Hello. I am Dennis S and I am diagnosed in USA with ASD

[Magna]

Welcome, Dennis. My paternal ancestors came from Germany with the first one coming to the U.S. in 1894 and settling in the northern part of the U.S; decades after the Civil War and decades after slavery. I suppose I could be considered German American. I was in Germany in 1985 and it was amazing and wonderful. I'm guessing it may have changed a lot since I was there.

 

[Skittlebisquit]

I do not know how to send a personal message. Can you instruct me?

To get someone's attention in a post, like what you just wrote, add this symbol "@" as the first letter of the screen name, like this

@Dennis S

You can do that to me any time for a specific question, in any article, something like this

@Skittlebisquit how do I send a private message?

@tree is a site moderator, she is really nice.

I'm not sure if my process is same as you. @Dennis S runs Win 10 with a Chrome Browser, is that right?

You cant break the site or the computer by experimenting. So to send a private message, you click on a person's picture, then click on "start a conversation" then you use thier user name and a subject and then the message, its alot like email.

Or you can just ask someone else to pm you and respond, that might be easier for you, at first

 

[Skittlebisquit]

Also you can post any site questions on this thread here

Tech support, Win 10

A few of us are watching that thread for questions that people have.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I do not know how to send a personal message. Can you instruct me?

This link should help you a bit. Any other questions, let me know!

Tech support, Win 10

 

[Dennis S]

To get someone's attention in a post, like what you just wrote, add this symbol "@" as the first letter of the screen name, like this

@Dennis S

You can do that to me any time for a specific question, in any article, something like this

@Skittlebisquit how do I send a private message?

@tree is a site moderator, she is really nice.

I'm not sure if my process is same as you. @Dennis S runs Win 10 with a Chrome Browser, is that right?

You cant break the site or the computer by experimenting. So to send a private message, you click on a person's picture, then click on "start a conversation" then you use thier user name and a subject and then the message, its alot like email.

Or you can just ask someone else to pm you and respond, that might be easier for you, at first

A new member 'Polina' requested I PM her. There is no picture. No screen pops up in which I can find any instructions to do anything. Do I start a message with @Dennis S or with @Polina? Can you see how frustrating this all is? Do you imagine others give up on using the forum because it is unclear? Or am I simply too obtuse to understand what others find quite simple?

 

[tree]

@Dennis S

No, you don't start a message with yourself.

If you want to start a PM with Polina, for example, look at one of the
replies she made here in this thread. Post # 19.

That is a screenshot of Post #19, showing you the area to click on.
Click on the highlighted part. That is her Username.

It won't be highlighted in the actual post.

 

[watersprite]

Welcome.

 

[Skittlebisquit]

A new member 'Polina' requested I PM her. There is no picture. No screen pops up in which I can find any instructions to do anything. Do I start a message with @Dennis S or with @Polina? Can you see how frustrating this all is? Do you imagine others give up on using the forum because it is unclear? Or am I simply too obtuse to understand what others find quite simple?

Hang in there, I know it's all new and confusing at first, with patience you can learn how to use the forum

 

[Dennis S]

Welcome, Dennis. My paternal ancestors came from Germany with the first one coming to the U.S. in 1894 and settling in the northern part of the U.S; decades after the Civil War and decades after slavery. I suppose I could be considered German American. I was in Germany in 1985 and it was amazing and wonderful. I'm guessing it may have changed a lot since I was there.

Thank you for replying. My maternal grandmother came to states from the Netherlands at about the same time as your ancestors.