On 09/04/2012 13:55, [email protected] wrote:
> The Q format is not does not give the date of a vital event;
Which is why I said "I am looking at a GRO Index of Registration date
and not a suggested, approximate or calculated date of a Vital Event.
Seeing a Q date also tells me at a glance that I have the GRO
Registration information already so can apply for a Certificate if I
wish. If I see a date like "abt January 1856" I don't know, without
further investigation, where I derived that date.
Also "abt" can mean different things to different people. I prefer to
use abt when I am fairly sure of a date to within a year ("abt 1856"
meaning 1855, 1856 or 1857) or within a month ("abt January 1856"
meaning Dec 1855 or Jan or Feb 1856.)
--
Jenny M Benson
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