At 10:16 AM 3/22/01 +1200, you wrote: >I agree with everyone that it is currently correct in vers 3.06 and should >not be changed, however another similar confusion occurs with >Departure/Arrival. I think departure is wrong eg. William departed April 10, >1826 at London Middlesex. Therefore I think it should read %N departed %D >p{from} %P, likewise Arrival might read better with %N arrived %D p{in} %P. Yes, the above does look better and don't think will mess anything up. >To confuse this even further it would be equally correct to say the >following %N departed %D p{for} %P and likewise %N arrived %D p{from} %P. I don't like this one. >The question I have is that if we each change it to read in what we believe >is correct English, how will GEDCOM handle it? My guess is that other programs are likely more careful than I have been and will use the proper defination of emigrating "from" and immigrating "to". Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.cf-software.com Cumberland Family Software, 385 Idaho Springs Road, Clarksville TN 37043

At 08:15 AM 03/22/2001, Ira J Lund wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >(snip) >My guess is that other programs are likely more careful than I have been >and will use the proper defination of emigrating "from" and immigrating >"to". > >Ira **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********** And that's another good reason to discuss subjects like this here on the Mailing List. We need to know these things! Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN