Hi Pami, I use abt (about) and est (estimated) quite different and I believe they mean very different things.
If I know that someone was x years old when they married and I have the year of marriage, then their year of birth is "abt" yyyy because they may have been born early in the year, late in the year etc. etc. Similarly if I have immigration or census details, I am reasonably confident of being close to the year of birth +/- a year or two - hence "abt". For people that I don't have a specific year and age to calculate the "abt" date of birth, I'll use the c.25 years generation estimate and hence use "est" yyyy. For example if my gg-grandmother was born abt 1820 and I have her parents names then their dates of birth with be "est" 1795 until such time as I find something that narrows it down more specifically. If my gg-grandmother is the 5th or 10th child then her parents dates of birth might be "est" 1790 or "est" 1785. To me, "abt" means I have some sort of reference year / age for the calculation, "est" means I've done a "generational estimate". Hope that makes sense - this process works great for me as can at least see what "generation" ancestors might belong to - particularly those with identical names. Oh - "c" (circa) would equate to "abt" in my approach but from memory that wasn't a valid date prefix in Legacy (and some other genie programs) - I could be wrong on that or it may have changed, but I've stuck to "abt" for those type of dates. Regards ............... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Favorite Legacy Tip Myrna... But... isn't "est." the same as writing "abt./about", "ca./circa"??? My preference is "abt." Happy hunting... Pami Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
