Dear Barb, Don't apologize for your suggestion - its a very good point. I do volunteer transcriptions for the Morris County, NJ, site on RootsWeb. A firm rule is that all surnames be capitalized (i.e. upper-case). While each of us are very familiar with our own genealogies, others received numerous E-mails daily and the ability to see a capitalized surname increases the chances of both recognizing it and also responding to the sender. John Cresseveur - Kentucky ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 7:17 PM Subject: [NJGLOUCE-L] Re: Suggestion when Posting messages In a message dated 6/13/99 11:13:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Please can I suggest that you CAPITALIZE your families surnames when writing requests for info or giving info. It makes it so much easier when reading the mail if a surname jumps out at you. Some of the family stories are very long and if you get a large volume of mail it becomes necessary to delete some of it. Hope no one is offended by this request. Barb in MA