You guys can certainly "Unknown" or any other designation but I'm just pointing out that when you enter anything but actual useful data in a field, it leaves a couple of the great features in Legacy unusable.
I particularly love the "Missing Information" search to help me find what I need to search on. Of course, you could do a detailed search on each field for "unknown" but that seems like a lot of extra typing to me to enter that therm and then do the Detailed Search when you can do one search with the Missing Info tab. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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
