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Geoff, now both you and me know what you told me. Thank's luv you load's, (mind you playboy!!! are you sure??????) Shan

Hi Shan, This is all new to me, have been researching since January, but must admit can't remember seeing your name up here. I do check quite regularly but find it difficult to get on in the day due to me looking after our very lively 2 year old little boy! I must say, that I am one of those people who only gets to visit the London office once a month and therefore am always requesting help of others on this board. I always say thankyou, but perhaps I ask for too much and am greedy for the info. I have become a family history freak since discovering genealogy and seem to be in such a rush to uncover all the hidden history. I do apologise to anyone out there that I have bombarded with requests. It's a shame it's taken a message like Shans for me to realise this. I hope you don't vanish from the board, you are all such stars it's unbelievable. Regards Angela

HI Angela, thank's for the reply, you say i'm a star along with everyone that do'es the lookup's. Your the star for taking time to read the thread, that was my point to start Thankyou!!!!! Shan

hi shan, sorry , i think i have lost the plot ! if i can help with anything i do [ only have a bit of spare time, so dont help as much as i would like] if i need help i ask. even if no one can help , it is nice to 'talk' to people. when i help others, i really do not notice wether they thank me or not, i never bother to check. i do sometimes lose threads, if i cannot find time to check for a couple of days, whoops- they have gone. and i am a proper nosey thing, i do read all of them on records. i dont even mind doing 1881 searches, i enjoy it. aaaah now thats the word-enjoy .i am sorry if i am offending anyone, but sometimes people get upset on here, and i find that a shame. everyone i have 'spoken ' to has been lovely. i feel as though i have made friends, and keep in contact with several, by e mail. please ,rise above whatever or who ever as caused offence, just looking at my tree, i know life is too short. sue. ANGELA phillips- please dont stop asking for help, people have a choice wether they help or not. it would be a sad site if everyone stopped asking for help, thats what the site is here for .lol.sue.

shan, thanks for the e mail, hope you feel better for it. sorry you seem to think i hadnt read you thread properly. in future i will keep my thoughts to myself, please put any reply you have on here, no more e mails please .sue. sorry to end this on a sour note, but in all my time on gc that was the first time i have received what i call a rude e mail, just after i had said how friendly this site is !

Hi Sue, i dont want to upset any one, you tell me what i mean Shan

I sometimes wonder how many people read the following on the home page:- "Web resources Visit our updated links page. Don’t know where to start? Our guide to tracing your family history can help!" I wonder that because, by the question asked, it would seem most likely that they hadn't! On several occasions when I have responded to people asking for help, I have made certain suggestions to help them, and also referred them to this on the home page. I have been pleased to see that other people are referring others to the home page, too. Happy hunting to everyone enjoying their family history research. Joy

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Kia Ora Shan from way down under! I am sorry you feel angry and can understand it- just wanted to put in another side of the story. I look after a severely disabled mother, often inand out of hospital and I live in another time zone. If I put a request on the Board it is often at this time of the day while most of you I hope are fast asleep!! By the time I get back to the board my request is very often about Pg 10-15 especially at weekends. If I miss a day it has sometimes disapppeared ! I know now I can search the Achives but like last night I replied to Lindsay about 10 days after s/he had found my info because in the interim I had found a family member on this board - very distracting!! In the past year I have progressed further than in the previous 5. I am very grateful to all the GCers like yourself and hate to see people upset when they are so generous with their time & resources and advice . Come down under for a hollie - you can ski, swim in a hot pool under the stars, and get shook up by an earthquake - all in one day! Priororiterise what you are doing as Geoff says . I always try to help those who ask for NZ or Austn help and encourage those who have "lost" a rellie to look for emigration as a solution and I have had some very rude replies - I just delete the emails as usually these people disclose something which indicates to me they haven't done their homework! And I think they deserve to be left to swim all the way to hot pool which their ancestors probably enjoyed! Keep smiling and do what YOU want to do! Marlene