Ron, I supply estimated birth dates too and it does help to keep data in perspective. One thing I get hung up on is when to use "circa", estimated", "about", etc. Legacy defaults to Est and Abt but to me those terms mean different things. I use About when I don't have a clue and not much surrounding evidence, Est when I have dates for siblings, parents marriage, etc. I used to Circa with another program when the only evidence I had was court event records, dates for associates, etc but with Legacy I use Abt for Circa. Is there any official usage for all these similar words?
Jim On 5/27/05, Ron Klotz Zellhoefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm coming into this thread late, but ... > When posting an individual with no known birthdate, I *always enter > something* for birthdate. > Perhaps most frequently is finding/posting a parent, where e.g. > "[childbirthdate]-30" may be appropriate, posted as e.g. "Est 1848". > Two benefits -- > first that Legacy will then mark the individual as dead at an appropriate > future date > second it's most helpful in e.g. Index View for sorting individuals and/or > in just plain seeing *something* which might help one "recognize" that > individual, especially amongst many with the same name! > HTL > RonKZ > > 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 > -- Jim Winfrey 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
