In message <BLU0-SMTP87EA21E0E94D5C0BBAFA5CBF810@phx.gbl>, Dave Bradshaw <davebradshaw@sympatico.ca> writes: >John: > > > >This might seem to be an odd request and I don't know if it's even a >possibility: > > > >At the moment, age shows when there is a birth date and a death date. Would >it be possible to have the age recalculated and change when I click on an >event in the left edge, e.g. marriage (age shows 22), occupation farmer (age >shows 34), resided (age shows 25), census (age shows 37) etc. When there >are ages shown in a source it would be a good secondary check to have >available if it can be done. Leaving the record the age should then default >to what now happens, difference birth/death. > > > >As always the idea is open for discussion by everyone. [] Sounds like a very useful facility, if it's possible: possibly have the "age at event" appear in a different colour, and/or to the right of the existing one, as there's plenty of room there (or below it, moving the existing one up). As Dave says, it'd be a useful extra check, as many sources do show age.* Or it could be done as a popup over the event line somewhere, though I personally don't like popups in most cases (I would say including this one). Possibly better as an "Age at event" below the existing one that changes as the mouse cursor (and/or focus) moves over the events. Also, perhaps the existing one's header (?) could change from "Age" to "Age at death" when it is (i. e. except for living persons). *What would be really useful (taking Dave's thought to conclusion?) would be, when entering a date for an event, the ability to press some key or key combination which then allowed age-at-that-event to be copied in, and thus generate a Born date if one isn't already there for the person - so, for example, if entering something from the 1851 census, where the person was recorded as age 20, you'd enter the 1851 then type Ctrl-shift-A (or something), and a popup box would appear (they _do_ have their uses! Though this is a different sort of popup) into which you could type the 20, and a "Born CIR ____1831" line would appear. (I was wondering - would it be possible for the dates of the censuses to be available in a drop-list or similar? There are probably too many lists of census dates - e. g., the UK ones [ending in 1], the US ones [ending in 0], and presumably others - but it could maybe done with a BK file the user creates. I'm envisaging that when entering something from a census [residence, occupation, etc.], one could type a key combination [Alt-C-D {for census date}?] and a drop-list of dates would appear.) I'd better stop now, as I'm hijacking Dave's thread ... but I think his idea is a good one, if it's possible. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf New research shows that three to five cups of coffee a day will cut the risk of Alzheimer's by about 60 per cent. There is also good evidence that tea is good for memory. - Michael Mosley interviewed in Radio Times, 7-13 February 2009