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From: Carole Conrad <>
Subject: how to prepare a query and Don Wilson's post
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:37:12 -0800 (PST)


Excellent point that Don has made but lets not forget
many people on the Wilson List are new to genealogy
AND computers so it is nice to have these reviews
every once in a while. I will bet that the poor
queries are done by mainly newbies.

Carole in NYC

> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:51:21 -0500
> From: Don Wilson <>
> To:
> Subject: Genealogy Searches
>
> I am concerned about the poor quality of messages
> posted here.
>
> Any good name search requires a NAME ... a PLACE ...
> and a DATE.
>
> It does no good to post a message looking for NANCY
> WILSON without some
> indication of where Nancy was and what timeframe.
> My wife was Nancy
> Wilson ... I have a cousin that is Nancy Wilson ...
> and there is a
> popular singer named Nancy Wilson.
>
> I have done a lot of research on WILSON lines but I
> don't bother to
> respond to a message that doesn't indicate that the
> originator has put
> any effort into preparing a proper query.
>
> Donald K. Wilson
>
> ______________________________


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