You can also use Unknown (or ? or unk) in a date field.
There may be a problem using several of those OTHER words in a date field in that if you export to 3rd party product, the other product may not interpret that as a valid date.
I prefer to use "Unknown" is a death date field (as that seems to be universally accepted and then include a death note that might quality the death as "Died young", etc. or d.s.p. where appropriate.
I should mention that I had an death date on anyone I believe to be deceased. I really hate it when I see a genealogy posted online with someone obviously born 400 years ago listed as living... ;-)
john.
At 03:21 PM 12/19/2013, Sherry/Support wrote:
Look up Dates: Entering
Under the heading "Entering Dates" it shows:
You can also enter the following words into any date field: dead, deceased, child, infant, stillborn and young.
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Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Boyd Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
- You can enter any one of these words in a date field without triggering a Potential Problems alert.
- dead, deceased, child, young, stillborn, infant
- I can find no mention in the Help files of using these or similar words. Apart from the standard qualifiers such as about, between, before, after etc, are there any other words that can be used legitimately in a date field?Â
- Boyd
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