"cecilia" <myths@ic24.net> wrote in message news:479516fb.4313125@news.plus.net... > Paul Blair wrote: > >[..] I doubt the problem is confined to FTM. > >Trying to sort date fields with abt., bef., aft., and all the variations > >is quite difficult to arrange. [...] > >The workaround is to figure out the correct order, and enter some > >spurious *full* dates that run in that order. Sort the kids, then go > >back and alter the real dates to the ranges you have. > > Legacy allows sorting of siblings birth-dates, and then individual > moving up or down the list. Does not FTM? Yes, you can sort the children in FTM. Select one child and then use "People", "Move Child from". Move the cursor to the place you will insert the child and then use "People", "Move Child to". Kurt F