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    • Subject: Re: question on ES date -
    From: rbodine996@aol.com (RBodine996)
    Date: 1997/02/05
    Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval

    Responding to several questions from ES about dating, all is explained in the section at the beginning of each volume, "Zeichenerklaerung und Anweisung fuer die Benutzing der Stammtafeln" loosly translated as Explanation of Symbols and Instructions for the Use of the Genealogical Tables. If you don't understand German then you have a problem. The symbol t, like a little dagger, means died. If a date follows this symbol it is the date of death. If the date precedes the symbol them the death occured by this date, so any time before. Dates in parentheses ( ) following another date indicate that although, for example, a date of death is recorded, another source gives a different date. Dates such as *(1365) indicate a birth in 1365 that has been assumed or deduced from some source and may be right on the button, but when it has been estimated, then the date would be stated as "um 1365" meaning circa. The little block after a date of death, indicates the place of burial. Crossed swords preceding a deathdate means killed in battle, whereas crossed swords in parentheses ( ) indicate death resulted from wounds in battle.

    Ronny
    RBodine996@aol.com


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