From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Apr 11 14:27:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3BKRRjb024698; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:27:27 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BKRQCt021546 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:27:26 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3BHtGFI020820 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:55:16 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3BHtGL0020819 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:55:16 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3BG2GFI020561 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:02:16 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3BIYFjH013784 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:15 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sue.nyc@att.net Tue Apr 11 12:34:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3BIYFjb013775 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:15 -0600 Received: from mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.115]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BIYEXi018913 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:14 -0600 Received: from host (75.new-york-31rh16rt-32rh15rt.ny.dial-access.att.net[12.75.174.75]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc11) with SMTP id <20060411183408111004bikqe>; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:34:09 +0000 Message-ID: <001101c65d96$5a15e620$4bae4b0c@host> From: "SueNY" To: "DIANNE MEDARIS" Cc: References: <002101c65d03$88520700$0300a8c0@Dianne> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] LOOK-UP PLEASE Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:32:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wow... If my post nearly drove you off the the list you must lead a very sheltered life, or you have the thinnest skin ever. There was absolutely nothing nasty about it.-and several people posted agreeing with me. I was simply giving the poster some advice on how to get a better response to their query. Almost no one likes being screamed at and most people find anything written in all caps to be very very hard to read. Also, these lists generate copious amounts of mail and I think it's safe to say that most researchers only open posts related to the surnames they are researching. Therefore a vague subject line like "Look up" is very apt to be deleted and/or ignored. My post was meant to help the person, nothing more. Too many people post queries with hardly any info (i.e. "Looking for John Smith from London" or "Can someone give me information on my great grandfather who lived in Indiana") which makes giving an answer pretty much impossible, or use vague subject lines (or even worse, none at all). This type of carelessness will just make their research more difficult and frustrating for them. I don't care about a person's grammar or spelling and have never said anything about it.. However, I've seen many posts like mine, asking people to use clearer subject lines, be as detailed as possible, etc, and sadly they are almost always ignored, despite the fact doing so would probably get them a lot more replies and info. For the record, I am legally blind in one eye. I have a friend who is completely legally blind and must use a special lense to use her computer. Neither of us type in all caps as we find it makes things even harder to read. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "DIANNE MEDARIS" To: Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] LOOK-UP PLEASE > Whether or not a person can spell, types in lower case or upper case, > uses bad grammar or good grammar, is unimportant to me. The purpose of > these lists is to be a part of a group of people that will help each > other. I am offended at anyone telling any of us how to compose our > messages, much less lecture us on email etiquette. It made me so > uncomfortable that I almost dropped out of this group. Now that others > have come to the defense of the original contributor, I feel better. > > Please, let us remember why we are here and forget the criticism. > > Thank you, Dianne > >