I was taught that those brackets were used to mean the date was calculated. So, I use them for calculated dates (e.g. she was ten in the 1880 census, ergo she was born <1870>. I use the word “about” or “estimated” for those scenarios.
Dee Whiting From: Carl Cox [mailto:ct...@centurytel.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 6:29 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Research Guidance Tom: <<Thank you for the comments. I suppose if one adds ones own estimates of time or place within <> brackets then a machine wont do it!>> The information within <>brackets has a different meaning for me if I know that a computer put them in or if a person put them in. The brackets would have much less meaning if both people and computer used the same token. A person would put 'about', 'estimated', 'calculated', or some other meaningful term, and I would think that all available evidence would be taken into account by the person. When a computer does it I have a good idea of what value to put on the information, much less than how I would value what a person would thoughtfully insert. -- Carl ct...@centurytel.net 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/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
