Jenny, The issue is that an occupation doesn't necessarily need a date. If Legacy used sort dates, this would allow you to put (sort) the occupation (or any event for that matter) in the proper sequence without having to show a guesstimated date - sort dates only show in your data, not in your reports.
Ron Bernier Woonsocket, RI On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Jenny M Benson <[email protected]>wrote: > On 30/04/2013 12:08, Larry wrote: > > I raised that same issue. I have recently been thinking about this > > issue of showing events in reports. My thought so far is that events > > do have dates associated with them, although we may not know the > > date(s). For practical sorting reasons I believe it would be > > necessary to have what I term a "Pseudo Date". This would allow an > > event to be displayed in a timeline in a "user assigned" or > > approximated position rather than at the top of a list by default. > > Here is a simplistic example to illustrate this. If I were to use a > > Burial Event to show the cemetary information, I most likely don't > > know the date. To prevent this from appearing at the top of a > > chronological listing, ie., before they were born, which is obviously > > absurd, I would use a Pseudo Date following the Death Date to place > > it in correct sequence. This Pseudo Date could be set to invisible so > > it wouldn't show on a report giving the false impression that it is a > > known date. A Pseudo Date could also be useful in sorting children. I > > know Mary to be the third child but have no Birth Date, for example. > > > I am happy to use "About", "Before" or "After" where I don't know an > exact date but feel one is necessary/useful. I think any of these is > sufficient to show that the exact date is not known. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > 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
