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<DIV>Jon, right on!</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> While the reply from PoesGirl provided some useful information, it could have <BR>> been much better. <BR>> 1 The negative remark about Walt Davies was not necessary. It is a great <BR>> discourtesy to the other list members to start a flame war. <BR>> Walt is an old curmudgeon - don't blush Walt! - and shows the characteristic <BR>> impatience of people who know they have limited time left, when someone wastes <BR>> their time. Walt is also a tremendous source of information I have not seen <BR>> provided by anybody else. Part of genealogical research does involve extracting <BR>> information from people who have it, and life's pains are not tranformed into <BR>> bliss merely because you have presented your email. Deal with it. <BR>> <BR>> 2 Each person was new to genealogy at one time. What Kay Profitt needed was <BR>> not answers; what was needed was instruction about how to find the information. <BR>> <BR>> 3 It would save a lot of time if we could, as a group, develop instructions <BR>> for newbies, letting them know how to post and how to do research, and then have <BR>> listmom make the information available as a distinct web page. The tips might <BR>> include. <BR>> A. Typing in capital letters is called shouting. It is considered rude, as <BR>> it is more difficult to read. SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT ANY MORE. <BR>> B. You will get better results if you provide appropriate levels of <BR>> information. If you ask for help finding Dave Jones in Oregon, you may not get <BR>> any response. If you ask for help finding David P. Jones, born in Benton Co. in <BR>> 1917, lived in Salem in the 1960's, married to Agnes Phillips, you may hear from <BR>> a cousin in short order. Names of parents, siblings, spouse, children, and date <BR>> of birth, marriage, death, places born and lived, are all important. State if <BR>> you are sure about some facts, and wish to verify others. <BR>> C. If you get information over the internet, put the source of the <BR>> information in your documents, and don't take credit for another person's work. <BR>> Don't assume that all information you receive is correct, especially if no <BR>> sources are cited. Not everybody came over on the Mayflower. <BR>> D. Have fun with it. There are a lot of really nice people working on their <BR>> family histories, and it can be exciting when you solve some of the puzzles. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Jon Ridgeway, Seattle <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>