The advantage of Mary's approach over using 1Q etc is that Legacy recognises these as dates and will therefore sort them correctly. Disadvantage is that it is more wordy.
Rob On 5/13/05, Mary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I had information that a person was born sometime in the first quarter of > a year, I would type "Jan. 1940 - Mar. 1940." Legacy accepts this just fine > and it clearly defines the period you want to cover. > MaryW. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toni Sano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:34 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Jan to Mar, Apr to Jun, Jul to Sep, Oct to Dec > > > For those dates I specify 1Q,2Q,3Q or 4Q yyyy > > this allows 2 things > > a): I feel it is more accurate than saying 'abt month, yyyy' because for > > me I assume abt means within a date range > > eg abt mar 1800 would mean something like any time between jan and may > > 1800. > > b): this is the only time i refer to 1Q,2Q etc so I know exactly what they > > mean. I also have it documented in the Source notes that the dates that > > are listed in the bmd data base have been converted eg '1Q 1800' means the > > source data said 'Mar 1800' which is stated to mean the registration of > > the event (not the actual event!) occured in Jan,Feb or Mar or 1800 > > It works for me > > Cathy S > > > > 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
