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Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 50 Send Message	Charlotte	Report	27 Dec 2008 04:12
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 50 Send Message	I’d like to recommend a book ,“Getting It Right” by Mary Slawson. (I have no financial interest in its sale.) It is “The definitive guide to recording family history accurately”. There are explanations and lists for names, titles and offices, dates, geographic locations and events, etc. For example: the accepted method of entering dates in genealogy is by day, month written out, year (without commas). When all dates are numbers it increases the likelihood of misunderstanding as US usually express a date as month day year or 3/1/1989 for March 1, 1989 and UK as day month year or 1/3/1989 for the same. Book is available on Amazon.com. Charlotte
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 275 Send Message	Caz	Report	27 Dec 2008 14:17
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 275 Send Message	Thanks Charlotte. The book could come in very handy. Caz