Yeah, you'd think it would work the way you described. However, the official line (paraphrasing) is: "tough noogies - deal with it". See this forum post for the official wording: http://forums.rootsmagic.com/index.php?/topic/11808-rootsmagic-6/#entry53897 > /From:/Ray Hayes <rayhayes@bigpond.net.au <mailto:rayhayes@bigpond.net.au>> > /Subject:/[RMagic] RootsMagic 6 - sorting of birth,death and burial events > when all occur in the same year > /Date:/Mon, 24 Dec 2012 17:20:26 +1100 > > > I have a child born, died and buried all in 1896. > > I would have expected the events to sort Birth, Death, Burial, however > they sort in reverse order showing Burial, Death, Birth in the Edit > Person window. > > I can change the sort date for each event, but I don't think that I > should have to? > > I entered the Birth event, then the Death, then the Burial so it is not > sorting based on which event was entered first. > > Any thoughts? > > Ray

Greetings and a peaceful new year I like having to put a sort date myself because it means I have to read other fact data and enter a suitable date. I can immediately see any anomalies and flag for future research. I do voluntary help for new comers to this wonderful passtime. I have noted that many people copy data from other sources without checking if correct or indeed their family. (Entering data and ) checking dates would have shown them the possible error of their ways. Only if they check with original data / documents will I help them. I have recently found that one of my own conflicts is not so because there were two people with same name in same place and the one I had some data for is not mine after all. I have deleted that data and put a note of what i had found etc. so that i do not repeat it. If auto sort on or available I may not have spotted it. regards Richard in UK (FO 4 on ) Great software which I recommend to all I have used many others and RM on the whole is more user friendly.