Jenny, That is true of course.
That's what happens when I do this in the middle of the night! I failed to see the obvious. But the issue of many occupations is still valid. Thanks for bringing me back to reality. ;-/ Larry Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: >On 30/04/2013 12:08, Larry wrote: >> I raised that same issue. I have recently been thinking about this >> issue of showing events in reports. My thought so far is that events >> do have dates associated with them, although we may not know the >> date(s). For practical sorting reasons I believe it would be >> necessary to have what I term a "Pseudo Date". This would allow an >> event to be displayed in a timeline in a "user assigned" or >> approximated position rather than at the top of a list by default. >> Here is a simplistic example to illustrate this. If I were to use a >> Burial Event to show the cemetary information, I most likely don't >> know the date. To prevent this from appearing at the top of a >> chronological listing, ie., before they were born, which is obviously >> absurd, I would use a Pseudo Date following the Death Date to place >> it in correct sequence. This Pseudo Date could be set to invisible so >> it wouldn't show on a report giving the false impression that it is a >> known date. A Pseudo Date could also be useful in sorting children. I >> know Mary to be the third child but have no Birth Date, for example. > > >I am happy to use "About", "Before" or "After" where I don't know an >exact date but feel one is necessary/useful. I think any of these is >sufficient to show that the exact date is not known. >-- >Jenny M Benson > > > >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
