Re: [LegacyUG] A question of etiquette

2008-05-02 Thread Bruce Snell
To all who have responded to my question, I thank you. You have given me a lot to think about, especially the importance of verifying and sourcing everything. This will result inme going back thru every individual in my "tree" and getting serious about noting the sources I have, while seeking sou

Re: [LegacyUG] A question of etiquette

2008-05-01 Thread Bruce Snell
Richard, Thanks for the information. I was not aware that that's what the "post-it" feature on rootsweb was for. I will keep it in mind in the future. Bruce On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:06 PM, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I have run into this situation in the past, I > h

Re: [LegacyUG] A question of etiquette

2008-05-01 Thread Bruce Snell
Cathy, Thanks for the reply - and thanks for the link to the list guidelines. I will make that my next stop. Bruce On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > Welcome to the Legacy User Group and thanks for thinking about etiquette. > Do read the list gui

Re: [LegacyUG] A question of etiquette

2008-05-01 Thread Bruce Snell
Robert, Thank you very much. You reinforced my plan of sending an email and asking a question about their data. Who knows, they might be right (I've been wrong before) - it would result in an interesting new branch on the tree. And of course, I would never start a conversation with. "You are wr

[LegacyUG] A question of etiquette

2008-05-01 Thread Bruce Snell
Hi, I'm new to the group, and not sure if this is the right place to post this question, but I'm sure if it's not, someone will tell me where to go. I'm fairly new to genealogical research, and putting together a database based on gedcoms, and other information that I received from several source