May I make a suggestion that might help? I appreciate the postings of everyone on my all Lists and hope they continue. However, sometimes the Subject Line is so long that the name gets cut off at the beginning of the Digest - all that appears is "Famous Americans". One has to scroll through each posting to see who the famous GREEN is. For a really long Digest this gets discouraging and I have a tendency to give up reading them - this doesn't help anyone trying to connect their families. Perhaps you could leave off the "Famous Americans" part and just put the name and location of the individual - it'd make typing it in easier, too. I believe Deloris does follow common posting etiquette, at least. FYI for those who don't know, a typical Subject Line should look like this: GREEN, William; OH>NE; 1843-1914 I also subscribe to the ALLEN list and most of the Subject Lines simply say "Allen" - well, duh! What is that going to tell me? (I was flamed when I made these same suggestions, but still subscribe even though I was told if I didn't like it I should leave - go figure...) Most of the time I don't even bother with the surname in the Subject Line - we're on the GREEN list, and unless we're inquiring about a spouse's Surname, it goes without saying that GREEN is the surname so why waste valuable time and space? (Btw, the abbreviation for Nebraska is NE not NB, as I see quite often.) Also, the post itself should have the Surname in CAPS so it can be scanned easily and quickly. For example, William GREEN was the son of Alexander GREEN and Louisa CLINE. Some of the spouses in their line, include Mary JOHNSON, Mary TAYLOR, William LEWIS, Myrtle THOMAS, Edward CHRISTIAN, Maude RHOWEDDER, and Oscar TUCKER. I've seen postings on some lists that are written in all CAPS and I've seen postings in all lower case, with no punctuation. (Newbie, do you want me to read this or not?) I've seen postings that ramble on and on, e.g., about how one person's mother told so-and-so's cousin about how such-and-such family moved to wherever. For a Query (Deloris' postings are different), it's best, imho, to be short and to the point - names, dates, locations (just the facts, ma'am) perhaps a few short sentences like, "It is possible that William was in the American Civil War" or "I have been unable to locate him in the 1910 Census, but he might have been in the National Military Home for the Disabled in KS" - something that actually contains a "clue". If we connect, *then* I'd be interested in hearing your "stories", otherwise, they mean nothing. No offense, but you're wasting your time and everyone else's, kwim? We're all here for the same reason, but it'll help everyone if people actually *read* what we take the time to share. You're doing good works, Deloris - thank you for caring enough to help others. It is often too easy for us to ignore "finds" that are irrelevant to our own family without taking the time to post it for others. I hope I can better follow your example in the future. JM.02, HIH, Melinda K. Green

Hi all, Please DON'T remove the "Famous Americans" part of the subject. That way I can simply delete anything with this subject without having to actually read the message to find it's another one from Rhode Island moving to Nebraska or Ohio rather than one from Derbyshire or Yorkshire, UK, which WOULD interest me. Keep up the good work Deloris - sure my American namesakes appreciate it. John Green Velp The Netherlands CootyDo@aol.com wrote: >May I make a suggestion that might help? > >I appreciate the postings of everyone on my all Lists and hope they continue. > However, sometimes the Subject Line is so long that the name gets cut off at >the beginning of the Digest - all that appears is "Famous Americans". One >has to scroll through each posting to see who the famous GREEN is. For a really >long Digest this gets discouraging and I have a tendency to give up reading >them - this doesn't help anyone trying to connect their families. > >Perhaps you could leave off the "Famous Americans" part and just put the name >and location of the individual - it'd make typing it in easier, too. > >I believe Deloris does follow common posting etiquette, at least. FYI for >those who don't know, a typical Subject Line should look like this: > >GREEN, William; OH>NE; 1843-1914 > >I also subscribe to the ALLEN list and most of the Subject Lines simply say >"Allen" - well, duh! What is that going to tell me? (I was flamed when I made >these same suggestions, but still subscribe even though I was told if I >didn't like it I should leave - go figure...) > >Most of the time I don't even bother with the surname in the Subject Line - >we're on the GREEN list, and unless we're inquiring about a spouse's Surname, >it goes without saying that GREEN is the surname so why waste valuable time and >space? (Btw, the abbreviation for Nebraska is NE not NB, as I see quite >often.) > >Also, the post itself should have the Surname in CAPS so it can be scanned >easily and quickly. For example, > >William GREEN was the son of Alexander GREEN and Louisa CLINE. Some of the >spouses in their line, include Mary JOHNSON, Mary TAYLOR, William LEWIS, Myrtle >THOMAS, Edward CHRISTIAN, Maude RHOWEDDER, and Oscar TUCKER. > >I've seen postings on some lists that are written in all CAPS and I've seen >postings in all lower case, with no punctuation. (Newbie, do you want me to >read this or not?) > >I've seen postings that ramble on and on, e.g., about how one person's mother >told so-and-so's cousin about how such-and-such family moved to wherever. For >a Query (Deloris' postings are different), it's best, imho, to be short and >to the point - names, dates, locations (just the facts, ma'am) perhaps a few >short sentences like, "It is possible that William was in the American Civil >War" or "I have been unable to locate him in the 1910 Census, but he might have >been in the National Military Home for the Disabled in KS" - something that >actually contains a "clue". If we connect, *then* I'd be interested in hearing >your "stories", otherwise, they mean nothing. No offense, but you're wasting >your time and everyone else's, kwim? > >We're all here for the same reason, but it'll help everyone if people >actually *read* what we take the time to share. > >You're doing good works, Deloris - thank you for caring enough to help >others. It is often too easy for us to ignore "finds" that are irrelevant to our >own family without taking the time to post it for others. I hope I can better >follow your example in the future. > >JM.02, >HIH, >Melinda K. Green > > >==== GREEN Mailing List ==== >Thanks for sharing information and queries with your fellow family researchers > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >