Hi Sarge I will probably not submit a GEDCOM but I would like my database to be consistent. My husband's mother's family were Garrs and are pretty well covered in the Gar Genealogy book. I have found errors in the book but oh well. I use Brother's Keeper and it is easy to find and change locations and to capitalise the surname. I am interested in the format for locations. I do mailings for two non-profits and our post office during the last few years has insisted " no comma or periods " so I have been trained. Recently, I have been using " Podunk Whatever Co VA" but since the majority of my database is not consistent I am willing to change. I use 04 March 1900 for the date and probably would not change but Brother's Keeper will change my lazy entry of 03/04/1900 to my preferred method. I have been researching for about five years and agree with Peggy as my first few years were sloppy and I am still not as observant as I should be. I need to go back and look up lots of counties to add to city and state. I have used "cut and paste" and am now paying for my laziness. Even my one hand typing is no excuse. My database only has 5200 entries. If I was a faster typist, I could add thousands of name that I have received from fellow researchers. I also try to verify names before I add them to my database. I am amazed at the willingness of researchers to help and share their information. Thanks to everyone. I also noticed that everyone of my sentences begin with "I" , sorry Thanks Sandy Cowan

I need to go back and look up lots of counties to add to city and state. Sandy, if you go to www.familysearch.org -- library catalog--place search (succeeding pages)  and put the name of your town in the PLACE search and the state in the PART OF search, it will give you a county for your town. You need to spell out the complete word for the state -- no abbreviations. Good luck on getting your files under control. At least you are starting at the 5,000 mark and not the 15,000 like mine. The first step is always the hardest -- or so I have been told -- so I am ready to take it. <smile. Take care all, Marilyn

I have a question? Is the Gar Genealogy book one of the Germanna books? I suspect one of the ancestor's that I am looking for is Amanda Jane Garr married to Stephen Robert Hitt. Rhonda Cowan -----Original Message----- From: germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:germanna_colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sandra Cowan Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:13 AM To: germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] GEDCOMS-What You Need To Do Hi Sarge I will probably not submit a GEDCOM but I would like my database to be consistent. My husband's mother's family were Garrs and are pretty well covered in the Gar Genealogy book. I have found errors in the book but oh well. I use Brother's Keeper and it is easy to find and change locations and to capitalise the surname. I am interested in the format for locations. I do mailings for two non-profits and our post office during the last few years has insisted " no comma or periods " so I have been trained. Recently, I have been using " Podunk Whatever Co VA" but since the majority of my database is not consistent I am willing to change. I use 04 March 1900 for the date and probably would not change but Brother's Keeper will change my lazy entry of 03/04/1900 to my preferred method. I have been researching for about five years and agree with Peggy as my first few years were sloppy and I am still not as observant as I should be. I need to go back and look up lots of counties to add to city and state. I have used "cut and paste" and am now paying for my laziness. Even my one hand typing is no excuse. My database only has 5200 entries. If I was a faster typist, I could add thousands of name that I have received from fellow researchers. I also try to verify names before I add them to my database. I am amazed at the willingness of researchers to help and share their information. Thanks to everyone. I also noticed that everyone of my sentences begin with "I" , sorry Thanks Sandy Cowan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message