But Legacy already uses the christening date instead of a missing birth date in many circumstances, e.g. on the Individual's Information screen it calculates age at burial from a christening date if the birth date is empty. I don't see why the same logic could not be used for age at marriage. And your ancestor would not show as 11 years old as you have the birth date for him. If you didn't have his birth date, that calculation would challenge you to look again at the information you had for the individual and so would be of benefit to research.
What I like about Legacy is that I don't have to add guesstimates of birth years for people unless I have evidence of their ages from census or death records or such like. On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:53:57 -0800, JimTerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gene, > > I don't see away around this. I have an ancestor born in 1818, > christened 1823, and married at the age of 16 in 1835. When I remove > his birth date, the Marriage Information screen shows him being 11 years > old at the time he married! > > Jim Terry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene > & Rusty > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 3:12 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup > Subject: [LegacyUG] date problem > > Anyone notice how when you may have a christening date only, > no actual birthdates for either spouse and the marriage screen pops > up and you enter the marriage date, how Legacy takes and uses the > christening date as the birthdate?? > > Even though the party may have been 7 at the time of christening, it > will show them as being ?# at the time of marriage. > > Is there a way to remedy this?? > > Thanx, > > Gene > > Genealogy; > "A stirring of the memories" > > 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
