General Chat

Is it normally like this nobody asking for help I remember when it used to be so busy :-D

May I send you a PM please PP. I have come up against a brick wall.

It's been getting slower over the past few months.

Most certainly I will be glad to help if I can :-)

It has been like that for quite some time Polly.

It is even more quiet at the moment and I suppose that is due to the holiday season.

Oh, and the rubbish GR tree of course.

:-)

its at a standstill Graham lol

oh dear I remember when the boards used to be buzzing with folks trying to help so sad

Thank you PP have sent you a message.

PP ........


.............. it's been like this for at least 2 years

many people have left in despair


There really isn't enough help wanted to satisfy even one helper most days :-(



and the nights are even more boring than the daytime

Never really had a tree on here.... Only really use this site to try and help, getting really boring now, not even sure why I renewed to be honest

such a shame I just got back and find it so sad to see it like this used to be buzzing with something always going on :-(

PP ................

too many changes were made that didn't work, and they were too slow putting them right.



Plus ................... i may well have served its purpose ........................... information is available on all kinds of sites these days, especially ancestry and FMP


I've always thought that the true heart of GR was the help given by the helpers on the Boards ............... and the tree making facility.

I think for many it was a novelty that has worn off.

Crazes come and go and 'doing the family tree' is no different but there will always be serious researchers just as there always has been.

Let's remember FB and other popular sites weren't around in the early days of Gc/Gr. There's lots of free genealogy sites too.

I do not think that the novelty wears off that easily.

But it is now just so easy to find out information for yourself. And often you only get requests on here when people believe they have explored every avenue.

With TV shows, books and magazines and other Forums, such a Rootschat, people often do not need the help they did in the past.

If you are serious about helping, why no join Rootschat (its FREE) and is just a genealogy forum site. It has far more subject threads than here on Genes and is more active than the boards here, with people looking for help. ;-)

Been on rootschat wasn't keen

Prefer Facebook if anything... At least you can add pics unlike here where it has to be sent by pm or put in this keepsafe thing

I've been helping people with their research on local family history society websites. I get more out of it myself when I am able to tell poeople about someone I knew; rather than just looking up a bmd record.

On the geneaology chat board there are posts on page 1 from three days ago. That's how slow it's got.

Not sure where I got this from....but I think to find Genes Reunited where it is on the list is a shame :-S




http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top%20100%20genealogy%20websites%202013%20page5.html

That doesn't surprise me at all Mersey.

As I already posted, I think the novely wore off for many. GC was born out of Friends Reunited so probably attracted a large audience from there who maybe wouldn't have thought to research their family tree. It was very much the 'in thing' to do at the time.

I also think a lot of people may have given up on GR because of their poor treatment of members. Then there's the tree.......... :-(