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From: "Richard Otter"@mail.rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [TMG] Methods-Dates: How do you handle Unknown Dates?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:41:19 -0800
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20050202190723.0401aa60@mail.bellsouth.net>


Well, yes for the example given, but each date will have its own, probably
different, uncertainty.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Hoffman [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:09 PM
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Subject: RE: [TMG] Methods-Dates: How do you handle Unknown Dates?


Richard J Otter wrote:
>For estimates, I always use dates with an uncertainty, written as, e.g.
>"1934 ±5 yr"

So if you have the Circa range in Preferences set to 5 years, that is
exactly what "circa 1934 means."


Lee Hoffman/KY
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