General Chat

Hello Yvette, It's a shame that you feel that you do not want to renew your membership but I can understand your reasons and daresay that you will not be the only one giving it serious thought. Look on the bright side- the people on here are so willing and generous with their time and, as you have probably built up quite an address book of your own, there are very few that wouldn't still help out if you really slammed up against a brick wall. The one great thing that I have learnt while compiling my tree is that genealogists, amateur or otherwise, are genealogists first and site (any site) members second. This site was once a breath of fresh air, we all had a common purpose but it also gave us the chance to laugh, joke and let off steam. Sadly the monitoring, restrictions, and arbitrary decisions have made this a very different site to the one I joined. I hope that your tree continues to 'blossom' and wish you every success in your hunt for missing rellies! Magsx

Thanks Melinda. I intend to carry on with my tree, but 'on the other side' , so will still be banging my head in frustration trying to track down those elusive rellies! Yvette

good luck yvette, in whatever you decide to do,luv melinda

Well today is the last day on my membership and have decided that i will not be renewing it. Its not a choice i made easily, but i feel the lack of safety over viewing of tree's ( i have just deleted mine as a result) and the way the threads, and management of the site is going that it's not for me anymore. I am very sad about it as i have met some fantastic people on here, and the help of so many of you has been amazing. I love the jokes ( thanks Lynda and Elaine) and the off-the-wall chats, but i feel that the time has come to say enough is enough. To everyone that has helped with either a smile or with my tree a great big THANKYOU. Good luck everyone with your genealogy hunting. Yvette