The difficulty with "about" is the level of accuracy and the level of precision. If it is in 1884, there should be a way of checking the BMD to find out the quarter but if it is 884, "about" could be ten years either side. "about" is imprecise. John
On 14 March 2010 11:45, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron Ferguson wrote > >It is most common in users' databases for the owner to have used the > >simple calculation when recording a date which could, therefore be a > >year out. > > I'm always coming across records (places like Ancestry or GRU trees) > where a year of birth is recorded as "1884" or "1908" where I have "abt > 1883" or "abt 1907" in my database. Knowing that the "odds are in my > favour" I always deduct a year from these "calculated from age" dates > and then prefix it with "about." > > When I see these "1884" or "1908" records it just makes me think that > the researcher is not very concerned about accuracy and should not be > taken too seriously. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
