On a side issue, but related, for some dates in the 'double year date' era I put the date as appeared in the event description area, and my translation in the actual date area. (ex: 17th day 4th month 1732.) Rich in LA CA
--- On Wed, 12/31/08, esh...@comcast.net <esh...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: esh...@comcast.net <esh...@comcast.net> > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date format question > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 4:55 PM > Ron wrote: > >Having used a 'Church Record' master source > with a source detail for a > 'Baptism Certificate' and entered an 'Issue > date' in the 09/08/1949 format > expecting it to appear in the record (and subsequent > descendant report) as > 08 Sep 1949. > > Ron, you've received several good answers by now, but > your question struck > me from a different angle. Does it take into account the > need to record > different source information when we use a church's > baptism *certificate* as > opposed to an image copy of the actual record entered into > the original > register? (All records being not created equal, even when > they come from the > same church, and all that.) > > Elizabeth > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
