Just enter a dash. This accepted and meets Type What You See. What you cannot get WinBMD to accept is a double-dash -- , and this has to be rendered as a single dash -. regards Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Searle" <zedzoom@ntlworld.com> To: <FreeBMD-Admins-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Dash in Age at Death field > In 1877 qtr 4 deaths page 1 I have a dash in age at death field - Help > stresses that ? is only for a completely blank field - should I just enter > a > dash or is there some other solution? > > Thank you > Christine > > > > ==== FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List ==== > Want to help FreeBMD? > Go to http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Signup.html to find out how. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >