Mr. Ward, My personal thanks to you for taking on this awesome responsibility. I, for one, appreciate your kindness in doing so. Shirley has done a wonderful job with this site for a very, very long time and has done some wonderful things for it...very generous with her time and talent. You have helped me tremendously in the past with lookups and your time and kindness is also appreciated by me. Again, thank you both for everything. Linda Felts > -----Original Message----- > From: William Ward [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MSLAFAYE] Hello, Subscribers > > To all MSLAFAYE board subscribers. > > Recently I accepted responsibility for the Lafayette County web site and > the MSLAFAYE boards from Shirley Scott. I take this opportunity to thank > Shirley for the magnificent manner in which she ran these web-based > activities and added much to assist the casual and the serious genealogy > researcher with roots in Lafayette County. I hope to continue in the same > > vein. I look forward to receiving your suggestions for improvement and > your submissions to add to the web site. > > A pet peeve of mine, shared by many of us, relates to "netiquette", and > that is becoming less of a problem as more people get involved in on-line > research. One of the last remnants that detracts from my enjoyment is > either the use of all lower case or all upper case when typing. I know > that some of us whose eyesight is failing or who are using WebTV to browse > > use all upper case to ease the problem of readability. That's okay, and I > > encourage you to let us know so that we can respond in like > fashion. Otherwise, someone might think we are shouting all the time. > For > those of you who use only lower case, that's okay, too. However, it would > > be appreciated if you would type each and every surname in all upper case > letters. This makes it easier to pick out specific names and saves lots > of > confusion. This is not a "flame", but simply a request. > > This forum is a great one for those who wish to ask specific or general > questions about 1, a group, or a complete family of people, times, events > and history of Lafayette County. I ask, however, that you not send any > attachments to the list; reserve that for private correspondence with > individuals. Finally, when you send a request to a lookup volunteer, > always specify the book or resource material concerned, and limit your > request to 1 or 2 individuals. Do not ask for "any and all information" > they may have on an entire family, for it takes considerable time to > comply > and in an imposition on their time. > > In like fashion, if you perceive any of my postings to be less than > gracious, please let me know immediately. I'm involved in this great > hobby > because it satisfies my need for solving puzzles and is just a lot of > fun. I want to keep it that way for all of us. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > Bill Ward > MSLAFAYE Board Administrator > MSYALOBU Board Administrator > PASS Surname Board Administrator > HAIRE Surname Board Administrator > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB