Ron, Laura, I'm originally from farming stock and it was fairly common in the rural areas for the marriage not to take place until the 'woman' had proved herself fertile. So be prepared for births before and very shortly after marriage.
[Or maybe that's just my family!!] Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:10 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Estimating Dates Laura, You will have to work out the estimated dates for yourself. You will find that Family Search and other sources use angle brackets around a date to indicate calculated data so this method is, perhaps, best avoided to make it clear which are *your* calculations. Legacy allows the use of prefixes Abt and Calc. Personally, I don't use calculated dates in my data although, obviously, I need to estimate these when looking for bmd information etc. Generally you will find that a man is 3 to 5 years older than his spouse and a couple marry around 2 years before their first child is born but these a very rough and ready guide lines. WRT death dates there is no way of estimating this with any degree of accuracy. Census information can indicate a ten year period during which someone became widowed and Legacy allows the use of After, Between and Before. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *New Blogs: The Murder of Adam Mather; Legacy Searches* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ______________________________________________________________________ >From: Laura Schumacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyFamilyTree.com >Subject: [LegacyUG] Estimating Dates >Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:36:07 -0700 (PDT) > >I have many people in my tree in which I do not have dates of birth or >death. Is there I way that I can get estimated dates to calculate and >appear in my family file? > >Laura _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: 14/10/2006 Legacy User Group 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@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
