From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 15 21:27:48 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6G3Rmjb027115; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:27:48 -0600 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 k6G3RjhX018958 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:27:45 -0600 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 k6G0oCFI016223 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:50:12 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6G0oCen016222 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:50:12 -0400 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 k6G09DFI016099 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:09:13 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6G2kZ7i002967 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:46:35 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Dddarwin@aol.com Sat Jul 15 20:46:35 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6G2kZjb002956 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:46:35 -0600 Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com (imo-m21.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.2]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6G2kV3O027624 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:46:32 -0600 Received: from Dddarwin@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.2d3.b2362dd (43930) for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:46:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Dddarwin@aol.com Message-ID: <2d3.b2362dd.31eb0290@aol.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 22:46:40 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5314 X-Spam-Flag: NO 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] Sloppy Requests!! To All Requesters........... This is not directed at anyone in particular but there are some very sloppy requests coming thru asking for information on people. One instance - Asking for Census information. They state they have found someone in an earlier census but the person might have moved. They give no approximate birth date or place for that person, who else might have been in the census they are looking for, where parents might have been born (after 1880 Censuses only), etc. Please..............if you have "ANY INFORMATION" that will assist the rest of us that's what you need to put into your request. None of us are mind readers and unless it's a name so uncommon we need more data. One name I tried in one census there were over 2,500 (where supposedly the person was found but did not show up in the county mentioned). The next census there were over 9,000. Little hard to pinpoint someone without enough information. In other words......think thru what you're asking for and give enough data to maybe find the person you're looking so they can be found. I read at least 3 others that I knew it was hopeless even looking for so didn't bother to check them out at all. You might not care for my comments but most of us, who have been searching for some time, bypass these types of questions as we know we can't help and consequently you'll never get a reply. Other than that......hope you all have a great weekend, Gretchen