Ancestry and GR contacts. How do you deal with the rude/ignorant ones? I'm never sure if some people are being rude or just not up on the etiquette of t'internet.
Now I buck the trend here having had mainly great GR contacts, but recent one on Ancestry sent me a very peremptory demand to tell them who the father of Person X was.
Rather than reply directly, I said words to the effect - the IGI is a wonderful thing. Google is your friend.
:D
Since relented and sent her something I know she can never get unless she lived here and could spent 5 hours a week at the archives to find it. But she didn't seem overjoyed, or like I'd even given her anything, really. I didn't want thanks but some sense that the info was useful would have been great!
Next time I get one like that, I will stick with the IGI/Google is your friend line.
So - how do you deal with peremtory demands to spew out all your information for little or no return? I have never had a problem with it before - in fact, couldn't care less. But now am beginning to think those of you here who have said on previous threads 'give them nothing' might have a valid point....
Now I buck the trend here having had mainly great GR contacts, but recent one on Ancestry sent me a very peremptory demand to tell them who the father of Person X was.
Rather than reply directly, I said words to the effect - the IGI is a wonderful thing. Google is your friend.
:D
Since relented and sent her something I know she can never get unless she lived here and could spent 5 hours a week at the archives to find it. But she didn't seem overjoyed, or like I'd even given her anything, really. I didn't want thanks but some sense that the info was useful would have been great!
Next time I get one like that, I will stick with the IGI/Google is your friend line.
So - how do you deal with peremtory demands to spew out all your information for little or no return? I have never had a problem with it before - in fact, couldn't care less. But now am beginning to think those of you here who have said on previous threads 'give them nothing' might have a valid point....
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