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        \centerline{\bfsixteen Presentation and Symbols}
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If we consider the person called Solomon \ml, then:
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The expression \lq given name\rq\ refers to Solomon. An equivalent expression is \lq personal name\rq.
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The expression \lq family name\rq\ refers to \ml.
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\item{}Note that a person can have several given names and because of the 1808 name changes they might also 
have a \lq former name\rq\ or perhaps even several  former names.
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The expression \lq  name\rq\ refers to the combination, Solomon \ml.
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\kern -3pt Each ancestor appears at least once in a \lq presentation\rq\ form. This is illustrated by 
the main entry for 
Solomon \ml\ (see below for the symbols and abbreviations used):
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\ancestor{\bffourteen Solomon \ml\star\former{Solomon Hirtzel}} {111\|12\fsl 
112\|12}{ 1804.04.15 \[25 Germinal XII\], \dau\tiret 1865.11.08, \dau\ \[AN, 1808,\th AM,\th AD,\th S\]}
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 {\it Solomon Hirtzel\/}  is the former, in this case the pre-1808, name of Solomon \ml.
The names are followed by his  identification number, birth and death dates\fsl places and a list of the 
documents that 
are available.
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Note that women are always referred to by their pre-marriage names. The spelling of names has been
 standardized in the text e.g.\ Mantel\Th\EAA\kern-6pt Mandel;  L\ae vi\Th\EAA\kern-6ptL\ae vy; 
Salmann\Th\EAA\kern-6pt 
Solomon\gl, etc.\gl. For an AM taken from \[Fraen-mar\] I have kept the original spelling.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{dates\hfill}}Dates are given in the format:  
{year{\bfsixteen.}month{\bfsixteen.}day},
e.g.\ {1811.03.19} for March 19, 1811. 
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\item{} Note also that numbers less than 10 are written with a 0 before
the number, i.e.\ the above date is {\it not\/} written as {\tt 1811.3.19}\gl. [This format provides a means 
of listing the files in a directory of the DVD in the correct chronological order].
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Often it is not clear, or not indicated, if the date on a document is the actual date of an event (e.g.\ AD) 
or the date when the event was reported. Thus dates indicated may be off by a few days.
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Starting on September 22, 1792 [\th 01 vend\ae miaire of year I\th] until January 01, 1806 [\th 11 
niv\co se of year 
XIV\th]
the French Republican calendar was in effect.\HTML\ If a document was written in the period covered by the 
French 
Republican 
calendar then the date corresponding to the usual calendar is listed first, followed by the Republican date 
in square brackets. For conversions and more information:
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{\star\hfill}}There is a special section devoted to this person.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{ca.\hfill}}Circa, used when an educated guess can be made concerning
a date.  E.g.\ the age of a deceased person might appear on the death certificate, without the actual year of 
birth being given. The estimated date of birth is obtained by subtraction, but this might be off by one or 
more years.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{b. \hfill}}Before the date, e.g.\ b.\gl 1808 is used when the person is not listed 
in 
the change of name registers of 1808 (\gl [1808]\th, [Katz-1808]\gl) and there is reason to believe that they 
were no longer alive. This information should be used with caution, because the person may have changed 
domicile.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{a. \hfill}}After the date, e.g.\ a.\gl 1784 is used when the person is not listed in 
the census of 1784 (\gl [1784]\gl)  and there is reason to believe that they had not yet been born. This 
information should be used with caution, because of the great variation in names between 1784 and 1808, etc.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{*\hfill}}No information, used, e.g., when a first or last name
or a date is missing.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{ ?,\Th ??,\Th  ???\hfill}}These indicate respectively, \lq not absolutely
certain\rq, \lq educated guess\rq, \lq wild guess\rq. These are not employed on the charts or on the list of 
all the ancestors.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{ !,\Th !!,\Th  !!!\hfill}}These indicate respectively, 
\lq does not seem right\rq, \lq hard to believe\rq, \lq truly unbelievable\rq. These reflect such
things as disparate ages of children, etc.\gl.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{\bften DVD\hfill}}The    AN, AM, AD that are mentioned in the text 
appear on the accompanying DVD.  The symbol\ DVD\ is used with other documents, images etc.\ to 
indicate that they too appear on the DVD. 
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{\bften HTML\hfill}}Used to indicate that a topic  can be accessed  on the DVD from 
the 
HTML page:\Th
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{\ttten symbols\unl sources\unl references\unl etc.html}\gl.
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\llap{\hbox to \leftskip{\web\hfill}}Used with long web addresses to indicate that the
address is continued on the next line.
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