How Edit Fact Types?

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:01 pm

Originally posted by jillaine smith

I'm cleaning up my data and I realize that I've entered as a birth date what is actually a baptism date.
I attempted to edit the fact, but the fact type is greyed out. I cannot change it from BIRTH to BAPTISM.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

-- Jillaine

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:03 pm

In iFamily you cannot edit the event type for Births, Deaths and Marriages.

If you have a Birth event that should be a Baptism event then you must add a new event for the Baptism.

You could then delete the Birth Event but I would simply edit its date to be a " " before" date, and maybe also edit its Place, Notes and Source References

Keith

Keith Wilson · Post by **Keith Wilson** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:42 am

Originally posted by jillaine smith

Keith,

Thanks for the quick response. What's the reasoning behind not allowing these three fields to be editable?
All three of them are frequently in need of changing:

Births - Baptism or Christening
Marriage - Intentions
Death - Buria or Funeral

-- jillaine