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From: Jan <>
Subject: Re: [Waterbury] Waterbury List Rantings
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:24:44 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: 6667


Well said Margaret.

I am always grateful for any help with my brickwalls,
although I have not posted in a while.

--- MScheffler <> wrote:
> I took time to offer a lookup from the Barbour
> Waterbury volume and
> received no response. I think we can all understand
> Ed's frustration at
> hoping he was getting information to find it was not
> new information. But
> this is probably the rule rather than the exception.
>
> I think we all hope for that elusive bit of
> information, but must
> realize that if something is a brick wall for us,
> the possibility of finding
> the answer through a posting is quite unlikely.
>
> I intend to say thanks for any attempt to help
> and hope all of us would
> do likewise, despite the fact the help is not what
> we wanted. We probably
> all have lost email and not been as appreciative as
> we might.
>
> There have been so many mean spirited responses
> on several of the lists
> of late, that it makes one not want to attempt
> helping others. Perhaps we
> can all learn from this unfortunate
> misunderstanding, and take it upon
> ourselves to thank people for their efforts whether
> or not the information
> was helpful. And hopefully for all of us, we will
> eventually find others
> who can help us solve those brick walls.
>
> Margaret Scheffler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:09 PM
> Subject: [Waterbury] Waterbury List Rantings
>
>
> > You're right I should have simply said thanks but
> no thanks, but I'm
> > tired of people who think they're helping when
> they are just wasting
> > your time and needlessly getting your hopes up. If
> I wanted Bridgeport,
> > I would have posted my request on
> as I've done
> > dozens of times over the years. I've been on
> Rootsweb from the
> > beginning, over the years I've been a member of
> 50-75 lists, in the old
> > days before Ancestry.com, I sponsored two lists
> and currently am the
> > list admin for four. Thank God the number of
> incidents of people giving
> > old information not requested is rare, but when it
> happens it's been the
> > habit of a lot of us old timers to point it out so
> it isn't repeated.
> > Had either of the women in question emailed me and
> told me, they didn't
> > have information on the 1850 census in Waterbury,
> but they did have the
> > 1860 census in Bridgeport if I wanted it I would
> have simply said
> > thanks, but no thank you.
> >
> > It's frustrating to turn on your computer and
> finally see a response to
> > a question you posed, not once but twice and then
> realize two people had
> > needlessly gotten up your hopes on answering a
> family mystery only to
> > dash it by giving you information you received
> years ago from a number
> > of people who answered your query when you posted
> it on the appropriate
> > list.
> >
> > As for anyone calling for me to unsubscribe,
> forget it! I've been on
> > this list for a long long time and over the years
> I've tried to help
> > anyone needing help if I knew anything specific to
> Waterbury. The thing
> > is when someone asks about Waterbury I stick to
> Waterbury and the
> > surrounding area. If all of you want to shun me
> and not help me on
> > Waterbury questions, go ahead, it's a free
> country, but I'll still help
> > you if I can.
> >
> > Ed Hagerty
> > Monroe, CT
> >
> >
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