I wonder if anyone can help me figure out what the "(of))" in the following LDS record means ... I see it all the time and I can't for the life of me figure out what it means. I've even searched the site to see if they have a page for abbreviations and what they mean but can't find one. It doesn't seem likely that it would mean 'of Mono Twp' because that is seemingly implied already. Thanks in advance! Lynda Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File ____________________________________ John James CLARK Compact Disc #97 Pin #194042 _Pedigree_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/PRF/pedigree_view.asp?recid=970194042&familyid=9700 78354&frompage=99) Sex: M ____________________________________ Event(s) Birth: abt 1849 (of), Mono Twp, ON, CANADA ____________________________________ Parents ____________________________________ Marriage(s) Spouse: _Elizabeth Ann Montgomery_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=970191237) Disc #97 Pin #191237 Marriage: abt 1874 (of), ON, CANADA ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Lynda -- I believe it means that an exact place of birth (or death or whatever) isn't known but the person lived there at some point, so, it's a point of reference. A search of the records for that place may or may not have been done. For instance, a birth date may have been taken from family notes or a Bible with no place given, but the person in question may have lived there and had children, so the "of" was put in so indicate that the birth place isn't a certainty. Cheers -- Judy LyndaMN@aol.com wrote: I wonder if anyone can help me figure out what the "(of))" in the following LDS record means ... I see it all the time and I can't for the life of me figure out what it means. I've even searched the site to see if they have a page for abbreviations and what they mean but can't find one. It doesn't seem likely that it would mean 'of Mono Twp' because that is seemingly implied already. Thanks in advance! Lynda Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File ____________________________________ John James CLARK Compact Disc #97 Pin #194042 _Pedigree_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/PRF/pedigree_view.asp?recid=970194042&familyid=9700 78354&frompage=99) Sex: M ____________________________________ Event(s) Birth: abt 1849 (of), Mono Twp, ON, CANADA ____________________________________ Parents ____________________________________ Marriage(s) Spouse: _Elizabeth Ann Montgomery_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/PRF/individual_record.asp?recid=970191237) Disc #97 Pin #191237 Marriage: abt 1874 (of), ON, CANADA ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour *********** Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From the Family Search website - "The Pedigree Resource File is a lineage-linked database of records submitted by individuals through FamilySearch Internet". Since the information you have seems to relate to a marriage, I would say that "of" means that Mono Twp was either the birthplace or residence of John James CLARK when he married, according to the person who submitted the information. Note that the marriage date is "abt" which might mean that they guessed at a marriage date based on the age of the oldest child, and the birth date is "abt" which means they might have assumed he was 25 when he was married and just subtracted to get a birth year of 1849. The names and address of the two people who submitted this information is available - you either contact them to find the source of their information, or use it as a starting point to find the source yourself. Since all of their information is "abt" is unlikely that they have seen the original record. Robin -----Original Message----- From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of LyndaMN@aol.com Sent: July 11, 2007 5:48 PM To: ONTARIO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ONTARIO] LDS record abbreviation confusion I wonder if anyone can help me figure out what the "(of))" in the following LDS record means ... I see it all the time and I can't for the life of me figure out what it means. I've even searched the site to see if they have a page for abbreviations and what they mean but can't find one. It doesn't seem likely that it would mean 'of Mono Twp' because that is seemingly implied already. Thanks in advance! Lynda