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Kense

Kense Report 16 Apr 2015 15:50

Are GR doing anything at WDYTYA this week?

Budgie Rustler

Budgie Rustler Report 16 Apr 2015 15:28

Strange! I could have sworn there was a "Chat board" on GR too.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Apr 2015 15:17

I'll take a look Sue :-D

Joeva

Joeva Report 16 Apr 2015 15:06

There are some excellent genealogy groups on Facebook for people to get help in their family history research for free. Many members have multiple subscriptions to other sites and are very willing to use them in helping others.

 Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 16 Apr 2015 15:05

Kathleen and Ann there you are a big puzzle for you both <3 <3 <3 <3

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 16 Apr 2015 14:58

Absolutely :)

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Apr 2015 14:50

you don't have to say anything of the kind if you don't want to

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 16 Apr 2015 14:48

GR is a family history site and not a chat board - you have faceache et al to tell the world at large what you had for breakfast, what time you "went to bobos", what your little dog is wearing today etc etc

 Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 16 Apr 2015 14:47

Kath and Ann I will give you a little job in a thread about a relly.. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 16 Apr 2015 14:36

I agree with both of you. It used to be so busy and I could easily spend the whole day on here (and often did). All the boards moved at a very fast pace.

My son keeps telling me to just renew as I'd miss coming on here - but although Genes is reasonably priced you also need a subscription to one of the other sites (I have Findmypast) and that is more expensive for the amount I now use it.

I'm sure I'll probably end up renewing again but it seems such a waste these days.

Kath. x

Tenerife Sun

Tenerife Sun Report 16 Apr 2015 14:30

I agree Kath, I keep renewing for the same reasons as you, reasonably priced membership and helping others with their research. I keep looking for somewhere else where people need help.

When I first became a member about 12 years ago there was always something going on and all the boards kept moving.

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 16 Apr 2015 14:29

like you, I love digging around the records, but compared with a few years back, there seems little to do and so I spend most of my time - well not a lot of it - on Chat. I'd miss my friends on here if I left and as I live on my own I find it a comfort

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 16 Apr 2015 14:23

Should GenesReunited be laid to rest? It seems so dead on these boards lately. I renew my subscription every year only because it is reasonably cheap and I like to help on the boards if I can and it passes away a bit of time each day.

These days there is very little to do. I never used to come onto the General Chat board but these days the other boards have very few posts so I find myself reading the threads on here.

If I was a new member I don't think I would renew for a second year. Not sure what I'll do at renewal time this year.

Kath. x