RootsMagic lets you put in anything, I use R Dec 1888 for example to indicate registration in the Dec 1/4 1888. Then I adjust the sort date accordingly so the programme knows where to put it in chronoligical order. Best wishes, David Fisher. "I intend to live forever... so far so good!" -- Pictures of FISHERs (Brum), CONGREAVEs (Notts and Brum) and PUGHs and GATENBYs (Durham, Yorks and Brum) at http://snygyst.blogspot.com Images of BRUM at http://brummages.blogspot.com 2009/1/20 J K gen <gen2mail@googlemail.com> > Am using Reunion which is for apple mac computers only. > > It provides for an override of the date format, as well as allowing > before after about etc. I use the override facility to put in (say) > qtr Mar 1900, so that I can immediately recognise that the date is a > Registration Date from (probably) FreeBMD rather than a known month > and year from some other source. > > Point being that a registered date could occur many months after the > birth and alerts me to a possible discrepancy in the age at death, > which is automatically calculated by Reunion. > JK > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Deirdre Whiting > <deew@roslyn19east.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > I have just been inputting the same details into FTM tonight. If you > enter > > something like Jul-Sep 1888 then it will turn it into Bet. Jul - Sep 1888 > > If you wished to extend the number of months (to allow for the 6wk > allowance > > to register you could change the month span to say May-Sep 1888. > > > > That's what I use anyway. > > > > Deirdre > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Brian Binns > > Sent: 20 January 2009 22:07 > > To: 'Jean WOOD'; 'rjngs'; nottsgen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [NTT] Off subject but hope you don't mind - symbols > > > > Family Tree maker, the most widely used family tree program, doesn't let > you > > put in anything other than a date or the word "about" - then the date. > > Does anyone out there know how to put in the relevant qtr for BMD's? > > > > Brian Binns > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: > nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of Jean WOOD > > Sent: 20 January 2009 18:42 > > To: rjngs; nottsgen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [NTT] Off subject but hope you don't mind - symbols > > > > > > In general I use 2Q and 4Q.... also 1Q and 3Q > > > > Jean > > > >> Message du 20/01/09 19:38 > >> De : "rjngs" > >> A : nottsgen@rootsweb.com > >> Copie à : > >> Objet : Re: [NTT] Off subject but hope you don't mind - symbols > >> > >> Symbols. > >> > >> When I enter dates on my trees from GRO I use ¼ and ¾ to denote first > and > >> third Quarters of a year. > >> How can I show second and fourth Quarters, other than 2/4 and 4/4 ? > >> > >> Hope this is not too far of topic. > >> > >> Bob. > >> > >> > > Jean Wood 11 impasse Pampanie chez Perineau 17610 Chaniers France Tel: > > 0033(0)5.46.93.38.71 > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/notts.html> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >