Please see what you can find on Heney Minshew or Henry Minshell. He
migrated to nansemond county, va in 1635. one of his sons name is
Richard minshew, born around 1650 and dies in 1700. I believe Richard
was married to mercy and had a son named Richard jr

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 16 Aug 2003 12:42 PDT

Dear jerney,

With all respect: Genealogical research requires lots of research,
time, and work. I doubt that any of my colleagues would feel motivated
to work on your question for $2.00. You might want to consider raising
the amount you are willing to offer.

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by jerney-ga on 16 Aug 2003 18:09 PDT

I'm sorry that are unable or unwilling to help me. I am trying to
trace my family tree and got some very good ingo from google, much
more than I got from some of the geneology sites. All I can tell you
is that Richard had a son named Jphn who married susannah  and John
grew up in Craven county nc and eventually move to wayne county, nc.
Richard Minshew's father apparently came to this country in around
1635. He is the Henry minshew or minshell that I wanted you to
research for me. I realize that $2.00 is really nothing but again I'm
thinking that you guys at google have every fact at your fingertip and
would be able to give me a really quick response. I'm 72 years old and
all I want to do before I die is to visit the old country and find a
grave site with one of my great relatives name on it. So you tell me
how much more you need toresearch this question for me. thanks, Jerney
J. Minshew

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Clarification of Question by jerney-ga on 16 Aug 2003 18:09 PDT

I'm sorry that are unable or unwilling to help me. I am trying to
trace my family tree and got some very good ingo from google, much
more than I got from some of the geneology sites. All I can tell you
is that Richard had a son named John who married susannah  and John
grew up in Craven county nc and eventually move to wayne county, nc.
Richard Minshew's father apparently came to this country in around
1635. He is the Henry minshew or minshell that I wanted you to
research for me. I realize that $2.00 is really nothing but again I'm
thinking that you guys at google have every fact at your fingertip and
would be able to give me a really quick response. I'm 72 years old and
all I want to do before I die is to visit the old country and find a
grave site with one of my great relatives name on it. So you tell me
how much more you need toresearch this question for me. thanks, Jerney
J. Minshew

Hi, jerney-ga:

A great feature of Google Answers is your ability, as a customer, to
set the price you wish to pay for information, and this comment is in
response to your asking about what amount would be needed to answer
your particular question.

With regards to how to price your question, Google Answers provides
these guidelines:

[Google Answers - How to price your question]
http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Generally a $2-$5 price would be for a question that can be answered
with a single fact or link.  Your original question seemed to ask for
comprehensize research on Henry Minshew (or Minshell), but perhaps
this was not your intention.  Sharpening your question to the specific
information wanted will help not only to price the question but also
to insure that researchers know what would make an answer satisfactory
without expending unnecessary effort.

A $10-$15 price would be appropriate for a question that can be
answered in less than a half hour's research and writing.  While
neither you nor the researcher would know precisely how much time is
required until after the work is done, here we are dealing with a
question of fair estimation.

Google Answers Researchers are experts at researching for information
on the Web, and they can often piece together leads from a variety of
sources, but there is no magic button that does this.  It usually
requires improvising a clever search strategy, reading through a lot
of extraneous material, and thinking again... to filter out what is
germane and formulate the results into a short essay.

As you've already done a certain amount of searching with Google's
engine yourself, you probably have a good basis to judge whether a
successful search is apt to require half an hour or more of time.  The
guidelines above can then help in setting a fair price.

Ultimately the guidelines suggest pricing your question based on what
the information is worth to you.  If it is only worth $2, then surely
that is the appropriate price to offer.  Researchers can make an
informed decision about whether or not to pursue the information on
your behalf.

regards, mathtalk-ga

<<I realize that $2.00 is really nothing but again I'm thinking that
you guys at google have every fact at your fingertip and would be able
to give me a really quick response.>>

Mr. Minshew,

It's very flattering that you would compliment us in such a fashion. 
However, we not only don't have every fact at our fingertips, we don't
even have the barest fraction of every fact conveniently to hand.  We
certainly do wish for it, but the fact is, most information is still
kept in libraries - offline, and inaccessible until you physically
visit.

Most genealogical research is, alas, still conducted in county
libraries, the long, slow, old-fashioned way - by hand, slogging
through newspapers, public records, and microfiche.

You might consider writing to the Vital Records department in Virginia
with full names, birth, marriage and death dates, and any other
information you can provide about the person in question, to see if
they can direct you to more clues.  They may be able to point you to
the genealogy department at the relevant library (or university) to
aid you in your quest.

Respectfully,

--Missy

Go to your public or local genealogy library and get a book on
Virginia Quaker Records.  I think you may have some luck there.  If
your local public library does not have it ask the library to get the
book for you on interlibrary loan -there should not be much cost
involved - perhaps $2 or $3 for mailing costs. Also there is a small
genealogy library in Lancaster Virginia that has outstanding resources
www.mbwm.org - the email address to their library is on their web
page.  One of their research volunteers may be able to help you.  Good
luck.

hEY YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY GOOD. YOU GAVE ME SOME GOOD LEADS THAT i
INTEND TO FOLLOW UP ON. THANKS VERY MUCH. WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT I
FIND OUT ABOUT HENRY MINSHEW FROM YEAR 1650.