In a message dated 2/20/03 7:33:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, smothersnena@hotmail.com writes: > ca means circa) or use abt (means about). > Usually "ca" is used when you are using a 20 year "window) for the date and > > "abt" is used when you are using a 5 year window > > Nena.....I didn't know this. I thought they were used one and the same. Thanks for this bit of info. Karen Theofanides