General Chat

Whose side are you on Kay? :-P

Sits Kay next to Susan.

My spells are in perfect working order thank you. It's the rest of me thats not!

Helllllo????? I am still in my thirties which I know for a fact is the decade below you Muffy and about half Hayley's age :-P

reporting in as directed :-)

why can't people who are friends and want to pick each others ' brains about a genealogy problem just have a chatty thread like this going and do it in here like ?

I have seen loooong threads on other boards here where people do that, just pass the time of day and by the way can anybody help me find so and so in 1901.............

wouldn' t that be better than saying 'just post where you like and hang them all' ?

I agree with you Chrissie ...I much prefer a more laid back approach to posting. x

Now now Uggers...you're in your 30s by the skin of your teeth *evil cackle*..but don't worry..you don't look a day over 45 :-P :-D :-D :-D :-D

Less than a year :-S

I also agree that times have changed and not for the better.
when i first came on thissite in 2003 (i think) it was a great site and the people lovely and very helpful,the funny threads i liked the best,i remember crying with laughter at a thread about funny and rude names that had been found while researching(was that you muffy?)im sure it was.
i also liked the threads that made people think about the subject and the different opinions of people was interesting reading,never any nastiness or abuse just peoples opinions(which is what some of these threads are about,they get people talking)if you post a thread now that someone takes offence to god help you.so sad that a good site has been ruined. :-D <3

I don' t know Muffy I don' t think that was waht I was saying quite

I do think people should post on the proper board for family ihstory questions .......... otherwise they will probably post on _every_ board ........... I just think groups of friends who want to talk about this and that _and family history_ can have threads where they do that inside those threads ........... without starting new threads on the board that isn't meant for them

That doesn' t set a good example for newbies who are prone to post every which way they see :-)

Chrissie that's how we became friends on here. We gave details of our deaduns and people volunteered to help. If we wanted informal help we used to put up a thread as Susan mentioned on the chat board.

Members used to chip in and help or just make encouraging noises and funny quips.

I'd prefer that TBH.

You could be right :-)......

But......I would like to start a thread on chat which asks for help in the headline.

Like.........Anyone fancy helping find an old dear who has born and got lost,
for me.


This would probably be of an evening or very late at night.......and I don't see why I shouldn't be able to do this without someone RRing me or asking me to move the thread......People I know are on certain boards.....mind you....anyone could join in......our kind of chat doesn't belong on the likes of ,trying to find boards

Aaaa I see Chrissie. In which case we're not so much in agreement....never mind. x

I don't see why you shouldn't be able to Susan :-D

or ....... people who want to post threads like that could do it on the 'help' board ......... and invite their friends from the chat board to go there ......... all you have to do is put the link to the help board thread here on the chat board !

people who help newbies on the help boards really do have pleasant chats there too you know , at least when I used to post there some time ago ........

and I know a new mystery is always welcomed by the helper types who loiter around on the help boards :-)

otherwise you know this is sounding kind of 'cliquey' like I said in Rambling Rose's thread :-)

Suzanne,

I still have some copies of threads where I was crying with laughter. If I was fed up I could always rely on people posting fun and I would quickly forget my problems whilst reading.

I rather suspect though that those sort of threads may be frowned upon now which is a shame :-(

** Looks for outraged emotioncon **


Half my age ** scoffs ** Uggers its a well known fact your fast reaching the big 50..... me I am nudging 40 ** scoffs ** <3

I do agree that different boards are for different types of post, and certainly general chat wouldn't fit in the Find Living People board for instance, but I see no harm whatsoever in posting for a little help, in error or otherwise, in general chat. Regulars to general chat also research family history, and many have a lot of experience in doing so, and can also help out a little. Who knows, a help request thread could also have friendly chat while the help is being given?

What newbies don't want is to be jumped on whenever they post on the 'wrong' board by other members of the site who appear to be self appointed guardians, as can come across at times.


Banter in here has always been the same, and that is what turned this site into a living community.

Hayley, if your nudging 40 I am still in my pram :-D

I guess what I don't understand is why 'regulars to general chat' don' t post on the 'help' boards .......... to get help or to give help ...... :-)

*likes* supercrutch's post

Hayley, I've got Dempseys in my tree too :-D