From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jul 16 04:54:51 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 k6GAspjb031322; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:54:51 -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 k6GAsnsK019231 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:54:49 -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 k6G8HKFI017569 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:17:20 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6G8HKpn017568 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:17:20 -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 k6G15TFI016271 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:05:29 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6G3gp8U031400 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:42:51 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sue.nyc@att.net Sat Jul 15 21:42:51 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 k6G3gpjb031391 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:42:51 -0600 Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.115]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6G3gl8J026621 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:42:48 -0600 Received: from host (222.new-york-32rh16rt.ny.dial-access.att.net[12.75.175.222]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <20060716034300111004apnle>; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 03:43:01 +0000 Message-ID: <046a01c6a889$9b728f40$56af4b0c@host> From: "SueNY" To: , References: <2d3.b2362dd.31eb0290@aol.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Sloppy Requests!! Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:40:33 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 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 Thank you for this post Gretchen! When I see someone post asking for info but refusing to provide any info other than a list of names, I shake my head and hit the delete key. There is no way to help when all you're given is a name. I wanted to add that they should also take the time to put an actual and detailed subject line on their post. Posts that come in with no subject at all or "Help!" or "Look up" or even worse, "Re: Roots-L Digest..." are usually deleted by most folks. Genealogy is not something you can be lazy about, not if you want results. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 10:46 PM 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 >