Re: New to Genealogy

Kay Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:11:03 +0100, Hugh Watkins
> <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> sharpened a new quill and scratched:
>
>> Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Do people generally list surnames on here to see if others are searching
>>> for the same?
>> only if newbies (best ALL CAPS)
>> eg
>>
>> my grandparents are WATKINS JONES LAPHAM EVANS
>> which is prety useless because three of them are welsh patronymics
>
> There I must beg to differ Hugh. Use of all caps, even when used this
> way causes many people problems. Extra time in needed to recognize and
> process the information. Anyone who is so illiterate that they can't
> read the above sentence (even with the lack of puntuation) typed using
> the standard practice of using caps for only the first letter of a
> name is going to have an impossible task on taking up genealogy. It's
> a deplorable habit IMO.


sorry Kay
not a convention  I use myself
but a widespread tradition which I felt should be passed on

Hugh W
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