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From: "lin" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] KILLINGLY/KILLINGLEY
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 08:57:51 +0100
References: <3D40A9ED.DF0CC8A9@tpg.com.au> <011401c234cc$2e4a7700$3120383e@GeoffBlaxall> <3D41A4FA.D74@dircon.co.uk> <00e301c234f9$f85953e0$556b7ad5@twleckuj>


no, there is no such thing as a free lunch, but for various reasons newbies
dont always know how to ask the question in the right way.
London list is full of excellent, knowledgeable people but is the
unfriendliest list I know. Especially to newbies.
I have suffered the same non responses as Peg on a question I am really
stuck on. I could not have been more precise in my asking, but not one
response of any offer of even a simple idea.I too am unsubscribing, because
I have been totally put off by some of the attitudes.
Please try and remember not everyone is able to put questions in the way you
would like, or understand how to go about some of these things, and there
really is a holier than thou attitude here, making people very uncomfortable
about ever writing again.
No-one was asking you to do their research for them(that was most certainly
a holier than thou attitude John), but I can take a bet with myself that you
asked the same type questions when starting your research.
Thank you to the one lister who has ever answered me, and good luck everyone
in your search for those elusive ancestors.
Lin
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Brown" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Lon] KILLINGLY/KILLINGLEY


> "Liz" <> wrote :
>
>
> >Geoff Lewin Blaxall, Hextable, Kent, UK. wrote:
> >>
> >>I am very much a newcomer to this List so I am treading very
> >>hesitantly - BUT - I am puzzled by the comment that Peg is asking an
> >>unanswerable question as suggested by cemoor -
> >>
> >>It looks to me as if Peg is asking a *very* reasonable question - i.e.
> >>Does anyone out there have any knowledge of anyone named
> >>KILLINGLY/KILLINGLEY in the Middlesex area of London ?
> >
> > Dear Geoff,
> >
> > Mmnn. I think you are missing the motivation.
> <big snip>
>
> No, I have no knowledge of anyone named KILLINGLEY - does that make
> anyone feel any better ? Probably not :-) If Peg is serious about her
> genealogy, she ought to be able to be a bit more specific about her
> request - I could ask if anyone has any knowledge about BROWN from
> London, but I wouldn't expect any sensible reponse unless I was a lot
> more specific. Everyone needs to do their own research, they cannot
> expect to simply ask others to answer all their questions for them. With
> an unusual surname, try searching the IGI and other LDS databases, the
> BVRI, NBI or Free BMD, and even a general internet search via Google
> etc. Expect to do a bit of leg work - there's no such thing as a free
> lunch :-)
>
> John B
> Leicestershire.
>
>
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