I use the same three terms as Heather for the same reasons. I also use the exact same calculations and have done since the mid 1980s. I was given them by a friend in the LDS church (I am LDS) and I understood them to be the recommended method within the church. They have always worked reasonably well for me although I have some significant exceptions (see below).
Here is an excellent example (and some humor/humour) ...My great grandfather married three times (and he wasn't LDS; he had them one at a time :) ). The last marriage was when he was 72 and his new wife was only 21. They subsequently produced my Half Granduncle (the same generation as my grandfather and he is only 10 years older than me. Nobody's system could have predicted that marriage or child's birth! The moral of this story - don't get too hung up on estimates but they can be useful if you have nothing better. Cheers, Mitch On 8/20/07, Sara Binkley Tarpley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heather, > > I certainly understand the nuances, but I have to admit that in eleven > years of genealogical research, I have never seen anyone use "cal." > Good idea though. Am I just exchanging data with the wrong people? > > Sara > > > > On 8/20/07, Heather Stovold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no, to me they are all different. > > > > cal - means I was given an age and a time.... so he was 34 in 1834, so his > > birth is: cal 1800 > > > > abt - means that someone gave me an about time, like in an interview.... so > > I ask someone when their parent was born and they say oh, it was about 1910, > > then I put abt 1910. I also use abt when I'm given a database with abt > > used in it. (ok, I don't differentiate between ca and abt) > > > > est - means that I guessed the date based on the dates of other events, or > > dates of the events of relatives. (The whole, children are born about 2 > > years apart, women are about 21 when they marry, men are about 25.) So > > basically, I don't have any basis for the date except my guess based on the > > norms of society (which vary...) > > > > each of these are entirely different to me. I admit that many people > > wouldn't understand the nuances, but to me, they are huge. > > > > > > On 8/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Myrna... > > > But... isn't "est." the same as writing "abt./about", "ca./circa"??? My > > preference is "abt." > > > Happy hunting... > > > Pami > > > > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 > > features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features > > at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features > not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at > http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. > > Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > > For online technical support, please visit > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
