[or-roots] Posting from 1st time user

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Jon, right on!

--
Bob Goodman 
USAF Retired 
University Place, Washington

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> 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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