I second that motion! I know it makes reading anything genealogical easier to read. I sometimes skip those that aren't if I am short on time. Although, I have been guilty on occasion to not capitalize. I apologize. Donna ARNER HELM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover@softhome.net> To: <PACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: [PACUMBER] Please CAPATALIZE SURNAMES > Like many of you, I'm sure, my time is limited. I receive, and I'm not > exaggerating, hundreds of emails each day. Most are spam, and I can > usually delete those without reading them. However, that still leaves > enough that if I tried to read them thoroughly, it would take me several > hours to complete. I simply do not have the time to do that. > > Genealogy posts can usually be gone through quickly. I can scan each > post, check the surnames and the dates, and delete them if they hold no > information of interest to me or a question that I cannot answer. But > sometimes, I find that I really cannot properly scan a post, > particularly when it is long. I am sure that I am not writing totally of > myself. I'm probably writing for most of the people who regularly read > these posts. > > "How can I help" you ask" Easily. Simply CAPITALIZE SURNAMES. That makes > scanning easy. > > Thank you very much, I am > > Russell W. COOVER > > > > > ==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Search this mail list. > Just type in pacumber or PACUMBER. > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ============================== > 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 > >