I have the same problem with many people having the same name and no proven birth / death dates. So using a range of dates or "about" is the system I use as well. Jelayne On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM, RickandRana <[email protected]> wrote: > As the writing of my family history, first venture, nears completion, I have > begun to wonder if I should write the article in Word '03 or Word '07? I am > thinking of family members who might not have Word '07. Will they be able to > read that article? What is recommended? > > Also, there are so many WEST men named James in this lineage that we make it > a habit to identify our James by the range of birth years, 1760-1770 (to > date we have no document that provides exact birth date, so we use the > results from analysis of the census records): James (1760-1770) is the > consistent way we guarantee the reader will know the James we reference. Is > this an acceptable way of writing? > > I solicit and welcome any and all opinions/advice/suggestions. > > TIA > > Rana > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:51 AM, jelayne tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the same problem with many people having the same name and no > proven birth / death dates. So using a range of dates or "about" is > the system I use as well. > Jelayne > Jelayne, thank you so very much. I have been so uncertain as to how to write out that paricular problem! It is good to know another does the same thing. Thank you for your time. Rana > ------------------------------- > 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 >