I have noticed that some people use "Of Youngstown, OH" or "Of London, England" instead of "Youngstown, OH" or "London, England." It appears that these have the same meaning, but obviously the sort in the Place Name Editor does not work. I also often see. ", , , OH" instead of "OH" indicating missing City, Twp., Co., entries. Is there an advantage to this or a GEDCOM convention that works off these commas? Ronald H. Hoffman 1345 Race St. Denver, CO 80206 ronhoffman@yahoo.com home: 303-316-9303 cell: 720-989-6747 http://center.spoke.com/profiles/RonaldHoffman ____________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Ira J Lund [mailto:ira.lund@cf-software.com] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:23 AM To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CFTW] "Of" I little uncertain as to your meaning. Can you give an example? Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com Web: http://www.cf-software.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Hoffman" <ronhoffman@yahoo.com> To: <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:28 AM Subject: [CFTW] "Of" > > I am seeing some locations listed as "of" LOCATION. > > Is there a special meaning to this, or can I list it as "LOCATION?" > > > Ron > > > Ronald H. Hoffman > 1345 Race St. > Denver, CO 80206 > ronhoffman@yahoo.com > home: 303-316-9303 > cell: 720-989-6747 > http://center.spoke.com/profiles/RonaldHoffman > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)
When preceding a place name like "of Youngstown, Ohio" it means the person lived in that area at one time in their life, but it does not necessarily mean they were born there, as this is normally placed in a birth place field. The extra commas are a product of other programs (PAF usually) - but I don't care for them and if I ever copy info from the web into my database I edit out all the commas and spell states out all the way. I try to keep my data looking clean. I even lower case the "Of" to "of" as I think it looks better and remove commas that often follow the "of". Ira ------------------------------------------------ Mr. Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com Web: http://www.cf-software.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Hoffman" <ronhoffman@yahoo.com> To: <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:02 AM Subject: RE: [CFTW] "Of" > > I have noticed that some people use "Of Youngstown, OH" or "Of London, > England" instead of "Youngstown, OH" or "London, England." It appears that > these have the same meaning, but obviously the sort in the Place Name > Editor does not work. > > I also often see. ", , , OH" instead of "OH" indicating missing City, > Twp., Co., entries. Is there an advantage to this or a GEDCOM convention > that works off these commas? > > > Ronald H. Hoffman > 1345 Race St. > Denver, CO 80206 > ronhoffman@yahoo.com > home: 303-316-9303 > cell: 720-989-6747 > http://center.spoke.com/profiles/RonaldHoffman > ____________________________________ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ira J Lund [mailto:ira.lund@cf-software.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:23 AM > To: CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CFTW] "Of" > > > I little uncertain as to your meaning. Can you give an example? > > Ira > ------------------------------------------------ > Mr. Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software > E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com Web: http://www.cf-software.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Hoffman" <ronhoffman@yahoo.com> > To: <CFT-WIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:28 AM > Subject: [CFTW] "Of" > > > > > > I am seeing some locations listed as "of" LOCATION. > > > > Is there a special meaning to this, or can I list it as "LOCATION?" > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > Ronald H. Hoffman > > 1345 Race St. > > Denver, CO 80206 > > ronhoffman@yahoo.com > > home: 303-316-9303 > > cell: 720-989-6747 > > http://center.spoke.com/profiles/RonaldHoffman > > > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > > Subject: unsubscribe > > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from CFT-WIN, send an e-mail message to: > CFT-WIN-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > CFT-WIN-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > CFT-WIN-admin@rootsweb.com > >