Thanks to everyone who answered this! Carol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald ferguson Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] dates
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. I’m 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 > _________________________________________________________________ 100’s 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1037 - Release Date: 9/29/2007 1:32 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1037 - Release Date: 9/29/2007 1:32 PM 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
