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Help needed with GR Tree

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Sue in Sx

Sue in Sx Report 6 Apr 2006 21:05

What is the accepted format for birthdate of individual when making changes to Tree? I have tried to update some individuals, i don't have a dd/mm/ but I do have an approximate year. The system won't allow you not to put a birth day or month so I have been using 01/01/ and the year! However I don't want to confuse anyone viewing my tree into thinking that I have umpteen relatives all born on the first of January!! Sue

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 6 Apr 2006 21:11

As far as i know you dont have to enter dob just the year of birth but you should put a tick in the box marked (Circa) hope this helps Roy

Paul

Paul Report 6 Apr 2006 21:11

Sue I just leave the DOB date blank until I know what it is. GR also give you a Year Of Birth which is what I initially fill in. HTH ... Paul

Sue in Sx

Sue in Sx Report 6 Apr 2006 21:18

Maybe it's me - it seems to happen when I try to put info in the 'extra details' section, it won't allow me to 'save details to tree' without putting in a full dd/mm/yyyy....pants on fire!!!!

Lyn

Lyn Report 6 Apr 2006 21:23

Sue, I do the same when I only know the approx. year. Then if I do happen to find the birth registration in a certain qtr, I change it to the first day of the last part of that registration qtr. ie:01/03/1851, 01/06/1851 and so on. I then make a note in the extra details screen of the birth registration details, so anyone reading it is aware that I don't have the exact date. I work for a large Government Department and we still use the 01/01/01 format for clients who omit their birth date details (until such time as they give us the correct date of course). Hope this helps Lyn, Sydney, Oz

Sue in Sx

Sue in Sx Report 6 Apr 2006 21:34

Brilliant! thanks Lyn, just the answer I wanted...that will make things a lot clearer. Sue ~:0)