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I contacted someone who was related to my grandmothers first husband. I had his great uncles original birth certificate and a letter from his grandmother to her brother. I e- mailed him as much info as I had about his family, telling him addresses, occupations etc

Then I offered him the certificate and letter as he was very interested. I posted them off to him first class and that was the last time we had contact.

All I can say is that I knew his great uncle and there are certain personality traits that have been passed through the genes!

I am always polite when asking for help
and always thank the other person
It's just basic good manners.
People can be so rude but
that applys not only on these sites
but in the outside world
It's a sad fact but a lot of
people have forgotton
how to say thank you
xx

There is no excuse whatsoever for the lack of a thankyou from anyone on any site. As said, even in the help is inconclusive, they should acknowledge that. Often these people who ask for advice are not newbies, and they have been long term members of the particular site I go on, so there is no excuse.

When I ask for advice I always say thanks for the reply because if I dont, they will think that I am rude and I will become unpopular.

You moan away Benjamin. I can't make any excuses for the lack of a thank you, I always thank those who have given their time to help me out, even if the help is inconclusive.

I don't like rudeness either, it costs nothing to say thank you, it doesn't even take more than a few seconds for the slowest typist,

Hi

People should show more gratitude when they ask for things and they get help.

I feel like moaning to the site administrator. But if you say anything to the site admins about this issue they'll just say "If you dont like it, leave the forum" I hate that kind of attitude. Mods should work with members to help resolve things.

No one else replied to these certain 3 people's request for advice, so I thought I would just to help them, and they then read your post and never even say thankyou, just take it for granted.

Hi Benjamin

I sometimes think that newbies are under the impression that it is GR staff that do the look ups and not us members.

I've helped several people over the last couple of days and have only had 2 come back and thank me! I keep getting the urge to go and add a short sharp note at the end of the thread! lol

Jeanette x

yes i agree,ive always been most gratefull for any help ive been given.so a thankyou is a small price to pay for the help given.xx

Hi

Sorry to moan but I have to get this off my chest. It is not just this site but others as well. I find it really rude when people ask for advice or tips on things and I post a reply giving them advice and they dont thank you for it or acknowledge your reply. On one site I have given advice to 3 people when they have asked for it and none of them even bothered to say thankyou or reply to my advice and I know that they logged in to the site after I gave them advice because it normally says under their username "Last login". They could at least say a thanks for my time in replying. Some people are so rude.

Ben