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POSITIVE Pauline

POSITIVE Pauline Report 26 Jan 2007 13:34

I've had several messages come through in the past week or so as if people are replying to me. Thing is that I haven't contacted them in the first place. Odd or what? PP xx

Her Indoors

Her Indoors Report 26 Jan 2007 13:35

They are usually new members responding to Hot Matches, in the mistaken belief that you HAVE contacted them. As they are nearly always Not Matches, you can fairly safely delete them without a qualm.

POSITIVE Pauline

POSITIVE Pauline Report 26 Jan 2007 13:56

Thanks for that. I never leave a message unanswered, because I think it's only polite to reply, even if there is no link to your own research. Think I will ignore these though. PP xx

Mary

Mary Report 26 Jan 2007 14:00

Hi I have had the same thing happen messages like 'this is not my grandfather' and nothing else thought i was going dotty and couldnt remember contacting them to get that response.

Horatia

Horatia Report 26 Jan 2007 14:16

Yes, this is a common problem. Many new GR members don't seem to know what's going on re the Hot Matches Messages. I don't know whether that's because GR don't make the purpose of these messages clear enough or whether people just don't like reading! ;-) Cheers, Horatia

Clitheroelass

Clitheroelass Report 26 Jan 2007 14:16

I Too have had several this week thought i was going mad. Tracy

POSITIVE Pauline

POSITIVE Pauline Report 26 Jan 2007 20:01

Glad it's not just me then :-) PP xx

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 26 Jan 2007 20:41

This is becoming more and more of a problem. Luckily, after searching my sent, received and contact messages, I realised it was something to do with the contact not understanding how Hot Matches work. So I sent a polite reply explaining about Hot matches. Contact messaged me and thanked me for the info stating that they wished Genes had made it clearer 'cause she had sent similar messages to numerous (over 50!!!!) supposed contacts.....As she said '****** waste of my time and yours' And then the next week I got another.....So I typed out a similar reply. And then two more....So I sent individual replies. Then MORE! and MORE!! and MORE!!! So much so that I now have a standard reply that I copy and paste explaining Hot Matches and then add a more personal start and close to the message. Update....And before anyone asks how I get Hot Matches when there is only one name in my tree, I have a free tree of direct ancestors that I can be contacted through :) Chris

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Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Horatia

Horatia Report 26 Jan 2007 22:11

Hi Chris, If its not too much trouble, would you be prepared to send me your standard reply? I too get a lot of these messages and it would save me some typing. Cheers, Horatia