Dave,
I want to distinguish between birth dates which are guestimates, which I
record as "about" or "before" or "after", and birth dates for which I have a
reasonable factual basis (the English BMD Quarter dates or 1837 Online
dates) which I had been recording as "circa Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec and the year.
The complete information from the BMD is set out in the Source Detail for
the event but I can see at a glance in family view or in a report that the
date has a factual basis.
Yes, it could be off by 3 months or more but that is not the issue for me.
I want to easily recognize dates which have some factual basis and where
enough information exists to order a certificate should I wish to. Now that
the Quarter Date format is supported I will enter the date as, e.g.. Mar Q
1845 so later when I come across that person I will immediately know that I
have enough information for that particular event to order a certificate and
obtain the "official" date and perhaps other information to expand one of my
trees. Just my way but it works for me!
Gary
(Researching Dobell, Harris, Tillman, Pettit, Archer, Sharpe, Sutton, Whitby
in the UK)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Naylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Q Date Format not sorting
On 12 Feb 2006 Gary Griffin wrote:
Is anyone else having problems with sorting children by birth order
when using the new Quarter date format?
I'm curious why you would use the date of the registration of the
birth as the date of birth. The birth may have been before that
quarter (almost certainly so if registered on the first day of the
quarter) and, as in some instances of early registrations in my tree,
may have even occurred a year earlier.
I use the quarter dates for the date of the *event* of "Birth
Registration". For the birth date I use "Bef. (the first of the
month of the next quarter)". So for a registration date of 2Q 1930
I'd show the birthdate as Bef. 1 Jul 1930.
Cheers, -- Dave N.
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