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[3sillydogs]

I have also changed my profile to Sue 3sillydogs and the Rootschat logo.

[Romilly]

Isn't it funny how some people with non gender specific names on RC...

Turn out to be the opposite gender to where you had placed them mentally (off here)!! (But perhaps that's just me:-)

Romilly.

[LizzieL]

Not just you I thought the same
And some names that you think are gender specific, they turn out to be the opposite as well - possibly have used the name of an ancestor they're searching for as their screen name

[groom]

Not just you I thought the same
And some names that you think are gender specific, they turn out to be the opposite as well - possibly have used the name of an ancestor they're searching for as their screen name

That's what I've done - Groom is the name of my great x 3 grandparents. I got caught by surprise when I joined RC and was asked for a user name. That was the branch I was working on at the time and so I used that. 

[Romilly]

Not just you I thought the same
And some names that you think are gender specific, they turn out to be the opposite as well - possibly have used the name of an ancestor they're searching for as their screen name

That's what I've done - Groom is the name of my great x 3 grandparents. I got caught by surprise when I joined RC and was asked for a user name. That was the branch I was working on at the time and so I used that. 

Oh... and I thought you were a (male) equine specialist!

Romilly

[Ruskie]

I'm getting a bit lost already.

When I see that there are thousands of replies on a 'discussion' topic, then read over most of the replies on the first page, note that most of them are saying the same thing, it doesn't seem worth continuing. (I am thinking specifically about the discussion 1.11 The Nature of Documentary Evidence").

Does anyone read them all? 

[Romilly]

I very much doubt that anyone reads them all Ruskie!

Except possibly the Forum Mod? (If they have them?)

Romilly.

[groom]

NO! I tend to read those of people I'm following, plus perhaps those most liked.

I think the difference between this course and others I've done is that the others were historical and dealt with facts etc. So the way people discussed them was different and answers gave links to articles etc. On this course people ( and I'm probably just as guilty) seem to just be giving examples from their own families. That may change as the course develops.

Another thing I've noticed, which is a shame, the Lead Educators don't appear to be contributing to the discussion. On the Hadrian's Wall course, they were always adding bits and correcting mistaken ideas etc.

[LizzieL]

Another thing I've noticed, which is a shame, the Lead Educators don't appear to be contributing to the discussion.

I noticed that too, but I did start the course at 6.30 am GMT Monday morning when there weren't so many posts on the discussions. I saw one person thought that ages were rounded UP on the 1841 census, perhaps that's been corrected by now.