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abreviations!!!
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:38 |
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fiche?????? and GRO????.... c.mon you profeesional lot! Give a dummy a clue? The dummy newbie Gerri xx |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:39 |
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FRC???? LMA???? |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:45 |
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A huge thankyou Yvonne. We all have to learn! Gerri x |
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VIVinHERTS | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:46 |
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Sorry Gerri, Was it me? London Metropolitan Archives and Family Records Centre Viv |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:47 |
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No Viv...not just you hun...you ALL do it lol |
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Geoff | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:48 |
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Fiche - a sheet of plastic about 6" by 4", containing micro-sized copies of about 50 pages of text. Can only really be read using a microfiche reader. Some fiche readers allow you to make a copy of a page of text. |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:51 |
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Thanks everyone:))) At this rate I'll soon look as clever as you lot lol(Iwish!) |
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Helen | Report | 29 Dec 2004 19:56 |
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and your homework tonight Gerry is IGI, LDS and BMD :-) There will be a test tomorrow:-) |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 29 Dec 2004 20:02 |
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Angela... Do you like apples? lol |
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Carole | Report | 30 Dec 2004 12:53 |
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No getting out of it with bribery Gerri - teacher is still waiting for her answer! LOL! (oops there's another one) The company I work for uses so many acronyms, it actually has a web-page devoted to them, so new employees can understand what the hell everyone is talking about! Carole |
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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ | Report | 30 Dec 2004 13:01 |
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I've been at this 3 years now Geri but I have an abbreviation I would like explaining. WFT - It usually appears on websites like Gencircles. It will say something like George Bloggs Birth 24 Feb 1839 Death Wft Est 1840-1929 Anybody know what it means? Jeanette x |
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Geoff | Report | 30 Dec 2004 14:21 |
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WFT is an abbreviation for a data source eg- Abbreviation: World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: May 6, 1997 |
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Martin | Report | 30 Dec 2004 14:42 |
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I have no problem with proper abbreviations. You soon get used to them and don't want to have to write out the common ones in full every time - IGI, BMD etc. It does not take much effort to look them up either through a web search or on a family history site. At least they are much better than the horrible text message abbreviations that are appearing everywhere! I don't even use them when sending SMSs on the mobile phone never mind in normal use on the PC. Martin |
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