My thought would be: abt = you have some pretty solid evidence, but not exact (or if the evidence said "about")
est = YOU made an educated guess, or you KNOW someone else made an educated guess. For example if you had the birth date of 1st and 3rd child, and you had no date on 2nd child but you stuck in a date so 2nd child would show up in correct order. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PUT A NOTE about this for that child, stating that it was a guess and not based upon any solid evidence. But I'm not sure if putting in things like this is wise 'cause someone else might not see your notes and may take the guess as solid evidence for their file . . . Bob On 01/06/2014 02:08, Kathy Thompson wrote: > Where I have specific dates with specific ages I use about > aged X in Y - born About Z > > > Where I have an event occuring at a date and that event can only > happen after a certain age - marriage, voting, etc - then I use Before > on an electoral roll in 1921 - born before 1900 (notes: based on min > legal age of 21 to vote in X location at that time) > marrying in 1867 - declared as "of full age" - born before 1846 > (notes: based on "of full age" being the age of 21.) > > > When I have a child of a couple being born/baptised at a known time, I > use other clues to establish marriage > Baptism - does the register indicate base born or natural or > illegitimacy in anoy other way? Yes? then I note that no marriage had > occured at that time, otherwise I leave it blank as unless you have > confirmed ages for the parents at that time and therefore know that > marriage it likely to be within the last year. > If I had a child next year, and an assumption was made that I married > the year before the child was born, they'd be wrong. I got married 18 > years ago. > (Yes, Legacy would throw up "First child born too long after marriage" > warning signs) > > > As for whether to use About or Estimated - I prefer About/Abt simply > because Est can also mean Established. > > > > On 6 January 2014 16:52, Valerie B Garton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have now confused myself: > > Age 21 in 1911 census born abt/est 1890 > > Died age 47 in 1865 born abt/est 1818 > > Child born 1867 with no marriage for parents - marriage est/abt 1866 - > source: marriage date assuming this is the first born child > Parents of above > child F born est/abt 1841 M born est/abt 1854 - source: birth > dates assuming > parents aged 26 and 22 at time of possible first born child > > Any more suggestions please ? > > Cheers from Valerie in sunny Sydney > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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 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
