Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-25 Thread Paula Ryburn
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date On 25/04/2014 04:09, Cathy Pinner wrote: > However, I think there is a bug in that you don't seem to be able to > override the problem checking for this particular event OR override > the date checking for the individ

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-25 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 25/04/2014 04:09, Cathy Pinner wrote: > However, I think there is a bug in that you don't seem to be able to > override the problem checking for this particular event OR override > the date checking for the individual. > > Jenny, have you been able to exclude a problem like this? Yes and no! I

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-24 Thread Cathy Pinner
Paula, I don't think there is a viable alternative for this sort of date. Nothing else makes English sense. I guess if you really can't stand the PP alert, you can put the date in the notes and write a sentence override for this event. However, I think there is a bug in that you don't seem to be

RE: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-24 Thread C.G. Ouimet
Legacy would recognize “to 1977” … C.G. Ouimet Kingston ON From: Paula Ryburn [mailto:paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: April 24, 2014 11:13 AM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date I have one event where I want to say

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-24 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 24/04/2014 16:12, Paula Ryburn wrote: > So, what would be your recommendation on "until 1977" ... "through > 1977" has same result. Just enter what I want and ignore the PP? > Because I apparently cannot tell Legacy to ignore the PP, because > nothing happens when I click on it in the Event sc

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-24 Thread Paula Ryburn
(not intended to I think). Thanks,   --Paula From: Ward Walker To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date I try to word everything so that it makes sense both now and at any point in t

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Jenny M Benson
On 21/04/2014 23:40, Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > Actually, After 1980 would be recognized by more genealogy software > programs if imported from a gedcom rather than from > Maybe so, but "After 1980" means something entirely different to "From 1980". -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidel

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Jay 1FamilyTree
Actually, After 1980 would be recognized by more genealogy software programs if imported from a gedcom rather than from On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 3:15 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: > the correct recognized date is “From 1980” > > *From:* Howlanddavisii > *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2014 3:40

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread R G Strong-genes
the correct recognized date is “From 1980” From: Howlanddavisii Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:40 PM To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date In trying to clean up my Potential Problems, my sister has an unrecognized event date. I

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Howlanddavisii
Ward: Thanks for the suggestion; it has resolved the problem. Now to look for others and do something similar. Howland Davis -Original Message- From: Ward Walker To: legacyusergroup Sent: Mon, Apr 21, 2014 4:24 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event

Re: [LegacyUG] Potential Problem - Unrecognized Event Date

2014-04-21 Thread Ward Walker
I try to word everything so that it makes sense both now and at any point in the future (e.g., 10 years from now). The word ‘present’ would be completely ambiguous. I would try to get the event to read nicely while leaving the end date out. You might have to use the notes field instead of the da