From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 08:51:35 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 k16FpZE0029250; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:51:35 -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 k16FpWof018360 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:51:32 -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 k16DNBFI012604 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:23:11 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k16DNBCo012603 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:23:11 -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 k16CNkFI012426 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:23:46 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k16Epvlu013820 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:51:57 -0700 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Mon Feb 6 07:51:57 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 k16EpvE0013809 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:51:57 -0700 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.204]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16EpqKq016096 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:51:53 -0700 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s1so1091483nze for ; Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:51:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=loFc/wZmyZZsmN8hagRY0v66YPWZQp3YlKrucClf0jZ5bEptHJCVsq4AqnXdN4wEHljiHcYEdjjgiHYhgkXZ/DpgUTDbnbADi23PH9vsQWGUbkZXPSVmfOlRdNstQs2grZpzv7UR8kSXJBzMcRzFsCC3vcsdCAPekbfg/Vmz6V8= Received: by 10.65.181.17 with SMTP id i17mr143853qbp; Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:51:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.249.20 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 06:51:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 07:51:48 -0700 From: Colleen To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Why should people help you? In-Reply-To: <31891-34337@sneakemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 References: <200602052228.k15MSK61008070@lists5.rootsweb.com> <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 Yes, people need to be educated in order for them to get the most out of their research. But there is such a thing as educating them in a respectful, kind manner. On 2/5/06, Bob wrote: > > ** 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 > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com