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From: "Robert Duggan" <>
Subject: Re: Lookup Please
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:12:44 +1000
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Pam,

Thank you for the 2 identical e-mails. 12.58 and 1.07pm.

Just to help you the information that I posted came from the Ryerson Index,
as stated to Marg.

My mail was signed with my name and place (Sydney) unlike yours with no
place.

You should remember that not all of us on the list are extremely
knowledgeable.

To the 3 people that advised going straight to Joyce Ryerson thank you but
the List Administrator said some time back not to do that.

To John and the list my apology if I have upset any of you.

That said I will not take any further notice of mail on this subject.

Kind regards,

Robert Duggan
Sydney


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamela Dowling" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Lookup Please


> Robert,
>
> At 10:29 20.10.03 +1000, Robert Duggan wrote to MargM:
> >You seem to MISS the POINT.
> >The index does not give the details only the death notice.
> >Which is where I got the information from in the first place.
>
> Enough, please! MargM is the first person to help others on these lists
and
> is extremely knowledgeable into the bargain. What she asked you was a
> reasonable question, which I also asked myself when I read your first post
> - what do you want us to look *in*. MargM doesn't deserve all this
> argy-bargy from you.
>
> Your request was, verbatim:
>
> >Could some one do a lookup on the following for me please.
> >DUGGAN, Beryl Evelyn d. 7 Sep 1974 at Nowra NSW.
> >Also looking for DUGGAN Trevor Eugene d. abt 1981 same area.
>
> You didn't tell us:
> 1. what you wanted us to lookup in (commonsense)
> 2. what you had already looked in (only courtesy, to avoid us wasting
> precious time looking where you already had)
> 3. where you got this information (to save duplication of effort)
> 4. where you are (in case people can point you to resources in your area)
> 5. What does "looking for" mean? You are again not telling anyone what
> records you want them to look in.
>
> Reading your messages, one could assume you were asking for a lookup in
> anything and everything that any of us might have to hand - in other words
> do the research for you.
>
> Nonetheless, after all your messages, I'm still confused - are you asking
> us to look for these people in the Ryerson Index? If that's the case, you
> can do it yourself at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/ If you're not
> asking this, then IMO you need to be more specific in your request.
>
> There are many helpful souls on these lists, but often, "lookups" requests
> won't get answered when insufficient information is given or basic
courtesy
> and respect not shown.
>
> Regards
> Pam
>
>
>
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