What do you do if you have no birth date on a person, but know they may be alive and you don't want them included with the dead or listed on your website. Also, how can you use the find tool to find everyone who doesn't have a birth date listed to enter this information?
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Re: no birth date
Mark them as private and filter them out of the transfer list using the PRIVATE FLAG.Originally posted by Johnson524 View Post
That said, there is a method of mitigating this problem by extrapolating dates (well, year only) via extrapolating the info from spouses. If on spouse has a date of birth and the other does not, simply transfer the year over to the spouse without a date of birth. Be sure to mark it as “circa” or “about” and make sure you explicitly note that the data has been taken from the spouse’s date of birth! While not perfect by any means, it is a ballpark estimate and often very close the true mark!Arnold
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Re: no birth date
In order to find people who have no birth date entered into your family file, choose Find (in the navbar on the left) and select the People tab at the top (if it is not already selected).Originally posted by Johnson524 View Post
Then, select these Conditions...
Events > Birth > Birth Date ... Is ... <leave field empty>
Next, click the Find button.
The results are shown in Results sidebar on the right. I would be up to you to determine if that person could possibly still be alive.
If so, you could proceed as suggested by AE Palmer in his post above.
I hope you find this information helpful
Deb Stuller
Leister Productions Inc.Comment
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