This is from the Help file (Entering Dates in Date Fields): Approximating Dates
If you have a birth or marriage date for an individual, you can approximate many other missing dates. In general you can estimate that a man was married when he was 25 and a woman when she was 21. You can then estimate that their first child was born one year later and that subsequent children were born every two years after that. For example, if a couple was married in 1863, you can estimate that the man was born in 1838, the woman in 1842, their first child in 1864 and the second child in 1866. As another example, if a woman was born in 1800, you can estimate that she was married in 1821, her husband was born in 1796 and their first child was born in 1822. When entering an estimated date, use an appropriate prefix, such as: Estimated or Est About or Abt Before or Bef After or Aft Evert van Dijken 2011/6/13 <cranberryf...@cobridge.tv>: > When you click on the research tab it will give you a timeline for that > person including some estimated dates (dates that are missing and the > program guesses based on the dates that you do have). If I wanted to enter > these date how would I do that? I don’t want to put abt or cal because > “estimated” is a more accurate description. Is est a legitimate entry? I > consulted the book “Getting It Right” but it doesn’t address this. > > Michele > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
