YORKSGEN-L Archives

Archiver > YORKSGEN > 2002-05 > 1021090501


From: "Jean Spence" <>
Subject: Re: [YKS] OF NO INTEREST AT ALL
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 13:49:45 +0930
References: <017e01c1f871$8c3a2be0$52ff193e@l5e8s1>


I agree the e-mail was very terse but it wasn't in keeping with the e-mails
she had been recording previously or with some contact I had with her and I
wondered if someone could be playing games at her expense. I don't know how
it is done but I understand we have had pranksters on the list who have used
legitimate names of list members in an inappropriate way. I did write off
list (using one of my previous email replies to her) asking if this was the
case but got no response.

Jean in S. Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sheila Coy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, 11 May 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [YKS] OF NO INTEREST AT ALL


>
>
> I agree with this Roger.
> I thought that e.mail was very rude.
> As if the lady had a right to answers to her questions--anyway shes taken
> her custom elsewhwere--
> A lot of people seem to come on briefly --grab what they can and run. To
> me
> it should be sharing knowledge and information. I need to know about
the
> life times our ancestors lived in--not just a list of names.
> I've noticed a lot of the e.mails lately asking very general
> questions -like
> can somebody give me all the Smiths married in Boston? -the problem with
> getting so e.mails many like this is that you hit delete more readily
and
> miss the interesting questions--could people somehow be directed to the
> excellent Newbies pages before they subscribe ?.
> Sheila C
>
>
>
> ==== YORKSGEN Mailing List ====
> New to Genealogy? See Roy Stockdill's guide for newcomers:
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html
>

This thread: