Good for you and your fine efforts. I surely did not mean to discourage you, Marie, but rather to cause those who do NOT search as you do to realize that there is SO VERY much that is NOT yet on the net. Indeed, I have answered thousands of questions over the years and have taught the subject to newbies for now more than 40 years. I try to help all folks who ask questions (to the extent that I have extra time). Believe me, I chastise the oldies equally for not passing along the fundamentals to newcomers.
As I have said many times, genealogy, like politics, is local and all research should start with wherever was "local" to an ancestor; his or her "WHERES. Again, good for you, and if I can help in any way, let me know. This is a fine and rewarding hobby, and it is through folks like you that the fundamentals will continue to be encouraged. Paul
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From: Marie McKinney
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: "Newbies"
I am new to this list but I can't help to see the words "newcomers" or "newbies" mentioned in a context that they do not search
anywhere except from their computer. I have been interested in genealogy for just 2 years and I do not rely on only the computer for answers. I spend endless hours at the library, courthouse and have spent a fortune on records from States that I can't go research for myself. In fact I have seen just the opposite which is people who claim to be doing genealogy for 30 years and do nothing more than sit at their computer and copy GEDCOMS from other incompetent "researchers".
Encouragement and constructive criticism will go much further in promoting solid and factual genealogy than comments and attitudes which discourage questions raised by "newbies".
Marie McKinney
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