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Estimated before 1824

Julian Moorhouse

May 07, 2018 11:56

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Sometime before 1824 the wording....

estimated before 1824

is shown, even if a baptism date is provided.

 

Surely this should show any timeline dates ?

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  Bjørn P. Brox May 07, 2018 12:03

  Estimation is based on years provided on birth and death years on surrounding profiles.
  
  Baptism date is probably not classified as a good input for birth year estimation, simply because you can be baptized at any age.

  Edited by Bjørn P. Brox May 07, 2018 12:03
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  Julian Moorhouse May 07, 2018 13:23

  Sure, but if you have no other dates, showing baptism is extremely helpful, especially when for example fathers and sons are called William and John.

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  Bjørn P. Brox May 07, 2018 13:52

  The system should not do that, but you are free to do that yourself. I enter the baptism date myself as birth date if baptism date is the only date I have and know that it was in an area and time period where children had to be baptized within a short period after birth.

  In later periods I cannot, because I have often found baptism short before marriage or confirmation because it was required.

   

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  Julian Moorhouse May 07, 2018 15:10

  Thanks for your reply.

  However I’ve not saying the baptism date should be used as the date of birth.

  Just that where the date of birth isn’t provided, other provided dates should be shown on the overview page.