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Include Family Name in Subject
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Hi all, I know this has been posted multiple times, but it seems people either don't pay attention, or perhaps forget... I get the digests and will scan the subjects. But I don't open every post. It would be a real shame if someone was asking about a name that I'm looking for and I missed it because the subject was too vague/generic. Thanks, Marjorie Geiser Arizona, USA LEVINE/LEWIN, SILBERNAGEL/ZYLBERNAGEL/SILVER, EPSTEJN, MOCZYDLOWER/MOCHEDLOVER, ERLICH, GRUNPELTZ, JOSKOWICZ, ZYLBERSZTEJN, ABRAHAMOWICZ, SZTABINSKA, WILK
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JB Haber
I'm new here. Where in the Guidelines does it say this?
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Excellent point, JB. Perhaps it should be. Along with including your name, where you're from, and names of who you're researching. However, this is more for those posting, asking for help or looking for others searching the same name. Margie Geiser Arizona, USA LEVINE/LEWIN, SILBERNAGEL/ZYLBERNAGEL/SILVER, EPSTEJN, MOCZYDLOWER/MOCHEDLOVER, ERLICH, GRUNPELTZ, JOSKOWICZ, ZYLBERSZTEJN, ABRAHAMOWICZ, SZTABINSKA, WILK
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jbonline1111@...
This has been our format for years, whether it is officially in the guidelines or not. It helps the poster as well as those who get digests or individual posts determine whether to participate in a particular issue.
-- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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Dahn Cukier
Original: This has been our format for years, whether it is officially in the guidelines or not. It helps the poster as well as those who get digests or individual posts determine whether to participate in a particular issue. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC ================================================== Reply: Family names in the Subject field have never been part of the format, it would mean Subject fields longer than permitted by many applications. The family names being researched have been part of the "Signature Field" which comes at the end of the post. Dani Researching 4 families with at least a dozen different spellings, and one whose pronunciation is unclear. When you start to read readin, how do you know the fellow that wrote the readin, wrote the readin right? Festus Hagen Long Branch Saloon Dodge City, Kansas (Gunsmoke)
On Friday, February 7, 2020, 12:52:56 AM GMT+2, <jbonline1111@...> wrote: This has been our format for years, whether it is officially in the guidelines or not. It helps the poster as well as those who get digests or individual posts determine whether to participate in a particular issue. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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Nicole Heymans
My understanding of Marjorie's original post was that when posting a message about searching for some elusive relative, the subject should include the relative's name, rather than just e.g. "searching for lost relative".
I don't believe anyone in this thread meant you should put your names of interest in the subject line. Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium
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jbonline1111@...
Precisely! Exactly what I was trying to explain. This does not result in a long subject line because we are usually asking about one or two people at a time.
"My understanding of Marjorie's original post was that when posting a message about searching for some elusive relative, the subject should include the relative's name, rather than just e.g. "searching for lost relative". I don't believe anyone in this thread meant you should put your names of interest in the subject line." -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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