I think part of it depends on the settings of the individual mail program. I use a more creative looking font on my computer (that's me - different) and all caps are a bit harder to read. Also when you get a lot of email as some of us do, it is easier when a letter is in upper and lower case and surnames in all caps. It is easy to glance through a message looking for specific surnames instead of reading the entire message. When you have a lot of email, it saves a lot of time. I average 100 per day and I know others that get more. I don't have time to read every message and glance through for anything important when it comes to gen. lists like this. This is my two cents worth and others may or may not agree. Kaymarie "Charles E. Fies, Retired" wrote: > FIFTY years ago I learned to take Morse Code and Typewriting both at > the same time (Radio Operator in the Merchant Marines.) At that time > someone made a decision to teach the typing on special ALL CAPS > typewriters simply because it was easier if you didn't have to learn all > that shifting while trying to understand the dots and dashes coming in > like the devil (whatever that means). After six intensive months of > typing and morse code morning, noon, and night, I had learned to master > them both. > > Then I went to sea, and the Radio Rooms all had STANDARD typewriters! > Took me a long time to learn all that shifting between upper and lower > case, but I gradually mastered that, too. > > In a nutshell, you do what you do best. Standard typing (upper and > lower case) is easier to read, naturally, especially with long > 80-character wide sentences. So I learned to set the columns of > received e-mails to narrower widths, and can read UPPER CASE a bit > easier. > > So please, don't withhold valuable genealogy data because you can't > shift. You may want to set your outgoing e-mail messages to 40 > characters wide, and make it easier for EVERYBODY to read all upper > case. Regards, Charlie Fies, ex Radio Officer, USMS. > > > > Pardon my intrusion but most people would appreciate it > > > if you would not use caps. > > > > ***I THINK THAT"most people",PROBABLY WON'T MIND SO MUCH,IF > > THEY KNOW I USE CAPS BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO > > READ. WHY DON'T YOU DO A RANDOM SAMPLE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE > > THINK ABOUT THAT? > > SINCERELY, > > IRIS AND JERRY HARTMAN > -- > CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> > BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> > DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> > ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> > FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> > Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> > FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> > HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> > SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> > SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> > SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> > WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> > ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html> > > ==== PADAUPHI Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com

List, Every so often this comes up. I prefer that all surnames be in capital letters wherever they are especially in the subject line. Now if for some reason you can't do that I don't think the list will come to a stop. That's my opinion so just do what you got to do. Nadine Hensley List Owner