With respect, *not* Legacy's problem. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
David Abernathy <da...@schmeckabernathy.com> wrote: >Ron, > >You are correct, but, if these companies would use ONLY the international >standards and not make their own, then there would NOT be this problem. > > > >Thanks, > >David C Abernathy > >Email disclaimers > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > >== All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > >From: Ron Bernier [mailto:ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net] >Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:31 AM >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates > > > >If that is the case, then the OP should be contacting both Ancestry and >Legacy. My point is, the requests are always for Legacy to change what they >are doing. It's always - "I want to use information from another source and >in order to save me work, I want Legacy to conform to the way the other source >formats their information". I'm saying that it is ridiculous that the burden >of change is always being laid at Legacy's door. > > > > > > >Ron Bernier >Woonsocket, RI > > > >On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, David Abernathy <da...@schmeckabernathy.com> >wrote: > >They BOTH should be using the Standard that is in use by the English and Welsh >registry. > >They should NOT be making their OWN standard. > > > > > >Thanks, > >David C Abernathy > >Email disclaimers > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > >== All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == > > > >From: Ron Bernier [mailto:ronaldbern...@bernfrin.net] >Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:04 AM >To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Quarter dates > > > >Why not "lobby" Ancestry to change their formatting to conform to Legacy's >standard. Why should it be Legacy's responsibility to conform to Ancestry's >format? > > >Ron Bernier > > > > >On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Bob Austen <rgaus...@telus.net> wrote: > >Legacy does a marvelous job of ‘cleaning up’ date entries. However, an >English (?) Quarter date must be entered [month] Q [year]. > > > >Legacy says that Jan-Mar 1876 is a date range (I agree) but also suggests that >Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 is a date range, where others (Ancestry for one) accept this >format as a ‘Quarter’ date (Legacy’s Mar Q 1876). You can’t enter >Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 as a date in Legacy as it will simply be deleted without >warning – that part is due to be corrected but it will be treated as a ‘bad >date’. Why is it a ‘bad date’? > > > >Ancestry have recently started using yet another format ‘1876 – Jan-Feb-Mar’ >which, of course, is also a valid way to show an English quarter date and as >such should be allowed as a ‘good date’ by Legacy but is currently being >trapped incorrectly as a ‘bad date’. > > > >I do a lot of copy/paste from Ancestry and always have to change their quarter >date to suit Legacy’s criteria for input. I was looking for an enhancement to >convert the entry of Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 to Mar Q 1876. This would be a simple >programming change. Instead, they have chosen to change the programming to >make it a ‘bad date’ rather than make it a ‘good date’. > >Am I alone in this idea for an enhancement? If there is anyone else on the >LUG that would think this to be an improvement I hope you would chime in… >perhaps we can get Legacy to make a minor change to an already great program. > > > >Bob A > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >Ron Bernier, >Woonsocket, RI > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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). 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