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    1. Re: Emigration and Immigration
    2. Ira J. Lund
    3. * Eric: >The Standard Events in CFTW however say the opposite, viz >he: > Emigrated from Denmark >and he > Immigrated to UTAH. > >What is right and what is wrong? >I can find no help to the answer in the Gedcom standard * Mike: >You raise a valid point but I think the dictionary definitions clarify and >reinforce the CFTW method:- >emigrant - one who emigrates, as FROM a native land.... >immigrant - one who or that immigrates, a person who migrates INTO a >country..... I believe that when I set this up I used the logic that Mike indicated here. A change in this would cause problems for anyone who has used these two events in the past. More details could be given in notes. Ira ---------------------------------------------------------- Ira J. Lund Cumberland Family Software, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Genealogy Software for Beginners and Professionals E-mail: ira.lund@cf-software.com http://www.cf-software.com

    10/26/1998 03:00:12