XPost: alt.genealogy   
   From: tahiri2@tanygraig.force9.co.uk   
      
   On 06/02/2026 21:59, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   > I wish genealogy software and databases would actually acknowledge year   
   > quarters   
   snip   
   >   
   > 2. Once an event recorded in that way has been   
   > cited/quoted/copied/whatever once or twice, the fact that it was   
   > originally known to be a quarter will get lost, and it will be assumed   
   > that it is accurate to the month.   
   >   
   > FWIW I record such events, if in plain text, as e. g. 1960Q2; in the   
   > software I use (Brother's Keeper), which doesn't "know about" quarters,   
   > I enter just the year, with Q2 in the comment field for that event.   
      
   This used to be a common problem since most software is made in the US,   
   but I believe they are more adaptable nowadays. I remember Ancestry   
   changing from using the last month for a quarter, to using the first   
   month, which is less likely to have people appearing to be baptised   
   before they were born. I was always told to put eg 1 Jan 1900 - 31 Mar   
   1900, which still isn't always accurate since it might be a December   
   event that was registered in January. In any case Brother's Keeper has a   
   maximum of 20 spaces in the date field so the format of my example   
   becomes a problem.   
   I now use Family Historian sold by Calico Pie which is British software   
   and accepts quarter years as Q1 1900. All mine were as 1Q1900 which it   
   put in inverted commas and called a 'date phrase'! I have gradually   
   swapped them around so that it is now happy and the age calculations   
   work. I am still running Brother's Keeper as well because I am   
   continuing using it's reference numbers. Family Historian has many more   
   features but you don't have to use them.   
      
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