Censuses, births/marriages/deaths etc etc

[JanPennington]

Hi

First of all as a newcomer to Rootschat and genealogy I would like to thank everyone on Rootschat who give their time and expertise to help other members.  By following different threads I have picked up ideas on where to look.  General threads about such as reading old handwriting have reminded me not to be so critical of the poor transcribers when they make errors.

I have however often been frustrated I have found on the Internet a possible match for an ancestor and when I try to open it I am asked for payment.  But even more frustrated when I do put a little information online and end up with an obviously suspect tree offered as part of my family - such as a birth in Adelaide Australia when the father on my tree was born and died in England.  Followed by a phone call from the website offering me a special deal!

On ID numbers I already have lots of ID's in Australia and UK  - eg National Insurance, Tax File, Medicare, Driver licences and Passports - none of which I can remember and probably neither will the person who reports my death - maybe a barcode tattooed on my arm or a chip like cats have here in Australia.

I have found it all a little confusing when I started but that is because it is all new to me.

Again thanks for all your help

Jan

[Rosinish]

Computer programmes follow logic
Real life doesn't

Love it.....says it all...no logic in the original question.

Annie

[StevieSteve]

But you can't apply it retrospectively throughout the past 179 years?!

You can't turn back history!

I agree, which is why I said it was an opportunity missed

[Vance Mead]

But you can't apply it retrospectively throughout the past 179 years?!

You can't turn back history!

I agree, which is why I said it was an opportunity missed

It would be simpler if someone would just invent a time machine. That way we could go back and interview our ancestors and return to enjoy the miracles of television and indoor plumbing. We could also solve the great mysteries of history. Who killed the Princes in the Tower? Who killed Cock Robin?

[StevieSteve]

Who killed Cock Robin?

I believe that's been solved

Who killed Cock Robin?
I, said the Sparrow,
with my bow and arrow,
I killed Cock Robin.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/tommy-thumbs-pretty-song-book

[ReadyDale]

Who killed Cock Robin?

I believe that's been solved

Who killed Cock Robin?
I, said the Sparrow,
with my bow and arrow,
I killed Cock Robin.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/tommy-thumbs-pretty-song-book

The sparrow has since revoked his confession, saying he was forced to sign it and there is now a public enquiry in to the miscarraige of justice.   

[Joyful]

 

[Peter Sanders]

Is my use of a Tablet PC the reason this website doesn't do anything correctly ?   I joined rootsChat because a relative tried to contact me via Ancestry.com (which won't pass along any details without payment) so I ran a search on her name and discovered she's a member of rootsChat. After becoming a member I wasted an hour before learning I couldn't send a message before I'd started 3 topics of conversation (?!). After 2 days (only allowed one post per day) I found that I couldn't respond to any of the comments I recieved (I would have loved to reply to the time waster who simply commented "Who killed cock robin"!). The website is a pain to use since whoever designed it had obviously never heard of a touchscreen ... 'click' items too small for a finger etc etc.  One commenter said that if ones family tree could simply be referenced by a computer program it would remove the pleasure of their "hobby" ... does anyone know of an up to date website that can be used by intelligent people ?  i.e. not rootChat aka pointlessChatter.

[ScouseBoy]

I  think that you have mis-interpreted some of the  "rules"         You  should have been able to reply   to other peoples threads to  get to the three posts.

Did you try to  post?