Can someone tell how to make my subject line BOLD. I click the "B" and it still does not work.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > A word about abbreviations. > 1) Do NOT abbreviate until you have defined the abbreviation. The SMA > abbreviation above is used by many who research Sao Miguel Arcanjo church > in Vila Franca on the island of Sao Miguel. Searching for SMA in the > archive also will pull up people researching Vila Franca on Sao Miguel too. > In the header (if applicable) and once in the body, it should be specified. > Example: Looking for Manuel da Silva in Ponta Garca (PG). He married in PG > to Maria de Jesus...... > > 2) Don't abbreviate the islands EVER. Is F Faial? Flores? Is SM Santa > Maria? Sao Miguel? Also don't abbreviate Azores as AZ (that's Arizona in > America) and don't abbreviate California as CA (it's Canada too). Too much > confusion. Always spell it out (modern English and modern Portuguese) and > everyone will be very clear as to what you mean. It's frustrating to answer > someone's question with a question, asking for clarification. And put > EVERYTHING there. Don't just write Plymouth and assume everyone knows you > mean Massachusetts. There are several Plymouths in America. And if you > think there is only 1 of that city, you still need to put the rest in there > too. You'd be surprised how many cities have the same name. > > 3) No slang. I have to reread my emails a couple of times to be sure I > didn't include slang. The casual, spoken word is different than the formal > written word. "That's sick" (something that kids in my area are saying now) > doesn't not mean illness. It means "Wow," "That's great," or something that > they like. Some on this list do not have English as their first language. > They run that through a translator and it won't make sense (nor will they > figure out the abbreviations either if they are not defined). > Thanks for everyone's cooperation! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Sandra Perez -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
