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. > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/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 > > Jean Wood 11 impasse Pampanie chez Perineau 17610 Chaniers France Tel: 0033(0)5.46.93.38.71

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. > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/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 > > 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 ------------------------------- 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

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. > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/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 > > 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 ------------------------------- 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 Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.10/1905 - Release Date: 1/20/2009 2:34 PM

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 >

I use FTM myself and put in 'Abt March, June, September or December', I know this means that the event was registered during the quarter ending on that month. If I have any further information I include it in the notes for that individual. Obviously if I then obtain a certificate or find the exact date from another source, I replace the approximate date with the exact one. Aileen Brian Binns wrote: > 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 >