Dear Doris, Thanks for putting in a few words re: to the point subject lines; it helps so much to see at the beginning what the email will be referring to, general year(s) and geography. Most people have some kind of date and or location to go off of when starting their genealogy trails. Thanks and Happy Holidays Tammy Jay wrote: > DJ: > > The assumption is that the ones posting has that info. If they had all > that info > they probably wouldn't be posting............. > > Merry CHRISTmas to all my Brothers & Sisters > May GOD grant you GoOD Health, GoOD Wealth, & Happiness in the Coming New > Year > Oh, and the info to fill the missing gape in your Family Tree. > > Jay > > > Hello, > > I have noticed something lately, and thought I could make a suggestion, > > probably to more than one list..... > > > > Is it possible that we could be more aware that we will get much better > > response to our postings if we will be sure to list the place (i.e..GA, > > NC, VA, PA, OH, etc..) and the times (or an approximate...abt/c.. > > ..1800/10, etc) of our search? It would help to have it listed early in > > the posting. > > > > Of course it would be much better if we could put this in our Subject > > line: John Jones, NY>PA>IL>AR, c1850-1900, or: John Jones, AR; or even: > > Jones fam.1800's..PA. This will give us an area to expect the posting to > > involve. This is especially important in some lists...and very helpful > > to each other. > > ==== HILL Mailing List ==== > Additional sites to post or review HILL data can be found at: > http://edge.edge.net/~gbhill/