on Ancestry found a matching contact oh good I thought she has the death I'm looking for so clicked on it and it says B41877 so there I am looking in the Dec quarter of 1877 trying to find him but nothing ,then I twig she means before 1877 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggggggghhhhhhh
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View Postglad it made you laugh Julie, its a first for me ,its bad enough when you get somebody born around 1850 and instead of giving the year they died they just put Dead??? I would hope so.Julie
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Text speak is invading all aspects of life.
There perfectly acceptable abbreviations bef. (before), aft. (after), cir. (circa) or even abt (about), why complicate matters.
I much prefer some information rather than a blank. At least then one has a point to limit intial searches for the event.
Cheers
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Originally posted by Guy View PostText speak is invading all aspects of life.
There perfectly acceptable abbreviations bef. (before), aft. (after), cir. (circa) or even abt (about), why complicate matters.
I much prefer some information rather than a blank. At least then one has a point to limit intial searches for the event.
Cheers
Guy
maybe that the reason that [some] people complicate by adding other abbreviations is that they are unaware of the protcol?Julie
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I cannot see how in most instances people know if somebody died before a certain date ?? as has been proved time and time again.This one for instance ,somebody has him in their Tree died 1870 in Pancras yet I cannot find it ?
I would rather leave it blank so people dont assume I'm right.
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View PostI cannot see how in most instances people know if somebody died before a certain date ?? as has been proved time and time again.This one for instance ,somebody has him in their Tree died 1870 in Pancras yet I cannot find it ?
I would rather leave it blank so people dont assume I'm right.Julie
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Well if a person is named on a gravestone as being buried in the grave it marks it can be safely assumed the person died before the gravestone was erected, even if a date of death is not shown. ;))
One may also assume that a person is born before their baptism therefore a birth date before the baptism date is a safe bet.
If the age of a person is only known from various census then the use of cir. can be helpful as it means approximately.
If a date is given for a divorce then obviously a marriage occurred before that date.
Such pointers are of course only clues as to the time period to base or start a search and should never be taken as accurate dates.
Cheers
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