G'day Ira et al, I am seem to have a minor annoyance in trying to use "non-standard" dates in events. Here is a quote from the help file on "Event Editor - Standard":- Business Startup: Ira Johan Lund started a business in the spring of 1991 at Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee called Cumberland Family Software. I have examined the SAMPLE database and this is what appears from the "same" (?) event:- Ira Johan LUND started a business 1991 at Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee called Cumberland Family Software. I tried to modify the date used from "1991" to "in the spring of 1991" but the entry is too long so I created my own "non-standard" date - "late 1950s" - here is the result:- Michael CALDER late 1950's AD started playing lawn bowls. Not worrying about the grammar it is the "AD" that is the problem. Any "word" attached to a date in the "date window" will trigger the addition of AD (or you can choose BC). Can we have a "blank" option? so that we can have dates like "early 1856" "mid 1950s" or even a bigger field to add "in the spring of 1991" <VBG>? HURU Mike