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From: "Kay Schmidt" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Omissions
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:05:27 -0800
In-Reply-To: <44076752.6080707@verizon.net>


Am I correct in thinking using the exclusion sign (-) would result in
another place in the MPL?

Kay Schmidt

-----Original Message-----
From: bob gillis [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [TMG] Omissions


Lynn Rudberg wrote:

>Perhaps my hopes are unrealistic but here goes: When I input data and then
look at the individual narrative or journal reports, I often find I need to
place the omission sign (-) at the county or state level element so that the
narrative is not redundant and is more readable.
>

I understand why you do that and I do likewise .

> However, that means that the pedigree charts (and I suspect the box charts
too) have incomplete data regarding places. Is there a way to work around
this or must I deal with each narrative report by deleting the redundant
place elements in Word
>

But why do you want the full place in a pedigree or chart? Either
still shows the full place in the birth/baptism and only the Detail/City
in the other Tags.

bob gillis

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