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    1. Re: i am tired of getting emails back complaining about the subject line ALSO.
    2. John T. O'Melia
    3. The more of us that come forward the better it is But we all need to "KEEP ON TRUCKING" "THE VIPER" JP1952MP wrote: > glad someone had the guts finally to say something.... > > ==== SURNAME-QUERY Mailing List ==== > APPROPRIATE SUBJECT LINES: > In an effort to provide meaningful Subject: lines in posts to the > SURNAME-QUERY List, the Listowner asks you to try to adhere to the > following format: > > SURNAME, First MI;dates;places > > An example would look like this: > > BROWNING, Arthur C.;1795-1876;PA>VA>OH > > Users of this SURNAME-QUERY List do not download every day in order > to read each of the hundreds of posts. They are looking for certain > SURNAMES, on which they are doing research, or are willing to help > others with research of said SURNAMES. Therefore, if you do not > provide meaningful Subject: lines, chances are good that your posts > will be deleted without having been read. > > Also, the accepted standard in conducting genealogy research via > the Internet/Web is to spell all SURNAMES in CAPS.

    03/08/1998 11:23:09