I have a record with the same 'problem' which I had chalked up to confusion but may need to rethink my ideas. I need to find it again, to uncorrect it. An interesting question. Rich in LA CA --- ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Carol, > > I don't know whether Legacy uses different calendars > for different countries but the two dates you quote > are not valid on the UK version. > > One way round would to use "about 28 Feb yyyy" and > add a note to explain the actual text. > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [LegacyUG] dates > > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:52:22 -0700 > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a piece of information that is from a CD > transcription of Churchbook > > records and I am having these dates show up in > Legacy as errors. I can go in > > and change the dates but I have this problem many > of these dates are > > previous to changes that have occurred in our > modern calendar. Im wondering > > if Legacy takes all of that into account or > whether I need to take it into > > account? These are the two records: > > > > 30 Feb 1667 > > 29 Feb 1691 > > > > I know there is no 30 Feb in our calendar, but was > there at one time? I went > > on google and typed in 30 Feb 1667 and came up > with several other > > genealogical events for that date. One of them had > a note that there was no > > such date. However I also found: Sweden had a > February 30 in 1712. My > > event occurred in the Limburg area of Netherlands. > > > > Even if the date was obviously an error, that is > what the original source > > had. If I had made an error in writing the date, I > would change it. However, > > I went back to the source and the date I wrote is > exactly what the source > > has for the date. > > > > Thanks, > > Carol > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 100s of Music vouchers to be won with MSN Music > https://www.musicmashup.co.uk > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
