Kristie..this is a very good idea as I have spent a lot of time with the same problem. I usually look up and down to find a 13 or higher, in the dates so I can figure out how the dating works. Sometimes though, I have gone through the years before I can hit upon the right date to figure it out. Thanks. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kmikstas@aol.com> To: <CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: [Cork] Suggestion on writing out dates > Hello, > I would like to make a suggestion when writing out dates. It would > eliminate a lot of confusion if we wrote out the month using the three letter > abbreviation instead of numbers. I would imagine most people realize that in > the US and Canada numerical dates are written month/day/year while in UK, > etc. it is written day/month/year. 4/7/02 could be April 7, 2002, or July > 4,2002 depending on which system you use. For all the years I have been doing > family history research (which is a lot) I have seen professional researchers > and the PAF program use 7 Apr 2002 or 4 Jul 2002. I have found that doing it > this way saves a lot of wrong dates and confusion when people are trading > information and are using different dating systems. > Thanks for your consideration. > Kristie in Utah > > > ==== CountyCork Mailing List ==== > ** CountyCork Mailing List homepage http://community.webtv.net/shamrockroots/countycork ** > >