On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:09:25 +0800, "Peter Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>what the first few entries on the list relate >to - specifically the abbreviation <Alt. > preceding 'birth', "burial", >"christening" & "death" Alt. stands for "alternate" or "alternative". I use them when I have conflicting data. For example, a newspaper obit may say a person was born in 1921, but the tombstone may say 1920. So one goes in the main birth event, and the other goes in an Alt. Birth event. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************** 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%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
