From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Feb 17 13:34:36 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1HKYajb023240; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:34:36 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1HKYYQT011769 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:34:35 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1HHbLFI001910 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:37:21 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1HHbLZb001909 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:37:21 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1HCZsFI032186 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:35:54 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1HF4ifN008778 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:04:44 -0700 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Fri Feb 17 08:04:44 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1HF4ijb008769 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:04:44 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-03-eri0.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-03.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.42]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1HF4eIH028647 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:04:41 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-175-91-92.houston.res.rr.com [24.175.91.92]) by ms-smtp-03-eri0.texas.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1HF4ceU012209; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:04:39 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003301c633d3$ddb15420$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Joe Price" , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Township abbreviation? Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:07:26 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Joe, this is an instance where I don't think it much matters ... whatever you're comfortable with. There is an instance - the abbreviation for county, where I think it is good to use the generally accepted Co and then the two-letter official post office code for state. I do see people use CO for county and you can actually know what they mean, but CO is the official abbreviation for Colorado. I also see some use cty .. that is the abbreviation for City, not county. Just a reminder to some of our new-to-genealogy folks out there: generally accepted example - Houston, Harris Co TX All records are accessed by county ... even when you're looking up a Federal census ... so the county is very important to note. And, of course, almost every state that I know about has more than one town by the same name, so it really becomes important to let your reader know which county your town is in. Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Texas Member, Assoc of Professional Genealogists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Price" To: Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 11:08 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Township abbreviation? > Should the abbreviation for township be written in upper case or lower > case letters? > > That is, should I write Springfield TWP. or Springfield twp? > > Joe in Idaho, the Gem State.