Well, I went back and checked all my Welcome messages from the 10 or better lists
I belong to and none said anything about caps.  I've seen people request the
surnames in caps and I do have my data base set that way, but it is not a
requirement as far as I know.  God bless.

Carolyn,
just an old Texas Gal.
Researching:
Knight/Byles/Walton/Espy/Smith/Little/Marshall/
Waters/Garner/Martin/Foote/Berryman/Colclough/
Rogers/Grigsby/Blanton/Tate/McGuffey/Hobbs/
Schuenemann/Latinsky/Altman/Gambel/Sinz & Gross
WebSite:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/


 -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 8:37 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: CAPS on all surnames
>
>
> In a message dated 5/9/2000 8:22:26 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected]
> om.com writes:
>
> <<
>  Well, I think it's a matter of taste.  I don't like Caps for names, as it is
>  really not proper, when writing as one would normally do.  If you're an old
>  typist, well, unless you are putting labels on files, you don't capitalize
> names
>  (except the first letter) when addressing an envelope or letter.  So, I
> don't use
>  caps when typing a query, etc.
>   >>
>
> I have to disagree and have no intention of starting an on-going dialogue
> about this, but - it's not just a matter of individual taste, but a matter of
> simple courtesy and regard for other researchers on the list. Most of us
> subscribe to several different lists & it is much easier to scan numerous
> messages for the particular surnames each person is looking for if the
> surname is all caps - not the whole name, just the surname, and it is an easy
> matter to copy & paste the surnames from another document. Also,   it is a
> matter of policy on all the lists to which I subscribe and is stated in the
> Welcome message of each list.
>
> Betty
>
> **************************************************
> Researching surname ROBBINS: NC: mid-1700s to abt 1814>
> SC: 1814 to 1830s >AL: late 1830s to abt 1920 & present >FL:
> 1920 to present;  & associated names of BRADLEY, COON,
> CRIBB, EVANS, HARRELSON, MOODY, ODOM.
>
> Also: DAVIS: VA: 1600s to early 1700s >NC: early1700s to abt 1750s >SC: abt
> 1750s to 1780s >GA: 1780s - 1810 >MS: 1810 - 1823 > FL: 1824 to present; &
> associated names of BRASWELL, COOPER, FAIRCLOTH, HARVEY, JOHNSON, PADGETT,
> all in S. GA
> & N. FL from early 1800s to the present.
>
> Betty (Robbins) Norem
> bnorem@aoL
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>