I agree with you, however I am guilty of replying to these Searching For The Powells queries also. These queries are gatewayed from the Powell Rootsweb Message Board. The reverse is not true!!! If you want to harp about it, You need to do it on that message board. The Searching for Powells Tread has been around for a while and and is long. When I reply to a specific reply to a specific reply, etc., I will continue to do so under that threads name. When I create a new posting, I usually do as you suggest. Bill Thornhill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: Re: [POWELL] BE MORE SPECIFIC IN THE SUBJECT LINE >I agree entirely with Jo-Ann. No doubt many answers are available if the >query was > read. At minimum should be locality and time period. Productive research > is the > key. > Relatively Speaking > >> >> >> Please everybody! I keep harping on this problem for us digest readers; >> if you are not specific with an individual's whole name or a town and >> state, >> we simply ignore the message, i.e., "Searching for Powells". That's >> what >> this site is...searching for Powells...we need you to have more info in >> subject lines. >> >> I have never been able to understand what the site administrators don't >> complain about this problem. The purpose of the digest is to narrow >> down the >> message and not have to read every single message; perhaps it's a lost >> cause for us. >> >> Jo-Ann Seitzinger >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of the >> message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message