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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 17 November 16 04:04 GMT (UK) »
Is STK 'shorthand' for STOCK ... when it has a similar meaning to say 'generic'  so perhaps STK may be a database.

If so, perhaps it came about back in the DOS days. 

If you can find 'STK' being used in that sense, perhaps it may turn out to go back to the tickler index card catalogue systems from pre-puter days.  Those cards were known as 'stock' cards, as they were good for 'stock control' in warehousing etc.

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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 17 November 16 04:07 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: majm on Thursday 17 November 16 04:04 GMT (UK)
If so, perhaps it came about back in the DOS days. 

Is that not what they used on computers?  :)

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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 17 November 16 04:08 GMT (UK) »
I have added to my post.  Fingers got ahead of grey cells.

Yes,  re DOS.

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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 17 November 16 04:12 GMT (UK) »


like this  :)

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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 17 November 16 04:13 GMT (UK) »
Oh, the thread has been closed.  Sorry, I did not realise I was posting on a completed thread.

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Re: STK - Who or what does that stand for in Nova Scotia family history?
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 17 November 16 09:34 GMT (UK) »
Please see replies 3 & 4 where I answered the query quite a while before these last posts  ::)

STK was a PERSON- sometimes it's hard to beat local knowledge  ;)
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