To me that sounds like the birth took that long! Something like that for a marriage might be appropriate if the person was married on the first date and the marriage ended on the second date.
I would use "between" but neither is really correct since the event didn't necessarily happen between those two dates. The quarter dates are the quarter that the event was *registered* and the event may very well have happened before that quarter it was registered! Legacy supports quarter dates by entering March Q yyyy >From the Help file on Dates: Entering "Quarter Dates "There is a special date format for recording dates from the indexes of Births, Marriages, and Deaths for England and Wales published by the GRO (General Records Office). These indexes are organized on a calendar quarter basis by the date when the event was reported to the GRO. The quarters are Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, and Oct-Dec. Legacy will accept a date based on these quarters that are entered in the following format: "[month] Q [year] - For [month] substitute the ending month for one of the calendar quarters. For year substitute the year of the Index. "Example: Jun Q 1876 would be the date for an event included in the GRO Index for the April to June Quarter of the year 1876." Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Alan Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron, > > > > For the scenario you state I would put "from 15 Nov YYYY to 31 Mar YYYY". > > > > Alan > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 02 October 2014 18:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates > > > > Alan, > > Yes that does work but whilst usually true for a marriage or death (so in > this case would normally be OK but may not be if an inquest is called) for > births it could be between mid-November and 31 March. > > Ron Ferguson > > Alan Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jan-Mar 1862 works! > > Alan > > > > From: Pam Sim [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 02 October 2014 13:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LegacyUG] Recording uncertain dates > > > > Is there a way of recording doubtful dates in Legacy 8. For example an index > has shown a death which may be for the individual concerned but this has not > been verifiable, or the death is recorded in a particular quarter of a year > (in the UK death registers) but the exact date is not known. > > > > I have written Jan qu 1862 but this comes up as a “Problem” > > I have also tried “ after 1861” or “before 1863” but none of these are > accepted by the Legacy programme > > > > Thanks > > Pam Sim 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
