1. You can enter the date exactly the way you want it, 7 Nov 1745/6. 2. You can enter either 7 Nov 1745, or 7 Nov 1746 as the sort date. - Bruce On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 7:05 PM, MScheffler via < [email protected]> wrote: > The program forcing a person to transcribe to their database a date > different from a published vital record is just plan WRONG. I "love" > Bruce's programs, but I believe this issue is something Bruce should > change. > > I have NO BASIS to interpret what a clerk in 1745/6 pub in the town > record. I should not have to explain in a note why RM would not sort dates > like 7 Nov 1745/6. If vital records disagree, then that is a reason to > explain differences in a note. Not letting such dates sort produces some > odd looking reports. Do I have to sacrifice the report looking good and > disregard a published vital record that should not require explanation. I > don't care which year the date sorts to, but I don't want the birth at the > end of a line of dates. > > Margaret > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Holden > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:41 PM > To: RootsMagic ; [email protected] > Cc: MScheffler > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Double dates not accepted > > Doesn't double-date only apply for the period Jan-Mar when there is the > risk > of ambiguity between the Julian and Gregorian year? Thus Nov 1745/6 creates > ambiguity and is invalid and cannot be interpreted reliably. You have to > decide which year to use in the Date field and transcribe to the Note the > recorded date and explain why you chose one year over the other. > > Tom > > > > > =================================== > 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 >