Hi Coleen, I also use CIRCA dates in exactly the way you do and for exactly the same reasons. Great minds think alike :-)
However, using circa and definitive dates still does not place many of the children in proper order. My own family as an example shows me in the Family View before my sister who was born 4 years before I was. Cheers, Ron Ch�nier ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coleen Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Child Order > I'll use circa dates when the sequence is known but not exact dates. If I > get a date for a child, I'll adjust the other circa dates accordingly. I > figure that a circa date's purpose is to either locate a person by > approximate generation, or to show some sort of sequence. About is when I > can pin down to a year or two. And I use the angle brackets to indicate a > date that I've calculated from another date. Works for me, YMMV. > > Circa dates as I use them would solve the resorting problem you mention. > > Coleen Christensen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ccmcconnell/ > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ccslessor/ > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ccwolpoldt/ > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ccchristensen/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Isabel M. Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:12 PM > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Child Order > > > I asked that exact question the last time I needed to contact someone within > the company. I also would like to put all of the children in chronological > order... automatically, not just one family at a time. I was told that this > option was not offered because often children have no birth dates, and some > users will manually arrange them in their known order of birth. A program > that arranges children in birth order would undo the work that these users > have done. > > I still would like the option to sort the children automatically. Perhaps > there could be a block to check for those certain families that have been > manually arranged, to exclude them from the sorting. > > Isabel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Chenier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 5:46 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] Child Order > > > > I find it frustrating to see the order birth of children out of sequence. > > Would it be possible in future upgrades to have all children displayed > > chronologicaly? > > > > Thank you, > > Ron Ch�nier > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Claire Quortrup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:17 PM > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] They had at least Suggestion > > > > > > > Gene, > > > > > > I prefer the phrase "They had [number] known children:" > > > > > > As a matter of fact when editing narrative reports in Word that is what > I > > > change the phrase to. Just my thoughts. > > > > > > Claire > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
