Genealogy Chat

Think some one did, he's still not come back and said so though jess

I'll have a look, mine's hit a brick wall at the moment. J

Manners maketh the man and all that Ciara

Jan, I dont think he did!!!

.....and anyway Andy......did you find Henry Gray yet???? Jan

This is still quite funny! you ask fo help, people Help, or maybe the way I ask is slightly different Ciarax

The morning after the night before and we are still none the wiser. Jess

Marjorie, Please believe me that my posting at that other thread was misconstrued. When I typed 'to truly show how...' it was not in reference to the posting by Jess, it was in reference to the topic of the thread about people trying to sell census look ups etc on Ebay. My subsequent posting was partly to demostrate how posting on this board is far more value than bidding on ebay, and partly because I'd hit a brick wall. I did reply politely to the initial comments by Jess. Truly my last word on this thread. Goodnight all and may tomorrow be a sunny day for you all :-) Andy

I find to my amazement that I am actually quite upset by all this. I stopped going on the General Board because of all the stupid squabbling - however, I don't think this is stupid, I think Jess has a valid point. Andrew re-posted ten minutes after his first posting, had I been able and inclined to help him I would have still been struggling to get onto Ancestry! And as for saying 'people are anonymous on this site and can say what they like' - er, what's anonymous about Jess? And why is she not allowed to be annoyed about her wasted efforts on your behalf? Andrew, it would have cost you absolutely nothing to have apologised more graciously to Jess. Your failure to do so will cost you dear, I think, should you ask for help in the future. I am not particularly taking sides, this is just my subjective reaction. Marjorie

I never did get an answer. Andrew, was the chap i found for you the correct one? Jess

Didn't want to add my tuppence worth till everyone (including myself) had calmed down. Can see Jess's point Andrew - I took one look at your original post and thought I'd leave you to it (not that I'd probably be much help anyway!). You don't work in Sales by any chance do you? Its the kind of approach we'd use at work - but maybe doesn't work so well on here. Good luck to everyone - I'm glad the truce is called and we can all get back to being friends and helping each other. Cheers Ellen.

Simon, I see your point. I'm actually smiling at all this. I've heard of road rage (put someone behind steering wheel and all that) but I guess this is even more anonymous so people feel they can reply in anyway they feel. I wish they'd read each response carefully in the time they were posted. My last word on this thread. Good luck to everyone in their research. Regards, Andy (actually quite a nice bloke - so my wife tells me, fortunately)

Another allie towards a truce nice one sarah regards simon

Come on Guys There are enough problems on the general topics board. We don't want to be monitored on the other boards too. Sarah

Maybe counting to twenty will help Come on people call a truce regards simon

Andrew It was the added comments you made with it, thats the problem. Surly you can now see how it could offend, take another look at your comments. Julie

Yeah.... a 'Thank you for the posting. However......' sounds like you were really appreciative.

Julie, I did say thank you. And look at the response. Regards, Andy

Your rude and inconsiderate responses, Andrew, come from 'you guys are so hilarious.... no, really, you are.' And you're saying that to someone who you want to help you? As for your post you mentioned, yes you did apologise, however you then added what suggests that you weren't happy with the information you were given and wanted more people to bend over backwards for you. You can group people into households on the 1901 via the census decoder. You could have looked yourself! You appear too idle to do so.

Andrew you still can't say thankyou to Jess, can't beleive your so stubbon