On 2010/03/14 11:50, Ron Ferguson wrote: > Let us look at the English censuses; these are usually taken in March, > so if someone was aged 8 at the time of the 1911 census then there birth > year would be 1911-8=1903. But consider, the birth actually took place > between March/April 1902 and February/March 1903, so the probability is > that the birth year was actually 1902.
At one stage, I actually got into the habit of entering the year 1902/1903, but it seems to cock the subsequent age calculations up. I had tried 1902/03, but then double-dating then got in the way. Now, I use the 'Abt.' prefix. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
