State and country codes

 Here is the list of state and country codes.

CODE	STATE
AA	Asia General
AB	Alberta
AD	Andorra
AF	Africa General
AG	Afghanistan
AK	Alaska
AL	Alabama
AN	Albania
AR	Arkansas
AS	Aboard Ship
AT	Australia
AU	Austria
AX	Australasia
AZ	Arizona
BA	Bangladesh
BB	Barbados
BC	British Columbia
BD	Bermuda Islands
BE	Belgium
BH	Bahamas
BI	Balearic Islands
BM	Burma
BN	Baden (German State)
BO	Bohemia
BR	Brandenburg (German State)
BS	Bosnia
BU	Bulgaria
BV	Bavaria (German State)
CA	California
CB	Caribbean Islands
CD	Canada General
CE	Central American General
CH	China
CI	Canary Islands
CM	Cambodia
CN	Channel Islands
CO	Colorado
CR	Croatia
CS	Corsica
CT	Connecticut
CU	Cuba
CY	Ceylon
CZ	Czechoslovakia
DC	District of Columbia
DE	Delaware
DK	Denmark
DR	Dominican Republic
DT	Deutschland (German State)
EG	Egypt
EN	England
ES	Estonia
EU	Europe General
FI	Finland
FL	Florida
FR	France
GA	Georgia
GC	Grand Cayman
GE	Germany
GI	Gibraltar
GL	Greenland
GR	Greece
GU	Guernsey Island
GZ	Georgian SSR
HA	Hanover
HE	Hercegovina
HI	Hawaii
HK	Hong Kong
HN	Holstein (German State)
HO	Holland
HS	Hesse (German State)
HT	Haiti
HU	Hungary
HW	Crete
IA	Iowa
IC	Iceland
ID	Idaho
II	India
IL	Illinois
IM	Isle of Man
IN	Indiana
IO	Ionian Isles
IQ	Iraq
IR	Ireland
IS	Indonesia
IT	Italy
IW	Isle of Wight
JA	Japan
JI	Jersey Island
JM	Jamaica
JO	Jordan
KO	Korea
KS	Kansas
KY	Kentucky
LA	Louisiana
LB	Labrador
LI	Liechtenstein
LL	Alsace-Lorraine
LN	Lebanon
LT	Lithuania
LV	Latvia
LX	Luxembourg
MA	Massachusetts
MB	Manitoba
MC	Macedonia
MD	Maryland
ME	Maine
MG	Montenegro
MI	Michigan
MK	Mecklenburg (German State)
ML	Malta
MN	Minnesota
MO	Missouri
MQ	Martinique
MR	Moravia
MS	Mississippi
MT	Montana
MU	Madeira Islands
MV	Moldavia
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
MZ	Monaco
NB	New Brunswick
NC	North Carolina
ND	North Dakota
NE	Nebraska
NF	New Foundland
NG	New Guinea
NH	New Hampshire
NI	Northern Ireland
NJ	New Jersey
NL	Netherlands
NM	New Mexico
NP	Nepal
NR	North Sea
NS	Nova Scotia
NT	Northwest Territory
NV	Nevada
NW	Norway
NY	New York
NZ	New Zealand
OC	Oceania
OH	Ohio
OK	Oklahoma
ON	Ontario
OR	Oregon
PA	Pennsylvania
PE	Prince Edward Island
PG	Portugal
PH	Philippines
PK	Pakistan
PL	Palatinate (German State)
PO	Poland
PP	Pacific Islands
PQ	Quebec
PR	Puerto Rico
PU	Prussia
RD	Rhineland (German State)
RH	Rhodes
RI	Rhode Island
RO	Romania
RT	Indian Territory
RU	Russia
SA	South America General
SB	Serbia
SC	South Carolina
SD	South Dakota
SG	Singapore
SI	Shetland Islands
SK	Saskatchewan
SL	Silesia
SN	Saxony (German State)
SO	Slovakia
SP	Spain
SR	Sardinia
SS	Schleswig (German State)
ST	Scotland
SU	Soviet Union
SV	Slovenia
SW	Sweden
SX	Syria
SY	Sicily
SZ	Switzerland
TA	Tasmania
TG	Thurengia (German State)
TH	Thailand
TI	Tibet
TN	Tennessee
TR	Trinidad & Tobago
TU	Turkey
TX	Texas
UK	Ukraine
US	USA General
UT	Utah
VA	Virginia
VI	Virgin Islands
VN	Vietnam
VT	Vermont
WA	Washington
WI	Wisconsin
WL	Wales
WP	Westphalia (German State)
WR	Wurttemberg (German State)
WV	West Virginia
WY	Wyoming
YG	Yugoslavia
YU	Yukon Territory
ZB	Bhutan
ZI	Iran
ZM	Middle East General
ZS	Saudi Arabia

 

Some fun days in February

Thanks to AnnaLisa for giving us information on special days to celebrate this month.

February 4- National Homemade Soup Day

February 6- Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

February 10- National Flannel Day

February 12- Paul Bunyan Day

February 15- Susan B. Anthony Day

February 16- International Pancake Day

February 17- Random Acts of Kindness Day

February 27- National Retro Day

New Screens!

We have started using the new screens now.  Everyone should have received a password and user name to get in.  For now we will only have access to the grid and the obit screen.  Heather G will be working on the update relations page and household view in the coming weeks, so eventually our screens will be very similar to what we had before.

There are a few things to be aware of for now.  

1. The <Enter> button on your keyboard does not advance between fields but saves the record and goes immediately back to the grid.  Giles will attempt to turn this function off.  For now, remember to use Tab to advance between fields.

2. Auto advance does not currently work for dates and states, so you have to hit tab to advance after each entry.

3. The new screens require dashes in blank date fields (two in mm and dd and four in yyyy).

4. If you put your cursor on the dashes to enter a date, it will not let you enter anything until you either delete the dashes or highlight the dashes first.  If you Tab over to the date field, there is no issue entering dates.  

5. Do not hit <Enter> while in the remarks field to create a new line.  Please use a semicolon (;) to separate various remarks.

6. Please use only one URL in a field.

If you have any questions regarding the screen, please send an email to Sandy.  If she cannot answer your question, she will notify Giles and/or add the issue to the google doc of screen issues.

Answer to trivia question

Congratulations to AnnaLisa who got the correct answer to the trivia question!

Q: The only known monotremes in the animal kingdom are the echidna and which other creature?

A: Platypus

Here is a video, so you can learn a little bit more about the platypus.

Here are some fun facts about platypuses.

Some fun days in January

Thanks to AnnaLisa for giving us information on special days to celebrate this month. Personally, I commemorate Peculiar People Day every day. If you decide to celebrate on January 30, please record your neighbors' reactions and share them with us.

Jan 4- National Trivia Day

Jan 10- Peculiar People Day

Jan 11- National Clean Off Your Desk Day

Jan 17- Ben Franklin Day

Jan 19- National Popcorn Day

Jan 20- National Cheese Lovers Day

Jan 22- National Polka Dot Day

Jan 27- National Chocolate Cake Day

Jan 28- Daisy Day

Jan 30- Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Here is a question to celebrate National Trivia day:

The only known monotremes in the animal kingdom are the echidna and which other creature?

Feel free to answer in the comments. Also, it's okay to look up the answer or the definition of monotreme. No judgment here.

Flash Player end of life

Here is some information about end of life for Adobe Flash.

Action plan

 Here are our priorities:

• Finish up the last little bit of the Grandchildren sample.
• Death date search
• Data integrity checks
• 1,067 sons
• Collect birth date, death date, 1930 census, 1940 census for the sons (grandsons of the vets) of these sons
• Collect birth and death dates for the wives of these sons and grandsons of the vets
• Sample A draft cards
• Input height/weight/date from WWII draft cards for all Sample A grandsons
• Sample B draft cards/census links
• For all grandsons, input height/weight/date from WWII draft cards and 1930/1940 census links
• Samples A & B wives
• Collect birth and death dates for the wives of the Sample A and Sample B sons and grandsons

Action plan:

1. Finish Grandchildren sample
1. Please have your death date searches finished this week. You may ask others for help with your lists.
2. I will email you any corrections you need to make for data integrity checks.
2. Sample A draft cards
1. Begin work on this as soon as you're finished with the death date search.
3. 1,067 sons
1. Once we get a final sample for this collection we will begin it, even if we haven't finished collecting Sample A draft cards
4. Sample B draft cards/census links
5. Samples A & B wives

I will email instructions before we begin each item.