Oh, I see. This is about what to enter. When I have two or three different dates I either enter all of them or enter a range of dates. Whether it's proper doesn't bother me. The fact that Roots Magic lets me enter what I see fit and then actually prints it out on reports, was one of several key criteria in my decision to use Rootsmagic. If you don't put all of the information, then when you upload your data to a place like Ancestry that won't display your notes, people will blindly copy your not necesssarily right information, and it will profiferate all over the Internet. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Jim Belanger via Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 7:45 AM To: Betty Stokes ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [RMagic] Compare Census are historically wrong about birth data. Some census takers ask how old the person is, some ask (as they should) how old at the next birthday. And, almost always, the person being asked is not the person in question but a member of the family. So, when census is the ONLY source I have, I enter Abt 1792 Then, later, if I get better info, I change the date. Jim Belanger NH State Representative [email protected] Town Moderator; Hollis, NH Sent from my iPad > On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:57 AM, Betty Stokes via > <[email protected]> wrote: > > What do RM users enter when they find 2 census with the birthdate 2 years > apart? I entered this as 1792/93 instead of having 2 separate entries for > the date. If I have 2 separate entries, sometimes it doesn't show a date > at > all. And as I discovered yesterday when I tried to "Compare" 2 databases, > this date ended up being March 1792 which is not what I meant. > > > > Betty > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message =================================== RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com