Of course, the only Event which the Q Date refers is that of the Registration of the BMD, which, for births, can be of a larger range than that which you indicate. The most appropriate date for the record is that which is used by convention, and more importantly by the General Records Office to reference the record, is the last month of the quarter, ie. March, June, September, December.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What is the point of Family Search 2? The Q format is not does not give the date of a vital event; it gives the group identification of a record. Properly, it should be used as a source, not a date. Since it gives the time period the event was recorded, the best date approximation is "about the first month of the Q period". All Q periods will include events preceding the Quarter, and in the preceding year for the Mar quarter, and will miss events close to the Quarter end, again resulting in a year error for the Dec Quarter. "abt. month year" is the closest approximation for an estimated date and indicates that it is estimated. kb 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
