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Denoting year/date when an individual was alive (birth, death, etc....

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bogistad	Posted Saturday, October 4, 2025 - Post #47260
Forum Guru Customers FamilyTrees.GenoPro.com GenoPro version: 3.1.0.1 Last Login: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 Posts: 146, Visits: 1,244	I have a number of individuals in my tree, mostly ancient, of whom I have no knowledge regarding their dates of birth, baptism or death. I am looking for suggestions on how to denote a date or year when a person was alive or active, for example as being mentioned in a document or record. There is an abbreviation for recording this in historical documents: "fl." floruit in Latin or "flourished", which would be perfect. Ideally, I would like to display this in the Top Label field above the Gender Symbol where other dates are normally shown, e.g. fl.1300, meaning there is recorded proof of the individual being alive in the year 1300. Unfortunately, GenoPro does not allow this abbreviation in the date fields so I end up with just "1300" which is not appropriate. I was wondering if anyone has been able to overcome this situation and how they went about it. Bob

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Denoting year/date when an individual was alive (birth, death, etc.... By bogistad ( Saturday, October 4, 2025 )

You are not limited to numbers in the birth field. Where only a... By appleshaw ( Saturday, October 4, 2025 )

I do use <, > and ~ when I know an approximate date of birth or... By bogistad ( Sunday, October 5, 2025 )

I tried combining < with ~ but only one is displayed. If you do... By appleshaw ( Sunday, October 5, 2025 )

My choice would be to use both > and <, so say <1300 for... By genome ( Sunday, October 5, 2025 )

Through trial and error, I was just now able to display "1300 fl." by... By bogistad ( Sunday, October 5, 2025 )