Good point Ron. Adding an "unknown" in any field keeps you from getting the benefit of the search for Missing Information or including underlines for missing information in reports.
In both of these features, Legacy is looking for empty fields and "unknown" means the field isn't empty! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > If I do not know a date, and have too little information to use recognised > prefixes then I leave the field blank. > > I do not recommend using anything other than the recognised dates. To do > so is simply storing up problems with other programs, GEDCOM driven > websites etc. > > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > 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
