From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 00:03:10 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1673AE0030924; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:03:10 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16736sT025327 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:03:06 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k164YjFI010964 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:34:46 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k164Yj7j010963 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:34:45 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k162YeFI010740 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:34:40 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1652nN2021206 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:02:49 -0700 X-Envelope-From: pzo003d02@sneakemail.com Sun Feb 5 22:02:49 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1652nE0021197 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:02:49 -0700 Received: from monkey.sneakemail.com (sneakemail.com [38.113.6.61]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1652mpT002755 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:02:48 -0700 Received: (qmail 4057 invoked by uid 501); 6 Feb 2006 05:02:39 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 31891-34337 #1); 6 Feb 2006 05:02:39 -0000 Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:02:35 -0800 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: "Bob" In-Reply-To: <200602052228.k15MSK61008070@lists5.rootsweb.com> References: <200602052228.k15MSK61008070@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <31891-34337@sneakemail.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Why should people help you? ** Reply to message from "Kathie Harrison " on Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:28:20 -0700 > And not everyone has a current atlas or a general knowledge of all > countries and their current boundaries. That does not stop them from acquiring a map. I have about thirty maps (mostly US states but some European Countries) in my file cabinet. These do wonders for my research. > That does not mean that their > family tree is not well researched. I think some nitpickiness is > uncalled for in helping others with their research and since there are > alot of "Newbie's" on this and other lists, it would be kinder to > share some of the knowledge that we have all acquired. We were ALL > newbies at some point. Newbies need to be educated. They need to have maps for the areas they are researching. If they don't have the basic tools they will never get anywhere. They also need a few basic reference books (such as "The Source" and the "Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses" and many more), but maps are a must. If you are doing research in a country and you do not know the language you also need a dictionary. If you do not have the correct tools you will not progress very far. -- Robert Blair