I agree with Kurt for calculated. I usually only use that when I have used the date calculator.
I stick close to the dictionary definitions below. About - near in time, approximately. Example: In a 1900 census a child is listed as 7 so I use about 1893 for birth year. Estimate - to form an approximate judgment or opinion. Example: A child is said to be 18 months old when his sister was born and I know her birth date is March 20, 1882 so I estimate his birth date to be September 1880. Calculated - determined or ascertained by mathematical methods. Example: A Birth Date determined from a Date of Death and an Age at Death given in years, months and days using the date calculator. Larry Lee On Jan 6, 2014 9:03 PM, "Kurt Kneeland" <kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > An example of a Calculated Date is a Birth Date determined from a Date of > Death and an Age at Death given in years, months and days. > > > > *From:* Bob Austen [mailto:rgaus...@telus.net] > *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2014 8:47 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* RE: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt > > > > Hi Jay, > > > > Help me out here, what is the norm for ‘calculated date’, and when/how do > the rest of you use the term? I’ve not seen it used for another particular > purpose, so I am interested in knowing how you understand it and what > others are expecting to see by that. Would you use ‘Est’ as a guess/fill > in date? I also use FTM and the default is to change circa/cir/c/Est/ to > Abt. I want to differentiate between that terminology and my guess. > > > > I don’t like to leave missing birth dates (in particular) and will most > often put in an estimated date or a range (also an estimate/guess) to > better sort the individual. > > > > Bob > > > > *From:* Jay 1FamilyTree > [mailto:1familytree....@gmail.com<1familytree....@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* Monday, 6 January, 2014 2:39 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt > > > > Bob, > > > > You do the rest of us a disservice by using Cal for a date that is not a > calculated date. Any data that comes from you will assumed to be a > calculated date. > > > > However you use the program within your PC................. and is best > for you ......is great. > > But if you are going to stray from the expected or norm, please take into > consideration that others will never know you changed the expected data. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Bob Austen <rgaus...@telus.net> wrote: > > If a census shows age 21 in 1911 I would use 'c 1890'. (Circa/Cir/c) I > use Cal (Calculated) for my best guess. In my file I know that a 'Cal' > date was *my* guess and did not come from any other source. > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valerie B Garton [mailto:vbgar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, 5 January, 2014 10:53 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] When to use est and when to use abt > > I have now confused myself: > > Age 21 in 1911 census born abt/est 1890 > > Died age 47 in 1865 born abt/est 1818 > > Child born 1867 with no marriage for parents - marriage est/abt 1866 - > source: marriage date assuming this is the first born child Parents of > above child F born est/abt 1841 M born est/abt 1854 - source: birth dates > assuming parents aged 26 and 22 at time of possible first born child > > Any more suggestions please ? > > Cheers from Valerie in sunny Sydney > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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