I have been using the term "Abt" before unknown birth dates with no problem.
Such as -- John Smith Born: Abt 1840 Died: 12 February 1867 It works for me Rich >________________________________ >From: Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:54 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How to enter questionable date of death > >Thanks for the warning, I have not used that feature - yet. I know I >don't even begin to use all the features of Legacy and I will keep >this in mind for when I get more adventurous. > > >Eliz > >On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Brian/Support ><[email protected]> wrote: >> Just a word of warning. Legacy will not recognize a date with maybe >> before or after the real date so if you have date checking turned on you >> will be warned that this is a "bad" date. It will still be accepted, >> Legacy is very flexible and will accept almost anything in a date field, >> but there may be problems with sorting the date since it is not in a >> recognizable format. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> [email protected] >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> >> We are changing the world of genealogy! >> When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. >> Thanks. >> >> On 18/05/2011 4:25 PM, Greg Matthews wrote: >>> That works for me. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Eliz Hanebury <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I use maybe either before or after the date, it shows clearly, to me, >>> that it is iffy. >>> >>> >>> Eliz >> >> >> 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 >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >> our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> > > >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 >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
