I'm afraid you misunderstood, for these lists are NOT for personal comments, as between individuals - those pointlessly fill everyone else's inboxes and are archived for no good reason. Why on earth would I send something of this sort to everyone on the list? What SHOULD be shared is information...... any sort of genealogical data that could help others, which is the point of these lists.......and, if the information is send only to an individual who requested it, what a waste of 'good stuff' that might help another. Most of this is just common sense. If we wish to get others to answer our queries, then we want to make it clear what, or who our posts are about......ditto when answering the query of others. Many folks just give a cursory glance at the subject and delete it if it doesn't appear to be of interest, or isn't clear, so the best way to get others to read our queries is to make it clear what they concern. By the same token, as I said before, many people, just like me, browse the various list archives, looking for things of interest......if there is something I think might be of interest, then I click on the subject and read it, but if it has one of those useless subjects like roll call, etc, it gets passed up. Thus, whether the post is for our own query or to share information, the better the subject, the more likely it is that others will read it....which, is what we're all after. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <ohioislandgirl@comcast.net> To: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [OHJEFFER] Send gen. info to all, please. > In response to this message from Sandra Ferguson. You made this statement > about always posting to the list and you emailed Cheryl Enyart with some > comments that she was not happy with. She is my cousin and I emailed her > without posting to the list but was told in the following email to make sure > I post to the list. Why didn't you post your comments Sandra? My at least > were polite. She has decided to leave the list after such a short time > because of the rude remarks you made to her. This list should be to help > people not to correct their email etiquette. I will never post again. I am > not interested in receiving insults in my inbox and then being told to put > my comments on the list. As I have seen you are not the list master so maybe > you should stop trying to run the list and let us poor folks find each other > and give genuine help out here to others. > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> > To: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:30 PM > Subject: [OHJEFFER] Send gen. info to all, please. > > > > The idea behind these genealogical lists is to share information, and this > > means sending it to everyone on the list, rather than just to the > > individual. One never knows who will be helped by information asked for > by > > someone else, and I'm sure we've all found clues, etc in posts that > weren't > > directed to us. The list postings are also archived, so that folks can > > search the archives at a later date, and find info that might be helpful > in > > their research. Thus, it's a good idea to send genealogical information > to > > the list in general, and personal thanks to the individual. ..none of us > > need to read personal emails to others, but sure could use the data... > > > > Sandra > > > > > > From: "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> > > To: <OHJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:07 AM > > Subject: [OHJEFFER] Jesse Daniels > > > > > > > I want to thank Mary and Kitty for the information that you sent me. I > > also heard from Robert. I am very grateful for the help. I will be > sending > > you the information and picture of Mary E. Daniels Thomas. > > > > > > To Sandra, I have the information I need. Without the advice. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >