Cheryl, I expect that Mike, like myself, was illustrating the errors which can be introduced if the parameters of the source data are not given proper consideration.
Ron Ferguson singhals <[email protected]> wrote: >MikeFry wrote: >> On 03 Oct 2014 20:46, Sherry/Support wrote: >> >>> What about events recorded in the first quarter? They could have happened in >>> the previous year, right? >> >> That's right! My grandmother was born in November 1903 (Dec Q 1903) but the >> birth wasn't registered until Mar Q 1904. I presume her parents had to pay a >> fine for late registration. This is a slightly artificial case since I do >> know >> her date of birth. If I hadn't, then I'd have entered her dob as Abt.1904. > >Which is the point, I'd think. If you already KNOW the >birthdate, you got it from somewhere, so record where you >got it from (pardon the prep-ending). > >If you DON'T already Know, record what you found. > >Because if we start making concessions, our db is going to >be showing things like (born after 1795 and before 1846) >which is right up there for accuracy with "18th century". > >IMO > >Cheryl > > > > >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
