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hi
ive only been a member a few months now but in that time other members have been able to assist me with info on ancestors and living rellies for which im grateful
unfortunatly these sons and daughters of my fathers brothers dont want to know some are on the internet and members of gr
i am competly baffled and getting disheartened by this and have let them know but to no avail
still onwards i go in the hope that i am able to trace some more living rellies that will at least respond whether they wish to keep in contact or not
david

Hi David
Sorry I have no answers regarding your disinterested relatives, and I'm saddened also to learn they're members of GR........there must be a reason why they don't want contact......think they're silly myself as living family members should be a source of knowledge for their own tree!

There's an old Geordie saying "There's nowt sa queer as folk"!!

Good luck in your searches
Mau xx :O)

i m amazed how some people so called rellies can be good luck with your search
david

David,
I am sorry to hear that your relatives aren't more forthcoming...don't give up though you may find that it is just too busy a time for them to keep in touch at the moment, they might well become more interested later on.

. I have been very lucky to find some cousins with whom I now keep in touch, several through GR. And am still working at finding all the links to pass on to them also.

good luck
Rosex

mau
thank you for that never a more true saying
but thankfully there are some nice decent people out there
yes that is what is baffling how these cousins dont want to exchange our rellie details
good luck with your search and HAPPY hunting
david

That is sad David,so they are your -cousins-& on GR,why have they joined the site in the first place then,
In that case keep all new found information to yourself,,,,,,,,,

rosex
no i wont give up
pleased that your rellies ARE rellies
happy hunting
david

David,Sorry to hear about your rellies.I never grew up with any of my mums rellies as she was adopted when a very young child.But the ones i have been in contact with are so helpful and its if i have known them all my life. Annie

David I dont want to sound negative but have you considered why the families lost touch? There are some people I would like to correspond with...but until others have passed away it is just not possible.

I know thats sounds hard but it is life for a lot of people.

They may not intend to sound rude although it sounds like has come across that way..

Just another train of thought but I wish you every success.

gannie nice to hear that

that is how it should be

happy hunting
david

maddie moo
thanks for your thoughts on this
happy hunting
david

kay
thank you for your reply
yes of course i will keep new found info for myself
after this treatment

happy hunting
david

I to have had some rellies not respond to my messages and it is very dishearting. But never the less there are a few that do respond. I am now in contact with a few cousins and we email eachother from time to time. Don't give up as it can take some time for people to reply. Good luck with your search. Lynette x

hi lynette
pleased to hear you have some cousins that are interested
thank you for your thoughts
i wont give up my search
happy hunting
david

I know exactly how you feel about living rellies.
My mums one remaining sister is the only link i have with her family, and although we've spoken on the phone and she was so excited about helping me, she has lots of family pics and papers, she promised i could borrow..... but suddenly the calls have stopped, and when she does answer, she's "too busy" at the moment.

Ahhh well.....you can't pick your families :-)

happy searching

Jean xx

hi
yes ive had that too
and yes youre correct you cant pick your families
sad when rellies are like that though
oh well plod on regardless and hopefully i will be in contact with rellies thay will stay in contact
happy hunting to you
david

David, i too have the same problem. I'm sure there are things they don't want me to know

hi David
dont give up i found my cousin after 62yrs and i wrote to her and she wrote back sending me aphot of her mum who was my dads sister and some of herself,shes going on for 83 but she remembered me from 1946 i was just 6yrs old,shes going to write again but at the moment the family are in mourning as she buried her d.i.l age 53 with cancer and lost her only g,daughter age 16 with cancer,so i told her when the time is right i would like to visit her she lives in cornwall and im in holland
so you see David there is some nice living rellies so keep going
good luck
joycexx
forgot to add shes my 1st cousin and the only one left of the family

David I know how you feel i was so happy when I found members of my family on Gr but they dont want to know I'm not talking 4th cousin twice removed I'm talking my 1st cousins
Sad really but at least I can hold my head up and say well I tried.

Sharon

David, i hope they soon have a change of heart,
my own birth father wont acknowledge me,
so i cant even begin my tree..properly,

i wish you all the luck in the world

(((((((((hug)))))))))))

lynn x