Is Genes Reunited a purely English site?

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Russell
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Is Genes Reunited a purely English site?

Post by Russell » Mon May 22, 2006 9:09 pm

Can I have a public moan?

The latest Genes Re-united newsletter says "Look up your 1901 census.
Find where your relatives were living.

Fat lot of use if your relatives were Scots who had not crossed the great watery divide that seems (from another post) tp separate us from our Southern cousins.
No mention that only the English census can be accessed.
I grind my teeth in frustration every time I come across this type of parochial attitude.
I thought that some of the news reports had innured me to this attitude but when you pay to join a site then are made to feel excluded it catches me where it hurts most Scots....my wallet!!

I would approach the Advertising Standards but they are probably based in London and would not understand what I was talking about ... even if they could understand my foreign accent in the first place

Grrrh :evil:

Lets all learn Gaelic and then they will have to give us bi-lingual signs like the Welsh. (We could insult them without them knowing it :twisted: )

Rant over
Still don't feel better though :( :(

Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny

JustJean
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Re: Is Genes Reunited a purely English site?

Post by JustJean » Mon May 22, 2006 9:44 pm

Russell wrote:Can I have a public moan?...................
Lets all learn Gaelic and then they will have to give us bi-lingual signs like the Welsh. (We could insult them without them knowing it :twisted: )

Rant over
Still don't feel better though :( :(

Russell
Och Russell and here's me just getting the ochs perfected....dinnae tell me to stairt learning the gaelic noo.....och...... :?

:wink: Jean

LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Mon May 22, 2006 9:47 pm

Och Jean, you could make a start...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/index.shtml
Colin & Cumberland are quite good fun!

Best wishes
Lesley
Researching:
Midlothian & Fife - Goalen, Lawrie, Ewart, Nimmo, Jamieson, Dick, Ballingall.
Dunbartonshire- Mcnicol, Davy, Guy, McCunn, McKenzie.
Ayrshire- Lyon, Parker, Mitchell, Fraser.
Easter Ross- McCulloch, Smith, Ross, Duff, Rose.

JustJean
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Post by JustJean » Mon May 22, 2006 9:49 pm

:shock: Lesley....sometimes your assistance just goes over and above the call of duty :?

:lol: Jean

mallog
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Post by mallog » Mon May 22, 2006 9:49 pm

Jean

Yer gonna huftae change yer user name tae OchJustJean !

Mallog
Anderson, McAlpine, Blue - Argyll
Dunn Fife /ML
Coutts, McGregor - Perth/Govan
Glen, Crow, Imrie - Angus
Scott & Pick ML
Mason - Co Down

JustJean
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Post by JustJean » Mon May 22, 2006 9:51 pm

:idea: Brilliant suggestion mallog!!! \:D/

Ah'm no sure it can be done though........hmmmmm :-k

Best wishes
Jean

LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Mon May 22, 2006 9:56 pm

Jean - You could be known as OJJ for short....

Russell - sorry your post has been hijacked! I quite agree it is irritating, but there are more of them than there are of us and I'm alarmed to find that I've become so used to it that it almost just washes over me now - I don't expect us to be included, so find I'm rarely disappointed. But its really just not good enough!! I'm off to practice with Colin & Cumberland....

Mar sin leibh, an-dràsta (Bye just now)
Lesley

mallog
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Post by mallog » Mon May 22, 2006 10:02 pm

Sorry Russell I agree with you. I got annoyed when I found the same thing with the 1881 Census on IGI
Anderson, McAlpine, Blue - Argyll
Dunn Fife /ML
Coutts, McGregor - Perth/Govan
Glen, Crow, Imrie - Angus
Scott & Pick ML
Mason - Co Down

pinkshoes
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Post by pinkshoes » Mon May 22, 2006 11:27 pm

I've just had the newsletter and felt exactly the same, but there's no point in even raising the issue with them - ye'd be as weel talkin' tae the byre door.

But hey, on the bright side, do we really need to muscle in on these sites when the availability of Scottish info is so superior anyway.

Incidentally if anyone doubts how hard it is to search for English info, I have a few spare credits for an English-only site which I'm happy to donate in the name of research. :lol:

Pinkshoes

Andrew C.
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Post by Andrew C. » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:33 pm

I am not registered with Genes Reunited however in their defence I believe they may seem English Orientated because I beleive they bought the rights to manage the English census data.