I would not be in favor of that as a date term. It’s not a modifier of the date, like “before”, “after”, or “between”. It’s an abbreviation of a past-tense verb, like “born”, “died”, “lived”, etc., and those are not date terms. You see born, died, etc., in phrases, such as a lifespan, but those verbs are not part of the date, they are a peer to the date where, for example, “born” answers “what?” and the date answers “when?”.
I wouldn’t object to “fl” if used to indicate a minimum lifespan when no evidence has been found for birth or death, but there are other ways of indicating that, and those methods are widely supported, such as using “bef <date>” in a birth event when you have date evidence from another event. John Cardinal Products: <https://www.ora-extension.com/> ORA, <https://www.gedsite.com/> GedSite, <https://www.gedcompublisher.com/> Gedcom Publisher, <https://www.secondsite8.com/> Second Site, <https://www.johncardinal.com/tmgutil> TMG Utility, <https://www.tmgtogedcom.com/> TMG to GEDCOM Web Hosting for Genealogists: <https://www.familyhistoryhosting.com/> Family History Hosting From: LegacyUserGroup <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 9:55 AM To: 'Legacy User Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] TR: Duplicate Would it be possible to accept the abbreviation fl in the date field? Floruit >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Floruit ( <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English> /ˈflɔːrju.ɪt/; abbr. fl. or occasionally flor.; from <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language> Latin <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/floruit#Latin> floruit 'he/she flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-OELD-1> [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-AH-2> [2] In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun> noun indicating the time when someone flourished. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-OELD-1> [1] Etymology and use[ <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Floruit&action=edit§ion=1> edit] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language> Latin: flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb flōreō, flōrēre "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun flōs, flōris, "flower". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-3> [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-AH-2> [2] Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy> genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-Adeleye-4> [4] For example, if there are <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_(law)> wills <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attestation_clause> attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_history> art history when dating the career of an artist. In this context, it denotes the period of the individual's artistic activity. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floruit#cite_note-5> [5] In some cases, it can be replaced by the words "active between [date] and [date]", depending on context and if space or style permits.
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