Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-09 Thread Helen McCall
in England Wales, can be entered as 'Mar Q 1888* -- Regards, Mike Fry (mobile) From: Helen McCall Sent: ‎2015-‎08-‎09 00:50 To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain

RE: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-09 Thread Mike Fry
: Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry Thanks. There were too many to go through checking that box on everything. I've decided to use between .. and .. and know that it means the decade, approx. I think it's something that needs to be considered, as often we can only remember about what

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread MikeFry
On 08/08/2015 11:14, Helen McCall wrote: I'm checking my Potential Problems report and so many are due to approx dates. Is there anyway to tell the programme to accept a decade, like 1960s? Try 'Abt 1960' -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread Helen McCall
Yeah, I find that too precise, when you're trying to indicate a whole decade or two. On 8/08/2015 7:20 PM, MikeFry wrote: On 08/08/2015 11:14, Helen McCall wrote: I'm checking my Potential Problems report and so many are due to approx dates. Is there anyway to tell the programme to accept a

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread MikeFry
On 08/08/2015 11:41, Helen McCall wrote: Yeah, I find that too precise, when you're trying to indicate a whole decade or two. How about 'Bet 1960-1970'? -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread Helen McCall
Excellent, thanks, didn't know that would work. On 8/08/2015 7:54 PM, MikeFry wrote: On 08/08/2015 11:41, Helen McCall wrote: Yeah, I find that too precise, when you're trying to indicate a whole decade or two. How about 'Bet 1960-1970'? Legacy User Group guidelines:

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 8/8/2015 10:14 AM, Helen McCall wrote: I'm checking my Potential Problems report and so many are due to approx dates. Is there anyway to tell the programme to accept a decade, like 1960s? What you might want to enter rather depends on exactly

Re: [LegacyUG] Uncertain date entry

2015-08-08 Thread Helen McCall
Thanks.  There were too many to go through checking that box on everything.  I've decided to use between .. and ..   and know that it means the decade, approx.  I think it's something that needs to be considered, as often we can only remember about what decade something