Somewhere along the line a server/email program stripped out what it thought was an html instruction. The blank within the quotes should read "(open angle bracket) Not Lanarkshire (close angle bracket)".
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *New Blog* Protect Your PC View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] 'do's and editorial brackets > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:24:02 +0000 > > > > Ralph, > > I do not use a Census Event, but a would find a line with all those semi > colons and "do" fairly unintelligible. > > WRT "out of county" locations from the British 1841 censuses I use "". I > chose this method originally because it seemed to me that it might not always > be clear as to out of which county and they are also very easy to find. > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > *New Blog* Protect Your PC > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > >> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:06:27 -0800 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] 'do's and editorial brackets >> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> >> Ralph wrote: >> ; ; George 'do' [Dykes] ; Son ; ; 8 ; Male ; 'do' >> [Scholar] ; ; ; 'do' 'do' [Hamilton, Lanarkshire] ; >> ; ; ; >> >> Above is an example of how I transcribe a census line >> into Legacy's Source Text (only one line for this >> example). >> >> Do others include the editorial brackets beside the >> 'do's and " or do you skip the 'do's and only have the >> brackets? >> >> Reply: I find this hard to read as census differ in how they are written and >> I prefer the full text and do find for those reading the text if they have >> never seen their ancestor on a census a lot easier to grasp and an example: >> Dykes, George, son, age 8, male, Scholar, bp: Hamilton, Lanarkshire... >> >> I also do add the country behind the county/shire so that if it is sent "out >> of country" to someone that is not familier where Lanarkshire is located >> they will see it faster and no confusion will be made. I also do repeat it >> for each person in the family and "do" not use "ditto" or []=brackets, a lot >> of people are not familier with do=ditto. I would love the easy use of "do" >> but stating things "clearly" works better in my case.--Candis-- >> >> >> Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> _________________________________________________________________ Telly addicts unite! http://www.searchgamesbox.com/tvtown.shtml Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
