Hi Brian I use: Bet Jan-Mar 1898 (BMD) when I have found the GRO entry but haven't ordered the certificate Bet 01 Jan - 15 Mar 1898 (B) when I have the GRO entry and a baptism date (I also have another entry for the baptism itself) Bef 15 Mar 1898 (B) when I have a baptism date only when I cannot know for certain how old they were at their baptism Aft 2 Apr 1871 (D) when I lose the person after a census Abt July 1905 (D) when I have a burial date but no actual death date (like baptism, I have another entry for the burial details) Bef 6 June 1841 (D) when I cannot find them on any census and have to asssume that they died before the 1841 census I'm sure that there must be other prefixes you can use. If anyone has some more, I would be interested as well :-) Heather 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 >

All this makes excellent sense, although not so sure about the ones you use for the GRO entry. It is possible for a birth to take place some considerable time before the quarter of registration. Indeed even a death can have occurred some time before its registration, if there was a delay caused by a post mortem, or criminal charge for example. Perhaps one could use Bet Jan-Mar 1850, but insert "reg" (for registered) before the place data. One of your suggestions (using the proper date of the census) is very good indeed, may I copy that? I only ever say "bef 1841" or "aft 1841" for example, yours is more precise. JK On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:21 AM, The Quineys <pquiney@post.com> wrote: > Hi Brian > > I use: > > Bet Jan-Mar 1898 (BMD) when I have found the GRO entry but haven't > ordered the certificate > Bet 01 Jan - 15 Mar 1898 (B) when I have the GRO entry and a baptism > date (I also have another entry for the baptism itself) > Bef 15 Mar 1898 (B) when I have a baptism date only when I cannot > know for certain how old they were at their baptism > Aft 2 Apr 1871 (D) when I lose the person after a census > Abt July 1905 (D) when I have a burial date but no actual death date > (like baptism, I have another entry for the burial details) > Bef 6 June 1841 (D) when I cannot find them on any census and have to > asssume that they died before the 1841 census > > I'm sure that there must be other prefixes you can use. If anyone has > some more, I would be interested as well :-) > Heather > > > > 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 >> > > > > 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 >