Well that makes at least two of us that have been doing it that way for 15+ years and likewise no problems exposed on this end. The terms Private and Unknown seem to be well recognized by and utilized within other genealogical sources and programs. Personally the Double Date feature always had me feeling uneasy but then we’re not talking a great expanse of time within those Double Dates. So it amounts to something akin to “about” or “circa” but with a little more specificity.
Brian in CA From: John B. Lisle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Words in date fields Sherry, Ron, et al, To each our own. I have been using the Unknown date convention for 15+ years with several genealogy programs and never had a problem and, since doing it, I have never had a 400 year old person listed as Private or Living... AND, from my web sites have had lots of folks write me to fill in the details where I did not have it. john. At 05:35 PM 12/19/2013, Sherry/Support wrote: 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] <mailto:[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
