Re: Family Records Lanarkshire Scotland

On 10/02/2011 2:55 PM, Brian Pears wrote:
"J. Townsend"<john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Use of language such as "naïve and meaningless" seems to me quite
unnecessary.

Roy expressed his opinion - and in so doing, voiced my thoughts
and probably those of many others too. Hiding the truth with
vacuous platitudes achieves absolutely nothing - his words
were certainly not "unnecessary", they were very much to the
point.

And you seem to forget that most of Roy's post consisted of
excellent advice which all beginners would do well to follow.

I agree with you and with Roy.

There is nothing wrong with a query from a beginner saying "could you point me to good sources for a beginner researching in this area?"

But this query simply said "I would like to trace my family history with particular links to Cambuslang -Rutherglen area , please > "

Please - what?

It was totally "meaningless"

It is also interesting to see the absence of thanks from the OP to those (including Roy) who did offer constructive advice.
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