"Abt" means something quite different than "Est". Abt means that the event happened around a certain time. "My grandfather was born abt 1885."
Est means you don't know for sure and you're estimating or guessing. Based on information I have (wife's date, date indicated in census based on age, birth of first child, etc), I estimate that my grandfather was born in 1885. Calculating a birth date based on date of death and age at death or a death date based on date of birth and age at death would be a "Cal" or "Calc" date. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 2:40 PM, C.G. Ouimet <c.g.oui...@outlook.com> wrote: > Why not use “Abt” or “a” for short data entry? > > > > > > C.G. Ouimet > > Kingston ON > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
