Howard, I have had no problems with using Cir, or Abt. instead of est.
I have now replaced EVERY date that is not complete with some sort of descriptor like abt, aft, bef, bet, cir, cal. and I am extremely pleased with the results as it make all the sorting so much better (I have a rather large database with many similar names. ) I try stick to some patterns, like using Cir for a birth of a spouse based only upon the birth of their spouse. I use aft YYYY in a marriage date as 18 yrs after the youngest spouse. I use bef YYYY in a marriage date when I know the birth year of a child I use aft YYYY in a birth date when I know the marriage year of the parents I use bef YYYY in a death date when I see their spouse is widowed on a census and I use abt YYYY when using a census date as a birth date. Since may other software programs do not recognize EST. I look forward to fewer errors in exchanging ged files. Jay On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Howard Cady <[email protected]> wrote: > Goeff, I note in your Webinar notes that “Est = Estimated” has been > dropped from allowed dates. One of the main reasons for my switching to > Legacy was this descriptor. I use it especially when I know the birth > dates of one or more children and only the names of parents, grand parents, > gg-parents etc. This allows for keeping people in the correct order and > century (or better). I hope it is not planned to drop this feature. > Howard Cady > > *From:* Geoff Rasmussen <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:58 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Legacy Family Tree - Virtual User's Group Meeting > this Friday, July 11 (Dates, Searching and Tagging) > > > Join us this Friday, July 11, 2014 for our next Legacy Family Tree Virtual > User's Group Meeting. Learn tips, tricks, and best practices related to > using Legacy. Beginning through advanced topics will be discussed - > specifically dates, searching, and tagging. We'll also have time for > questions and answers. > > > 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
