Tracing Family roots

[Mike1]

I reiterate: in the context of this thread, "Tracing family roots," why else would some one be interested in place names... <pedantry snipped>

Excuse me, but if you could take a few moments to review the question asked about the place name under discussion, you should be able to sort the question was not asked by myself, but by another. I have no idea of why Scratchy's Lass wanted to know where Skida Muir is located, I simply answered her question. The motivation behind her interest is not known to me, so I can provide you no answer whatsoever.

Nor do I understand the motivation behind your desire to withhold information from a person seeking it.

Now that you've repetitively reminded everyone of the generally accepted practice of genealogical research, allow me to point out that no one has disagreed with the method you've mentioned. So, will it be necessary for you to be sharing it with us yet again?

[gilmore]

Excuse me, but if you could take a few moments to review the question asked about the place name under discussion, you should be able to sort the question was not asked by myself, but by another. I have no idea of why Scratchy's Lass wanted to know where Skida Muir is located, I simply answered her question. The motivation behind her interest is not known to me, so I can provide you no answer whatsoever.?

The original poster's motivation was set out in her post to which you responded. Her surname, her maiden name, is the same as the place names in question.

<<<Nor do I understand the motivation behind your desire to withhold information from a person seeking it.>>>

That is a bald mistatement. I simply question the wisdom that line of inquiry.

[Mike1]

The original poster's motivation was set out in her post to which you responded. Her surname, her maiden name, is the same as the place names in question.

<<<Nor do I understand the motivation behind your desire to withhold information from a person seeking it.>>>

That is a bald mistatement. I simply question the wisdom that line of inquiry.

Call it what you like and question it all you will. The fact of the matter is that she was seeking information, which I supplied, to which response you've clearly and openly reacted in a negative manner. Again and again and again, ad nauseum.

Look at my original post. Please see I quoted the young lady's comment about not being able to locate a PLACE. Please see I then supplied her with information about that PLACE. I even commented that the PLACE had some 20th century significance. Please see I made no comment or suggestion about any PERSON or FAMILY, only about the PLACE.

I've no idea if you are incapable of comprehending those facts, or if you are simply choosing to be petulant. In either case, the problem is your own and not mine. I leave you to deal with it by whatever means you prefer.

[MacWage]

On Geneology:

The best way is to work backwards, yes.
Also, it is good to use other RELIABLE folks who have done the research already and work WITH them to check, confirm, and move the research forward (well, actually, backward and outward).

In my own case, as was noted in a past thread, there is a fair amount of research already done. I "fiddled" with it a bit, but was too busy with other things (college and graduate studies) to get as complex as I hoped and I gradually "fell out" of the work. For my cousin's wedding, his brother took time off and did the work further than I had done. He also confirmed all of my post-1800s suspicions (all in Georgia, USA). We are descended from a man named Joel Wages, born in South Carolina and moved to GA. Yet, no one knows exactly WHERE he came from. For over a decade, DOZENS of Wages looked and looked for ANY lead without finding ANYTHING. There are 2 Wages groups in SC (which SURPRISED everyone involved, as the numbers of Wages are SO small that we all thought we were the same family). One is German. This group was not known to be separate from the other until the Wages researchers spent years studying them and trying to see of there were any connections to Joel. The present descendants of that branch got interested in Genealogy and discovered they were NOT of the main, other branch that came down from Virginia. They, rather, came over in a separate migration.
The Wages researcher who did A LOT of work on the other (non-German) branch happens to be also a descendant of Joel, through a different son (and one I had emailed a bit in my period of research). Well, during this "dead" period, she researched and charted this branch back to a man named William Wages/Wager/Wagers (she has seen all three for him in the same source), who came over with 9 others as a group in 1691. One document is:
"WILLIAM WAGER Arrived Henrico, Co., VA Order Book and Wills, 1678-1693 Book 2, Pg 432. Peter Rowlett petitioned for 450 acres for importing 9 persons into colony: William Wager, Susannah Smith, John Unite, John James, Eliza Smith, John Potter, Thomas Nicholls, Eliza Clarke, George Smith.(cited in Henrico County, Virginia Deeds 1677-1705, Benjamin B. Weisiger III, 1986)"
NOW, NO ONE knows where William came from, though some THINK he may have been Scottish due to the OTHER names that came with him.
She, also, has good reason to believe that Joel is NOT of the German branch, but of the other mystery branch. It is hoped that the Y-Chromosone research may decide/prove once and for all. Once THIS bridge is crossed, HUNDREDS of Wages will be ESTATIC!!!
In this case, I trust her research, as what I looked at holds up (as does my cousin).
When I have time, inclination, and possible sources (people who may know something), I have asked about POSSIBILITIES as to where William may have come from and what holds water as worth looking into and what does not.

My point:
Sometimes a question is asked, that has A LOT of pertinant reason and research behind it. It may be VERY helpful to answer that question.
Mike DID that. She asked WHERE.
In the past, I have asked IF Wages/Wager/Wagers EXISTED in X group AT ALL. It may have been MADE UP too (The time provides the possibility that it was a Wallace or distiller (Wiskeyer/Uisger?) escaping the Mar/Erskine Jacobite Rebellion with an adopted "cover" name). The question is to eliminate possibilites, BUT I don't really want to get into all the details as to WHY I am asking.