Ira, Hoping not to complicate this further I think Alfred has got a point and that this is the way most people would understand. However, I do think the correct way of using these terms should be: "A person emigrates from a country and immigrates to a country". Example: "John emigrated from Norway and immigrated to the USA". Thus, to be correct you should use borth events (emigration and immigration) when you want to inform someone that a person has left a country to enter another country. To avoid implementing both events (in telling that a person leave or enter a country)I think you should stick with the current version. Regards Reidar > -----Original Message----- > From: Alfred Kraft van Ermel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CFTW] emigrate/immigrate > > > Ira, > > I think that your current version is ok. > > Emigrating is used when a person is leaving his original country of > residence to (permanently) live in another country. So it should read > 'emigrated to' > > Immigrating is used when a person is entering his new country > of permanent > residence (after emigrating from his fatherland). So it should read > 'immigrated from'. > > kind regards, > > Alfred > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ira J Lund" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 18:29 > Subject: [CFTW] emigrate/immigrate > > > > I do recall some time ago (a year or more) someone told me > that the way I > > had emigrate and immigrate events was totally backwards. I thought I > > checked and thought they were so I fixed it - I thought. > Now I am being > > told that they are backwards again. So I double checked on a Web > dictionary > > and found: > > > > emigrate means to exit a country > > immigrate means to enter a country > > > > Thus my events should really say: > > > > %N emigrated from %P > > %N immigrated to %P > > > > and I think they are the other way around. I wonder how > many people I have > > messed up with this. I think in Ver 3.07 I better set it > straight (again). > > > > 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 > > > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > > You can contact the List Manager at: > > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access > to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcec ode=F11HB > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== You can contact the List Manager at: [email protected] ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library