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« on: Sunday 31 May 09 18:54 BST (UK) »
I feel I must reply to this subject.
The comments of some of the earlier writers seem to me to be truly bizarre.
Take for instance the accusation of being " name gatherers ", isn't this ultimately what we all do.
With all the best will in the world , apart from the odd piece of information, most of the people who lived and died in the 19 century remain just names.
We have no idea what they thought, how they lived their lives, we can speculate about them from sources like the census, bmd certificates, but as I said ultimately they are just names, and any tree is just a collection of names.
As for contacts , I have found several who were and still are extremely helpful
and I thank them for that.
I have also had contacts from G.R who although seemingly do have some connection with my extended tree, do not wish to continue the correspondence after just one contact.
As for them " cutting and pasting " you tree on to theirs so as not to investigate further, then I say that is their loss, to search and reach the goal
oneself is far better.
Be careful about your comments, as I fear it feels like its becoming an " ELITIS CLUB ", populated by family history buffs of long standing who find inquiries
to trivial to bother with....remember you were a novice once .
Ron
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