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    Welcome, Rich.

     

    First, that sentence doesn't produce that output.  :(

     

    The actual sentence is:

     

    [P] <|and [PO]> appeared on the census <of [D]> <[LCN]> at age [A]

     

    The age, as you surmise, comes from the [A] variable. The age variables compute the age based on the date in primary birth group tag and the date in the current tag. John's primary birth tag is dated 11 Oct 1812, and the census tag 9 Sep 1850, thus the age of 37.

     

    Note that the age produced is unrelated to what the census may have said about his age, although in this case it is the same.

     

    Thanks Terry.

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    Hi,

    As a newbie, I’m trying to get started by reading a section of the books, then making changes to my project to see if I really understand. Then I compare it to the sample sentence in the books or in the sample project. After reading about tags and sources, I make changes to duplicate the sample project to see if I get the same results. I don’t. For John Alexander (10), the sample uses a census sentence of:

    [:CR:][:CR:][P]<, [A],> <|and [PO]> appeared on the census <of [D]> <[L]>

    and gets the sentence:

    He appeared on the census of 9 Sep 1850 in Carter County at age 37. He appeared on the census of 1860 in Elizabethton, Carter County at age 47.

     

    Now the [A] is the age, but where does TMG get the number from?

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    Thanks,

    Rich

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