Hello, Alec: I heard from Toni who said she was using her computer at work when she sent that message, and at her work they have to have that footer on all messages. I can understand that, but thought I'd best check before forwarding her message. She said it was OK and thanked me for checking. Message has been forwarded. Lucille -----Original Message----- From: Alec Cameron <acameron@hinet.net.au> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 12:45 AM Subject: 1. F,C,B tags on IGI events 2. Address line, footer at end of emails >1. Judy wrote here and got lotsa replies..... > >> I don't remember seeing a B for birth, only C for Christening and M for >> marriage. I still can't figure out what the F is for. > >Using the IGI can be so exciting that we may forget to read the column >headings, and Instructions. A fiche numbered IGI 20001 provides the >clues. It is suppplied with each fiche set. > >F and M are for female, male >C is christening, B is birth >FR is Frame Number and is commonly seen in the OPR Index but NOT on the >IGI. On fiche, the OPR <looks> like the IGI but it ain't ;~) >============================= >2. Lucille queried the long message footer used on an email from Toni I >think. A very long one it was, containing > >> >The information contained in this transmission is confidential. It >> >may also be legally privileged. > >The unwanted receipt of that text costs us collectively a mint of money, >and causes the ISPs and phone companies to Smile All the Way to the >Bank!! > >If you have a long footer for reason of trade etc, then as a rule you >may crop this while still in the Message Composition Screen. But we do >forget sometimes, yes?!! > >Cheers......... > >-- >ALISTAIR M. CAMERON, A.A.G.R.A. also known as ALEC > **My Ancestral File No. is TO4M-WJ** > >Consultant at Mittagong Family History Centre, and trading >as CAMERON RESEARCH, Reg. with N.S.W. Dept of Fair Trading. > >P.O. Box 215 BUNDANOON N.S.W. 2578 AUSTRALIA > > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >For up to date info, try: >http://www.scotland.net/ > >============================== >Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! >http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ >The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! >