Tom, Sherry There is nothing untoward in the Date settings - it includes double dating up to 1752. As I said it accepts full dates that include a day, it's only where I leave the day out.
As the death was in 1704, there are no such things as death certificates, just the church burial register. I don't think they would have delayed a burial in those days for more than 2-3 days - no fridges! By the way, why do I have to enter the "new style" year in double dating. The burial took place on 15 Feb 1704 (Julian Calendar) according to the parish register, but if I enter that Legacy alters it to 15 Feb 1703/04 which is clearly wrong. Under the Gregorian calendar the year would be 1705. Records made at the time would only show the Julian calendar date and we should just enter the date as it appears, not "convert" it. Jack -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Montgomery Sent: 24 November 2004 17:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date issue Check your date settings under the dates tab in options/customize - make sure you have as desired and your computer agrees that all is OK. Also, are you certain she died in February? A burial month/year does not necessarily mean that the death occurred then - many burials can be substantially delayed due to such factors as weather. A death certificate is needed for verification. Tom M........... ---- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Legacy User Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:03 AM Subject: [LegacyUG] Date issue >I just ran a Potential Problems Report and it came up with several >instances > of "Mother's Death Date is Bad" i.e. wrong format. > > The date I had was Feb 1704/05 as the only date I know is the burial which > was 15 Feb 1704 (ie 15 Feb 1704/05). I tried re-entering the date (as > 2/1705) and Legacy altered it to Feb 1704/05 and then reported an error in > the format. Why does the system object to "double dates" when only a month > is stated, but is OK if the day is quoted as well? > > Jack > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
