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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Feb 2015 01:17

:-D :-D :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 25 Feb 2015 22:29

Not looking very good with 26 views and no replies on the annoucement on this board.

Are members now reckoning that the helpers do a better job

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 24 Feb 2015 18:17

if you look at your Home page, there was another announcement on there, not time showing as to when it was posted ....................

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Announcements
Questions for Anthony Adolph : Hi everyone, Please post your questions for Anthony Adolph on Genealogy ... 24 Feb 2015
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Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 24 Feb 2015 18:11

11 looky-loos


0 posts

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 24 Feb 2015 18:10

:-D :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 Feb 2015 17:56

There's a pinned thread at the top of this board asking people to post their questions 'below'.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1349803
24 Feb 2015 13:59

If the poor chap was sitting at the keyboard, he must have been rather bored!

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 24 Feb 2015 14:59

If he was supposed to be answering questions between noon and 1pm, why was GR's announcement timed at 2.01pm?

Researching:
To add feedback, use the white box below, headed 'ADD YOUR REPLY'. Do NOT, please, click on my name unless asked to do so. Do NOT use 'marked as answered' unless your query has been FULLY resolved It is NOT there to indicate that you have sent a message to anyone who posts on the thread, or that you have posted a response on the thread

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 24 Feb 2015 14:06

They have just posted it and it's happened again! The questions are to be asked on a thread on this board! :-S

This rather begs the question - does AA actually SEE the questions and, if he does, where does he post the answers?

Maybe I am just being thick on this but it's been a hectic morning..... :-D

Researching:
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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 24 Feb 2015 09:34

Well, it is definitely TUESDAY now...........and there is no sign of the 'further details' yet!

Not that I would wish to contact him - the paying members on here are of much more use

Researching:
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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Feb 2015 18:02

My Home Page has the following information ...................


note the date and time :-D :-D


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Log in on Wednesday 31 of December at 12AM GMT +0 and click here to see if Anthony can help you.

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THEN ............... to the right side of the screen is this ................


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Announcements

Questions for Anthony Adolph : Hi everyone,

Anthony Adolph will be on hand from 12-1pm on Tuesday, 24 February ... 19 Feb 2015

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Clicking on "Questions for Anthony Adolph" .................


just takes you to the Announcement notice on the Announcements Board :-D

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Feb 2015 17:55

:-D


I got worried when I read your first post, Jacqueline ..................... time's passing fast enough as it is :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 23 Feb 2015 13:21

Oh dear, losing the plot!

Time to lie down in a darkened room!

Researching:
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Cynthia

Cynthia Report 23 Feb 2015 13:04

'tis only Monday Jacqueline..... :-D

Researching:
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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 23 Feb 2015 12:55

Hi everyone,

Anthony Adolph will be on hand from 12-1pm on Tuesday, 24 February to answer your family history questions.

Further details will be announced on Tuesday.

The Genes Reunited team.

It is now almost 1pm UK time, and where are the further details?

Researching:
To add feedback, use the white box below, headed 'ADD YOUR REPLY'. Do NOT, please, click on my name unless asked to do so. Do NOT use 'marked as answered' unless your query has been FULLY resolved It is NOT there to indicate that you have sent a message to anyone who posts on the thread, or that you have posted a response on the thread

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Feb 2015 01:40

I think you are correct .......

..... but a large part of the reason is that there are so few people posting requests these days, and a lot of people wanting to help :-)

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 22 Feb 2015 22:51

I think the problem is that people want to solve problems for people who post - almost as though it's a race-rather than just give them advice

Kense

Kense Report 22 Feb 2015 15:51

The problem is Cynthia, that it is so much easier for helpers to reply to specific questions about particular people than to give general instructions.

There is a request here today for help on how to find information. So far all the replies have been to ask for names and dates. Hardly anything about how to do it.

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 22 Feb 2015 15:23

Perhaps it would be better for GR to state that AA will give general advice during his sessions but, if people would like more personal assistance, then they should post a query on the Find Ancestors board.

I agree about people doing the research themselves but, it is occasionally obvious that there are some for whom that can be difficult and a helping hand is needed.

I also agree that reams and reams of information must be very overwhelming for the new researcher - some thought should be given to how much a person can take in at any one time - especially when it is all new to them.

Thank you for the response. :-)

Researching:
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Feb 2015 13:12

Well I didn't find him any help at all when asking where I should try to find info on my German grandfather and his family who came to the UK in the 1880 ,s

My grt grandma died in 1907 and that time they were living in SE London with a married son . By 1911 Grt grandfather was no longer there and I haven't found his death in the UK

I was asking about what would happen to Germans living in the UK in WW1 and was hoping to find if any of the family were interned but the answer I got was very vague and no help at all

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 22 Feb 2015 01:06

I do agree .................

............ it would be much better to teach people how to find the information fro themselves ..................



but so many members just post anything and everything they can find.


I sometimes feel quite sorry for people, especially newbies, who must feel overloaded with all the excess information that is sometimes posted, with little explanation as to how it might fit with their query, or where it was found.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

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