In a message dated 7/13/02 10:04:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > for the definition of Assume" that the person died? What you are saying > by using a "bef" date for a death date is that the person could have died > right after birth up until the before date you have entered. My suggestion > > is leave it blank or use an about date. If someone tells you Harry died > about > 1956 enter "abt 1956" but if they tell you he died before 1956 and you put > "bef 1956" When before 1956 in 1946, 1936, 1926 1916?????. > > OK, Thats my two cents worth. > > Bob Rose > > Dear Bob: If you know the birth of his last child, you could say after "the birth of that child", or in some cases I know of the father died while the mother was still pregnant with an unborn child, so maybe "Abt_Year" would be better. FO is arranged so that we can use several different ways of doing things so that others can understand what we are getting at. Virginia