WOODS list member!!!!! The following message reflects the feelings of the WOODS list members and was adopted several year ago by this list. Please take the time to be considerate of the other hundreds of members by following the subject line guidelines..... While I'm here, I thought I would let everyone know that I have opened the list up to all who send the correctly formatted subscribe message. If you see that someone consistantly breaks our list rules or otherwise causes a problem please contact me at cjl@tir.com or contact the person "PRIVATELY" and inform them of the problem. Don't start an argument on the list. Dear rooters: Not all subscribers have the time or energy to read all messages in search for that elusive match. Many, open only those which appear promising. MAXIMISE the chances of YOUR MESSAGE BEING READ BY YOUR INTENDED AUDIENCE, that is YOUR MATCH! HOW? Use the SUBJECT LINE to give very SPECIFIC DETAILS about the individual/family your are looking for. Subscribers to most other genealogy lists do precisely that. Furthermore, to facilitate reading, they tend to follow some sort of 'not so rigid format'. Examples: ?WOOD John, b1840, Miami, Florida, USA ?WOODWARD Timothy, m1790, SMITH E., in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WOODY, Ray, Elaine, Susan, res. 1870, in Bs As, Argentina ?WOODS Joshua & Jessie, res. 1891, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada Notice the pattern? 1) SURNAME always in capital letter (even within the text of the email), then 2) First and Second names of individuals. Commas to separate individuals. 3) Date with a letter indicating whether it is birth, marriage, death, residing. Worthwhile, even if it is very broad. If someone is looking for WOODS in 1600s, they don't really mind if your 1800 date is off by some years. 4) Location, State, Country. In full, to reach those yet unfamiliar with the area and its abbreviations. 5) If you have a question preceed the Subject with a queston mark, if you have informaion about the subject, omit the question mark. Subscribers AVOID using subject lines that may not carry sufficient meaning to others, such as: Wood family My family My Woodys My neck of the Woods Aim for QUALITY AUDIENCE: YOUR MATCH. Cheers, Jorge Woods, in Canberra, Australia. General information for new subscribers and Internet users is available. The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/ Chris Lamesfield, WOODS list Owner/Administrator, cjl@tir.com