In a message dated 12/28/1999 7:58:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, tjhowell@bellsouth.net writes: << there are three codes, obviously state or country codes, i.e. "NC", "SC", "Scot". my question is this: what do these three state/country codes stand for? >> If this is from the census, then the first one is the individual's place of birth, the second is the place of birth of their father and the third one is the place of birth of their mother. Hope this helps. Kathryne I am searching for John WILLIAMS and Mirah ROSSON, both born in NC, somewhere, first decade 1800's.