Keep a close eye on how you enter old dates and how Legacy records it, to make sure it is correct. Entering 2 Jan 1633 will record as 2 Jan 1632/33, so make sure it is not supposed to be 1633/34. Entering 2 Jan 1632/33 will record as you typed it. When I started computerizing my old data, sometimes what I wrote down or what my sources said simply said 2 Jan 1633, which Legacy automatically turns into a double year, and in some cases with further research, turned out to really be 1633/34 instead of 1632/33.
Roland Rhoades Maine Families Genealogist www.RolandRhoades.com [email protected] 2010: 30 Years as a Genealogist -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 5:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Double Date Format On 2013/07/25 09:52, Robert Sterry wrote: > After importing my PAF files into Legacy I notice that double dates > appear as, for example, '2 Feb 1632-2 Feb 1633' rather than '2 Feb 1632/1633'. > > Is there any way of customising the way the double dates appear? > Personally I prefer the more compact format. All depends on how you're entering the date. If you're entering it as 17 Mar 1633/4, then you're confusing Legacy. Entry it as 17 Mar 1633, and Legacy will do the necessary. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
