LOGAN,Benjamin; TX,USA; 1878-1971 LOGAN,Benjamin;TX,USA; 1878-1971 ---------- > From: Tim Pierce <[email protected]> > To: LAURA LOGAN <[email protected]> > Subject: couldn't approve your surname query! > Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 9:10 AM > > Hi -- > > This is an automated response to your submission for > soc.genealogy.surnames. If you find this message confusing, please feel > free to reply and ask the human moderator for help! > > Your post (``Logan,Hood,TX,USA ,1922'') couldn't be approved because the > Subject line isn't formatted properly according to the group's > guidelines. Specifically, the problems with your submission include: > > * Not enough fields in the subject line. The subject line must be > separated with semicolons into *exactly* three fields (no more, no > less). Put names into the first field, places in the second, and > dates in the third. See below for more information. > > All posts to soc.genealogy.surnames need to have Subject lines in the > following format: > > names; places; dates > > The reason for this rule is that it makes it much easier to skim > through soc.genealogy.surnames for posts of interest to you, and it > makes it possible to search an archive of the group's posts and be > pretty sure that you've found everything of interest. Here are some > examples of correctly-formatted submissions: > > Subject: HARRISON William; MA,USA; 1900-1950 > Subject: ANDERSON/ANDERSEN; SWE > MN,USA; c. 1875 > Subject: VON HALLBERG; IL,USA / WI,USA; 1850- > > Here are a few tips about common mistakes people make. > > * In the `names' field of your subject line, separate > different surnames with slashes, and separate different > given names with commas. Make sure that surnames > precede given names, and that they are written all in > capital letters. Examples: > > Wrong Right > ----------- ---------- > William Holden HOLDEN William > Green, Robert GREEN Robert > E.B. WHITE WHITE E.B. > WICK(E)S WICKS/WICKES > James and Mary Chesterton CHESTERTON James, Mary > Tom Jones + Jenny Waters JONES Tom / WATERS Jenny > MICKS or MIX, Thomas MICKS/MIX Thomas > > * Surnames must be written all in capital letters. > > * Given names should be mixed case -- e.g. `Thomas' rather than > `THOMAS' or `thomas'. > > * For the `places' field of your Subject line, there is a list > of acceptable place-name abbreviations at > <URL:http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/abbreviations.cgi>. > Place names (countries, U.S. states, Irish counties, etc.) > must be abbreviated in the Subject line of your message > *exactly* as they appear in this list! Even a change as > small as adding a space or removing a comma can cause > problems. > > Wrong Right > ----------- ---------- > Texas TX,USA > W.Virginia WV,USA > NY NY,USA > Pa.,USA PA,USA > Ia USA IA,USA > GA > VA > AL GA,USA > VA,USA > AL,USA > Penna/Oh. PA,USA/OH,USA > U.S.A. USA > Co. Cork, IRE COR,IRL > Lincs LIN,ENG > Kent U.K. KEN,ENG > > You can include the names of towns or counties before the > place-name abbreviation if you wish: for example, > `Pittsburgh, PA,USA' or `Liverpool, LAN,ENG'. Make sure > that the name of the town or city is not written in > uppercase, so that it can clearly be distinguished from the > abbreviated portion! > > * For the ``dates'' field of your subject line, there are only a > few acceptable formats: > > - one year (e.g. ``1920'') > - a span of years (e.g. ``1820-1875'') > - anything from one year onward (e.g. ``1900-'') > - anything up until a certain year (e.g. ``-1750'') > > You can also include a few abbreviations in front of the > date(s), to clarify what they mean: > > c. 1900 circa 1900 > m. 1950-1960 married sometime between 1950 and 1960 > d. 1821 died 1821 > b. c. 1915 born around 1915 > > Don't include months or days: just the year of interest. > Also, don't use terms like ``1820s'' or ``1950's'' -- use > ``1820-1830'' or ``c. 1950'' instead, whichever is closer to > your meaning. > > I hope that these rules don't sound too complicated. A great deal > of effort has gone into making them as simple as possible while > permitting posters to be expressive. If you are confused about > what is or isn't allowed, or don't understand why your message was > rejected, please feel free to write to me at > [email protected] and I will try to help. > > Some messages get rejected for apparently trivial reasons. I'm > very sorry about that, but it can't be helped. Due to the > ever-increasing volume of soc.genealogy.surnames, we have been > forced to turn the group over to a completely automatic moderation > program, and it is important for the program to err on the side of > caution when deciding what is and isn't acceptable. That means > that errors can't easily be fixed automatically. > > You can find more information on the soc.genealogy.surnames > posting guidelines here: > > <URL:http://www.rootsweb.com/~surnames/> > > Regards, > Tim Pierce > soc.genealogy.surnames moderator-in-chief > > (rejected submission follows) > > From [email protected] Thu Feb 5 09:10:41 1998 > Received: from bl-4.rootsweb.com (bl-4.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.29]) by bl-12.rootsweb.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA28940 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:10:40 -0800 > Received: from relay6.UU.NET (relay6.UU.NET [192.48.96.16]) by bl-4.rootsweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA10358 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 09:10:37 -0800 > Received: from mtigwc03.worldnet.att.net by relay6.UU.NET with ESMTP > (peer crosschecked as: mtigwc03.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.34]) > id QQeblc14935; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:10:35 -0500 (EST) > Received: from bgtnsc02 ([135.173.83.19]) by mtigwc03.worldnet.att.net > (post.office MTA v2.0 0613 ) with SMTP id AAA6312 > for <[email protected]>; > Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:10:34 +0000 > Received: by bgtnsc02. (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) > id RAA27293; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:10:33 GMT > To: [email protected] > Path: newsadm > From: "LAURA LOGAN" <[email protected]> > Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.surnames.usa > Subject: Logan,Hood,TX,USA ,1922 > Date: 5 Feb 1998 17:10:33 GMT > Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services > Lines: 12 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.64.98.209 > X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1157 > > Looking for any information on Benjamin Franklin Logan,Sr. (born in Alabama > in May 1878 - His parents were Mary Clark (of Lewis andClark) and Samuel > Hunt Logan) The family moved to TX in the late 1800's. > Mabel Hood marreid Benjamin Logan in Mitchell County in 1922. She is still > living > and will be 100 yrs old this Feb24th! They had five children - > Marylee Petersen , Benjamin Frankin Jr, Russell,Homer(now deceased) and > Samuel > My grandmother has a sister named Minnie Lee Moore, she lives in Spade. I > would love any information. I am the first granddaughter of Ben and Mabel. > Laura Logan > I am living in LA.CA AND MY E-MAIL IS [email protected]