I like the idea of "est" for searching purposes. The reason I avoid "about" is that it gets spread around as the final answer. I would rather keep my work to myself until I have the actual documents and dates. However, it is important to have estimates or abouts for research purposes. Thank you all!
Dee San Diego On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:17:40 -0700, Ron Klotz Zellhoefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Dee re: Abt dates. Most often such are birthdates. Those > calced from some source like census or baptism records are generally good > enough to deserve "Abt". > > Many other times one with find, eg.g parents of a better documented person, > but with not dates at all. For those, I use "Est" which I intend indicates > to others that such are my estimate, rather than "Cir" which would indicate > a more definite date-range. > > My reason for using these is that these Abt/Est dates are so helpful when > looking at name indexes, and also for searching for a certain surname within > a date-range. I have had to do so much of this in trying to determine and > assemble families from known isoloated/island individuals, and would be lost > without them. > > Having only a name with no dates whatsoever really leaves one in the dark -- > could be anytime from 1500 to 2005, so there's just nothing to relate to. > Anyway, it works for me! > > RonKZ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 08 January, 2005 16:16 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] date problem > > > Dee, > > I'm curious to know why you don't like "about dates". I use them a lot, > > supported by notes to explain where they come from, and find them pretty > > helpful, particularly early in the research process as one tries to map > > out the likely structure of a family. If I see 'Abt" I treat it like a > > guess. Maybe others don't, or I'm missing something else, though. > > Rob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dmw246" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 3:53 AM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] date problem > > > > > >> Sometimes it is not possible to get a birth date. For example, civil > >> records of births in Italy start in 1809. Before that time, there are > >> ONLY christening records in many locations. I do not like "about" > >> dates, and only use the christening date if there is no birth date. > >> In my case, christening and birth are close enough that there is no > >> age calculation problem, but this is an interesting situation. I will > >> look forward to hearing how people handle it. I guess in Gene's case > >> a temporary fix in an "about" date for birth, but you know how I feel > >> about those! > >> > >> Dee > >> San Diego > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:52:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> How about using an Event for the christening when it isn't > >>> soon after birth (and you don't have birth date but have > >>> reason to believe it's substantially earlier than > >>> christening)? This would avoid having erroneous ages > >>> calculated by Legacy. > >>> > >>> Ruth Ann > >>> > >>> Ruth wrote: > >>> > 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 > >>> 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 > > > > 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
