I have always used 'c birth date' for the birth when I only have a baptism date. 'Est' or 'Bef' work too. However, Legacy doesn't always recognize this as a date, or may interpret it incorrectly.
Example PP: If I have a baptism date of 13 May 1849 and use c 13 May 1849 as a birth date, the PP will pick up on the birth date when checking against other birthdates. If I erred and had the birth as c 13 May 1859, baptism 13 May 1849 there would be NO PP reported regarding Baptism. If the birth was simply 13 May 1859 and the baptism 13 May 1849 the Legacy would report 'Baptism before birth'. So Legacy does look at Baptism dates but only seems to check them against the birth dates. I prefer the use of 'c/Est/Bef Baptism date' for the birth, rather than leaving it blank. I immediately know that it the baptism date. With 13 May 1849 as the baptism example, I see others using 'May 1849' (and other variations) for the birth, which I find misleading. Using 'c birth date' now appears to sort properly, however if there is a Baptism date and no Birth date the person will not sort by date in the index. I have not tested Intelimerge in build 385 but I remember Intelimerge would not recognize a date with a 'c' in front of it - that is, two identical people with a birth date of 13 May 1849 would be recognized as being the same, but two with c 13 May 1849 would not. Intelimerge will not look for a baptism date if the birth date is blank. Bob Austen -----Original Message----- From: Sherry/Support [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problems indicator regarding birth gaps Do an estimated birth date with est or bef as a date prefix. A lot of baptisms are done on older children or adults. Sometimes the date is applicable, esp if it's a christening (naming of child done with sprinkling) shortly after birth) but many times it's not. My baptism was nearly 30 years after I was born! A gap would certainly show if the bap date was used, along with a "born after the death of the mother" and a "too long after the marriage of the parents" flag! Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Kathy Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have ANY birth dates - Only Baptism dates and the gaps are set > to standard it appears that the PP does not look at Baptism dates in > any form to help with gaps when there are no birthdates. 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
