From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jul 27 09:07:20 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 k6RF7Kjb026476; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:07:20 -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 k6RF7AdV029724 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:07:10 -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 k6RCSdFI032509 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:28:39 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6RCSdqB032508 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:28:39 -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 k6RBlYFI032354 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:47:34 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6REPtCD004496 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:25:55 -0600 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Thu Jul 27 08:25:55 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 k6REPtjb004485 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:25:55 -0600 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6REPoR0027946 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:25:51 -0600 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so300519uge for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:25:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=olvoFVtAQJ5UNU2CfQdDvoEgOXO5lIdi9AaPnwPxMbC1rD1MBvb5wqGotlpEODMC0ckvuQzq4qagbG6GZEo9kAza7c0py/7f1gcqmEPonGYi+MDmmwmE1oTP04ZC2gvbNI3tHdUqcjMMugJjQBLvEXR+gOWpoK+mbeh7fj/4Bxw= Received: by 10.66.244.10 with SMTP id r10mr7172748ugh; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.220.16 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:25:46 -0700 From: Colleen To: "Sandy Jacobson" Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: ROOTS-L Digest V06 #313 Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <003b01c6b108$2054a230$6501a8c0@Sandy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed References: <200607240339.k6O3dTVH001014@lists5.rootsweb.com> <003b01c6b108$2054a230$6501a8c0@Sandy> 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 Welcome to the list:). We use abbreviations here as well as any other field. It is much easier to say GEDCOM than Genealogical Data Communication. If you don't know what an abbreviation means, try typing it into a web browser like Google or Dogpile. Better yet, go to www.google.comand type in the buffer "Genealogy Terms Abbreviations" (without the " ") and the first hit will give you this: http://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html. Go to that site and bookmark it (put it into your favorites). One of the most important skills to have when using the internet is learning how to identify keywords to use in search engines to get the information they want. For me, I formulate a question in my mind (What does Gedcom mean?), identify the subject and object of the sentence (Meaning and Gedcom) and use those words in my search engine. After a while you don't need the first step of formulating a question; it will come to you automatically. I understand the frustration with abbreviations, but when the phrase for which the abbreviation stands is lengthy, people will use the abbreviation :). On 7/26/06, Sandy Jacobson wrote: > > Hello, I am fairly new to genealogy research. I see so many times a > reference to gedcom but have no idea what it means. Please, please don't > abbreviate words as there are some who have no clue what you are speaking > of. Use the word, then in parenthesis the abbreviation. From then on > we'll > know what is being referred to. > > Thank you, > > Sandy J. > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com