Genealogy Chat

1. Yes. This was my first venture into tree building and I enjoy it. I do have another online tree elsewhere as well as an offline version.

2. Yes. This is essential to me in the way I help on the boards.

3. Never.

4. Constantly. Friendship par excellence!

General Chat - very occasionally.

Quizzes and Games - not interested.

Genealogy Chat - yes, in order to help new folk find their replies.

Find Ancestors - yes, in order to help new folk find their replies.

Find Living Relatives - very occasionally.

Suggestions - yes, to keep up to date.




Searching Trees - a very useful tool especially for anyone wanting to find family connections. Especially useful for the FLR board enquiries.


Hot Matches - very rarely.



I don't think the majority of the millions of members on this site realise the value of the Community boards. It would be good to see the boards given a more prominent and easy to read postition on the Home Page.

One wonders what are your plans, GR, re: the results of this poll?

If, for instance, everyone is agreed that Quizzes & Games does not belong on a Genealogical site, are you going to get rid of it? I think not.

Most agree that Search Records leaves a lot to be desired. Get rid of that? Of course not, that's where you make money.

So what are your plans, GR?

Is this just another exercise in futility?

OKAY MY PENNY'S WORTH

HOT MATCHES ,,,,,,,,USLESS

SEARCH TREES....SOMTIMES

GENERAL CHAT,,,,YES I USE IT A LOT

OTHERWISE I'D GO BONKERS

THINK GENEALOGY CHAT AND FIND ANCESTORS
ARE BOTH THE SAME AND COULD BE JOINED


OTHERS RARLEY USE......

THINK I GET A HALF PENNY CHANGE

2). Message centre - yes, keeping in contact with friends and helping others with research.
Currently, and for the past several days, no notifications received of new messages.

4). Community area - yes.

5). Searching trees - occasionally.

1). Building your family tree - no. I had input names of some direct ancestors but removed them recently.
I keep a family tree on my computer.

6). Hot Matches - no.

3). Searching records - no. Before records were in genes reunited I searched other sites and still do so.

Actually surprised that this thread has not been stickied

Are GR hoping it will vanish down the boards and be forgotten

It had been, Maureen; on facebook, when I posted that the sticky had gone, I was told that it had been a one day poll.

Thanks Joy

Strange no mention of it being one day only on this site. If that is the case then why has the thread not been closed.

So once again FB before this site

Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice once said ... ;-)

So how many of the 12 million members (apparently) will have had a chance to take part

Shot themselves in the foot again Lol

Which is why I put this in the suggestions board, Maureen
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1285814
(twice - it disappeared after a while)

1). Building your family tree = not so much now I use FTM
2). Message centre = contacting connected family occaisionally
3). Searching records = no I use Ancestry
4). Community area = most of all on General
5). Searching trees = occaisionally
6). Hot Matches = never now too many mismatches and haven't received any for a very long time

As a relative newcomer I advise as follows

1. After 3 months decided to buy FTM and find it much better
so now given up on GR
2. Hardly ever
3. 1911 census
4 Most of the time. The help and encouragement i have received has kept me going. I read most of the posts to find things that will help me. If people want general chat and games why not -
5 A few times
6 Had little success with this.

What it boils down to is that I have paid £51 for 6 months membership and consider it money down the drain.

I felt compelled to write this after reading Rollothered's composition. All I can say is thank goodness for the rest of you who regularly post items at least you make it interesting and fun. Keep it up

1). Building your family tree - I did to begin with, but have found that I don't get any contacts as my surname is unusual. I tend to be the one with the info. I don't use it now or update it.

2). Message centre - mainly for receiving messages

3). Searching records - you've got to be joking. What a waste of time that is.

4). Community area
Boards Summary – never
Announcements – never
Success Stories – very occasionally
General Chat – never
Quizzes & Games – never, but I agree it keeps them off the other boards
Genealogy Chat – almost every day
Find Ancestors – almost every day
Find Living Relatives – never
Suggestions – never, but I might give it a go now that I've read other peoples comments.
Blogs – not interested

5). Searching trees - occasionally, mainly just checking contacts which was successful to begin with. Now I rarely get a new contact for my tree.

6). Hot Matches - I was assiduous when they first started, trawling through the lists even though most people weren't even born in the same country. Now they're a total waste of time.


Update: I didn't realize this was a one day poll. The people on the other side of the world are so often forgotten. Poor us!