Redmarley D'Abitot (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 01:29 (4993 days ago) @ slowhands

Greetings Slowhands,
I agree entirely with your reasoning, views and sentiments, no hornets disturbed by you for sure. Please be assured it was not & is not my intention to stir anyone's nests, I'm sorry if I have done.

My standpoint & reasoning for (I thought) clarifying the thread is:

I had/have NO idea where in the world Maureen, the original poster, is located or her degree of local knowledge. In the few months I've been using your excellent forum I've read new posts from researchers from all over the country if not the world, some of whom clearly don't know the Forest geography as well as you or even I do, hence apparently "silly" mistakes are made for understandable reasons. In this instance I assumed Maureen wasn't a local, and that eitherway her question was entirely reasonable.
I suspected she might be about to make the same mistakes I've made when researching Redmarley, as I said it was a problematic surprise to my research when I found there was a Red Marley's Ghost as t'were...

It therefore seemed only right & proper for me to try and help you all to guide Maureen & any other potential Redmarley researchers past a possible stumbling point. I have already learnt this forum to be a hugely useful & important source of reference in it's own right, largely down to the great efforts of yourself and the other "senior" contributors. This fact, added to my personal belief in accuracy especially in a genealogy forum seen worldwide, made me think it reasonable to try & clarify the point; as a researcher of the "popular" Jones surname in the main I've learnt just how easy it is to follow false trails despite everyone's best efforts.

I tried hard to post with tact & diplomacy, sorry again if I've still managed to buck the trend. Please keep up the great work, we're all truly gratefull.

Cheers, Jefff