* Probate

[davidb]

Every time I enter a probate date I get the message 'Entered date is later than the individual's date of burial. Is this intended?' Well, yes it is, for the reason given below. Also, the text wording for a probate event is 'He had his estate probated on (date)'.
    To me, probate has always meant the proving of a will, which can only take place after the will-maker's death - so how 'HE had his estate probated' is a bit of a mystery to me!
     It seems that to FH, probate means something different to what I take it to mean. Can someone enlighten me please?

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[Jane]

I think it's just a slight problem with the program, as it checks all events are between birth and death dates. Probate probably needs exception coding which it does not have at the moment.

[davidb]

Thanks, I'm glad I wasn't barking up the wrong tree. But why the strange  wording for this event in the default fact set?

[Jane]

The default is
{individual} had {his/her} estate probated {date} {place}

Obviously you can change it if you want.