From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jul 20 12:37:17 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 k6KIbHjb011146; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:37:17 -0600 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 k6KIbGcS007915 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:37:16 -0600 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 k6KFx9FI016713 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:59:09 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6KFx9Ve016712 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:59:09 -0400 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 k6KFaOFI016576 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:36:24 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6KIEKAw005779 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:14:20 -0600 X-Envelope-From: JNich57@aol.com Thu Jul 20 12:14:20 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 k6KIEKjb005768 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:14:20 -0600 Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com (imo-m17.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.207]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KIEE8m018727 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:14:15 -0600 Received: from JNich57@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id f.3ba.227bc500 (41812); Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:12:03 -0400 (EDT) From: JNich57@aol.com Message-ID: <3ba.227bc500.31f12173@aol.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:12:03 EDT Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Genealogy Software To: whitleys@ptd.net, ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5032 X-Spam-Flag: NO 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 Fred -- Your point is well taken and certainly does not offend. Personal Ancestral File (PAF) is the genealogy software created by the Mormon church. It can be downloaded at no charge from their web site (_www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) ) JON In a message dated 7/20/2006 11:45:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, whitleys@ptd.net writes: Hi, Please explain what the acronym PAF represents. Every 'arena' has a vocabulary, and usually those who are well versed in that 'arena' know what these letters represent. This technique is commonly done, but the assumption that all parties are knowledgeable of their meaning is not correct. So I ask everyone to please first write out the meaning, i.e. Family Tree Maker, then use FTM in the text. Oh, and while I am thinking of it, the same for pronouns. PLEASE use the noun first in responses in the TEXT of the message. So often I read something like "That was a good idea" and I wonder what the pronoun is modifying. I sincerely hope my message does not offend anyone, because my desire id to improve communication and not to make anyone uncomfortable while sharing with the group. Thank you, and stay well. FRED in PA