In my book, the second page, is a listing of all abbreviations I use in my book. At first, I wasn't going to put one in, and after someone asked me if "NMN" meant "namaste," I knew I had to put one in!
"NMN" means no middle name. Thanks. Robert On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Michele, > > Please consider that should you ever wish you publish, abbreviations instead > of full locations can be at best be meaningless, and perhaps actually > misleading for those not from the country, or even the general area to which > the location may refer. Would you understand, for example, the Chapman codes > for England? > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 9:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] A suggestion > > I wanted to tell y'all what I use the Verified box for on the Master > Location List in case it helps anyone. I add locations on the fly as I am > entering data. I am too lazy to click on the + next to the location and put > in the correct short form at that time. Periodically I will go to the > master Location List and put in the correct short locations in and then I > check the box that that location is verified. I can see at a glance which > locations have not been updated with a short location. > > My long forms are like this, > > Purvis, Lamar, Mississippi, USA Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
