Hey, folks, have any of you encountered impossible dates? I have two impossible dates birth dates.I obtained birth certificates for me to check the original person's work which the person quoted correctly, but the dates are non-existent. They are: 1858-FEB-29 and also 1859-FEB-29
And neither is a leap year, which Legacy correctly and rightly knows! Since I want Legacy to be able to compute ages and do timelines, I am tempted to enter 1858-MAR-01 and 1859-MAR-01 (one calendar day date later) and just explain the dang thing away in notes and show the certificate. Since I am talking about the 29th day of Feb (one day after the 28th of Feb), it seems ok to use Mar 1, instead. But the source says otherwise Feb 29, and I probably will end up submitting xeroxes of sources. If I use what the source says, then the age calculations are all fouled up, for these people anyway. I am wondering what your opinion is on how to professionally do this? I may be submitting this to a genealogical organization, so I want to be accurate. If I quote impossible dates, it may get questioned. If I misquote a source and make it Mar 1 instead, it might get questioned as well, even if I explain it in notes. Do any of you know of a professionally accepted way to handle this? A few of us think this came up before, but I don't remember what the consensus was. Anyone recall the discussion and what was finally decided? I didn't see it in Archives. Thank you for your time. Robert 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
