An explanation in Notes and/or footnotes would work here. An event doesn't have to have a date attached. I'm assuming your entry refers to Occupation. That could simply be entered as Coal Miner with the supposed date range explained in Notes. It might not be readily apparent on the Edit page but would be obvious in any of the reports. -----Original Message----- From: J. P. Gilliver (John) Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:49 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Why "invalid date"? Also quarters. What if I have a daterange between two imprecise dates? Also, if we're talking about date ranges: there are currently two options: event happened between the two dates, and the two dates are start date and end date. I'd like another option - not sure what I'd call it - for two dates that are inside the event range. For example, I know my Solomon Robinson was a coal miner in 1861 and in 1851, but that's neither an event that happened between the two, nor that started in 1851 and ended in 1861. It probably started before 1851 and ended after 1861. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message