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Does anyone know the answer to the above? I'm stuck back at an ancestor who was born in 1722 and am wondering whether I would be able to get hold of a birth certificate as far back as that.

(Also on General topics board)

Registration didn't start until 1837 and didn't become compulsory until 1875 so there are no birth certificates for the date you give. All you can hope for is a baptism record from parish records (In England and Wales). In Scotland registration began in 1855.

Kath. x

Thanks Kathleen.

Ive got the same thread going on the General Topics board......getting quite a bit of very good feedback from that as well.

Cheers
Rob

Also on someone thread on tips too...one post is enough

in fact

GR T&Cs say only one thread on a topic should be posted!

Gosh.

Wrists well and truly smacked! lol

Thanks for the advice

Robert

No need to apologise because you fell foul of the forum police

It is customary not to post a thread in more than one board and if your new then threse things happen until you get the hang of it.

Incidently, I see nothing in the GR T&C's that say "only one thread on a topic should be posted!" Have a feeling I've just set myself up for a rebuke.

Robert

No need to apologise because you fell foul of the forum police

It is customary not to post a thread in more than one board and if your new then threse things happen until you get the hang of it.

Incidently, I see nothing in the GR T&C's that say "only one thread on a topic should be posted!" Have a feeling I've just set myself up for a rebuke.

Don't worry about it Robert...when I joined GR 4 years ago I made the same mistake...I got shot down in flames...nothing changes I'm afraid!! It took me ages to post again on the boards!

Linda

FYI

"The Rules"

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/genesreunited.asp?wci=grstatic&type=guidelines

The only reason people complain about multiple threads is when they find that their efforts to help have been wasted because the info has been provided by someone else on another thread.

"The Rules"

Ah, just as expected.

Well and truly rebuked with a flashing blue light.

"The only reason people complain about multiple threads is when they find that their efforts to help have been wasted because the info has been provided by someone else on another thread."

No worse than when you request information in a thread you tend to get the same reply back half a dozen times within that same thread. How wasteful is that?

That's true, the problem is with the way the GR site works as it doen't tell you if a reply has been posted to a thread, it's a complete pain!

It amazes me that the ones you see saying don't worry about it are the ones you never see helping pmsl

Julie...as I was the person who said "don't worry" I assume you are refering to me.

I have been active on these boards for the past 2 years whenever I have had time.... helping members out where ever I can both on the boards and behind the scenes. I consider myself very fortunate in making a few very good friends along the way.

No offence taken and no offence meant Julie...I just wanted to "put the record straight".

Linda :-)))

Julie

People choose to help in what way they can. Some are enthusiastic about this and spend hours helping others. Others, for whatever reason choose not to follow this line.

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that there are a core on these forums of long standing that believe it their job to moderate any threads they do not agree with.

I thought that was the responsibilty of Genes Reunited.

Tony

OMD's......Do you serious think the GR sit and monitor the boards....Thats what the Request review is for

Julie

The point being made was that it is not for a select few who believe, due to their long standing and experience to tell others how they should conduct themselves on the forum.

There nothing wrong though with providing helpful advice.

Gotta be better than sending a new member scurrying for cover when they get something wrong.

Tony

You're right there is nothing wrong with providing helpful advice, which i like to think i do......but when someone has 3 threads across 3 different boards with about 15 i think it was saying the same thing that is to me taking the p, now i feel why should i have bothered

Hi Everyone

Well...sorry all....didn't mean to set fires burning on this.

Julie....I wasn't taking the P....in fact if you knew me it would be the last thing you would accuse me of. I was merely confused about which board to put that specific request on.
Not being aware that there were rules around this I thought it would be appropriate to try out the other boards.
Being a new boy I would probably have found it more helpful for someone to come in and say "Not sure whether you are aware Robert...but its not really the done thing to post the same thread on more than one board"

Quoting GU T&C's at a new user probably isn't the best way to welcome people with a common interest into the fold....however....no harm done at all as far as I'm concerned.
Cheers
Rob

Just looked through the thread again. I didn't have a problem with what Julie had written...Julie merely stated that one thread was enough....it was the next post that started quoting T&C's that seemed a bit official.

But hey.......lifes too short for this.......we researchers more than most must understand that!