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Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	Martyn	Report	12 Sep 2010 16:39
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	OK sorry about this - it might be really simple but I have bee working on some charts ( they are called "AHNENTAFEL") and it keeps coming up with "bom" in the TEXT - followed by the Date of birth for that individual - and I just cannot work out what "bom" stands for - I tought it was BORN - "born" (see it looks like "bom") bit it is not - can someone help - Please thanks
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 24,533 Send Message	Bobtanian	Report	12 Sep 2010 17:12
	Martyn, is this in the listing for relationships? in mine i get b o r n-------- born is it possible that in your? notes you have mis typed that word as b o m?? you are aware that you can in(FTM)anyway, choose the text and fonts?? Bob ps in lthe listing I get such as.. children of (a)---i-first name, mid name, surname b (date)-place .......................ii-first name, mid name, surname b (date)-place .......................iii-.first name, mid name, surname b (date)-place and so on
	Researching: me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 10,204 Send Message	KempinaPartyhat	Report	12 Sep 2010 18:00
	its something about collection of figures ..... google ahnentafel bom ...... I guess its from latin but I havent had time to read all that yet!!!!