Vital Records Index (By no means complete and never will be) NBI = National Burial Index (by no means complete and never will be) I'll add more as I come across them ! Elaine ;-) |
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ErikaH | Report | 15 Jan 2006 20:44 |
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When asking for someone to be found on a census, give their place of birth...........it's not much help knowing where they lived in an earlier or later census. The birthplace is a useful search tool. Reg |
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