[or-roots] Posting from 1st time user

[Roger]

Hi Poesgirl.
I think that Jon's message was more a reminder for the 'old-timers' of the
group.  It wasn't directed at you.
The list can get pretty set in their ways, when someone new comes along,
people tend to reply the way they always have.  Unfortunatly, that can
come across the wrong way to new listers.

Roger

> In a message dated 5/26/2005 1:20:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> JNCRIDGE at aol.com writes:
> While the reply from PoesGirl provided some useful information, it could
> have
> been much better.
>    1 The negative remark about Walt Davies was not necessary.  It is a
> great
> discourtesy to the other list members to start a flame war.
> Walt is an old curmudgeon - don't blush Walt! - and shows the
> characteristic
> impatience of people who know they have limited time left, when someone
> wastes
> their time.  Walt is also a tremendous source of information I have not
> seen
> provided by anybody else. Part of genealogical research does involve
> extracting information from people who have it, and life's pains are not
> tranformed
> into bliss merely because you have presented your email.  Deal with it.
>
>    2 Each person was new to genealogy at one time.  What Kay Profitt
> needed
> was not answers; what was needed was instruction about how to find the
> information.
>
>    3 It would save a lot of time if we could, as a group, develop
> instructions for newbies, letting them know how to post and how to do
> research, and then
> have listmom make the information available as a distinct web page.  The
> tips
> might include.
>     A. Typing in capital letters is called shouting.  It is considered
> rude,
> as it is more difficult to read. SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT ANY MORE.
>     B. You will get better results if you provide appropriate levels of
> information.  If you ask for help finding Dave Jones in Oregon, you may
> not get any
> response.  If you ask for help finding David P. Jones, born in Benton Co.
> in
> 1917, lived in Salem in the 1960's, married to Agnes Phillips, you may
> hear
> from a cousin in short order.  Names of parents, siblings, spouse,
> children, and
> date of birth, marriage, death, places born and lived, are all important.
> State if you are sure about some facts, and wish to verify others.
>     C. If you get information over the internet, put the source of the
> information in your documents, and don't take credit for another person's
> work.
> Don't assume that all information you receive is correct, especially if no
> sources are cited.  Not everybody came over on the Mayflower.
>     D. Have fun with it.  There are a lot of really nice people working on
> their family histories, and it can be exciting when you solve some of the
> puzzles.
>
>
>
> Jon Ridgeway, Seattle
>
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> Well gee, I'm sorry my information wasn't useful enough for you, hope it
> is
> for Kay.   You will notice I've given her nothing but original sources and
> I'm
> showing her how to research by example because I have the sources and she
> probably doesn't yet,  while you pontificate.  Might be the right Buck,
> might not.
> Who is typing in Caps?  You people are too funny.