General Chat

hi teresa welcome aboard !!! this is one of the most friendliest sites for genealogy and there are so many lovely people here please stay.i have made some wonderful new friends here and i know that you will too susie

Teresa, I think if you read through Margarets thread, she was just a little upset taht people seemed to be ignoring her mails, which most people would be frustrated by, but we all now hopefully know that this is often down to a quirk of the GC email system. Not always though - I've responded to peoples emails, done lookups for them, and not even had a mail of acknowledgement back. Whilst this is rude, it won't put me off helping other people. As for Gerald, he's just rude, self important people like that should just be ignored. Paul

Teresa In any group there will be people who have strong views about things and sometimes go over the top expressing them. Read the replies to the threads that you mention and you will get a better picture of the wide range of people there are on this site. There is probably an "expert" on just about anything you care to mention, even genealogy (and typesetting). So welcome to the house of Babel and good luck in your research. Bob

Welcome Teresa. I too am quite normal (apart from being disabled). Don't take the moans too much to heart. I don't see the point in getting all het up about other people's gripes. Just respond to the nice people and ignore the rest, they are in the minority on this site. Good luck with your research and I hope you stick around and make lots of new friends and contacts. Mel.

Hi Teresa Please don't be put off by the minority. You will find that most people on here are some of the most friendly and helpful people you will ever meet. May I take this opportunity to say welcome to GC. Jeanette

Hello Teresa Welcome to gc. We are all a pretty good bunch really. Sometimes its nice to have a debate, or a moan about something that upsets us from time to time, If you read some of the other threads, they are quite funny & many have had me in stitches before now. I have laughed & cried along with some of the threads on here. Everyone is...er....normal on here & have...ooooh....arrrr... normal likes & dislikes. So dont be shy & join the madhouse !! LOL !! Kind regards Elaine :o))

Hi Terera, Hope you stay around awhile, we are not all scary, just round the bend, most of us. Enjoy Norah

I am very new to this site and am still trying to find my way around it. I must say after reading the posts from Gerald:Who started this: and Margaret:What's their problem; It appears that they feel novices have no right to enter into what should be an informative and enjoyable area. I am astounded that in this day and age of acceptance and intergration there are still people that feel so incensed. Less experienced or less educated or people who have a different form of language or grammar than themelves have every right to try to find out about their heritage. I am aware that many people who put a lot of time and effort into their family historyand I fully respect that, but please show some respect for others. I do still want to find out about my family but have very limited time to do it, however I feel that negative posts will only deter people from wanting to participate.