# Burial Fact fields

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328 "2021-11-03T19:29:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RememberThis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RememberThis](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RememberThis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/1 "2021-11-03T19:29:59Z")

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Any chance we can get an update that would allow us to use the date and description fields for the Burial Fact?

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**Author:** ![RememberThis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RememberThis](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RememberThis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/2 "2021-11-03T19:30:48Z")

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![Burial fact](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/1X/9ee60c142a0f9b89a818e60efdb988acee00408d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![KaitlinB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@KaitlinB](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/KaitlinB)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/3 "2021-11-03T20:17:37Z")

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![Screenshot 2021-11-03 161424](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/rootsmagic/original/1X/47601f15da1fd009898aaee4dc6dd7c2d91b09bd.jpeg)  
My database already has these fields working - I did have description turned off but I tested it and it worked.

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**Author:** ![RememberThis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RememberThis](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RememberThis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/4 "2021-11-03T20:25:30Z")

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I must have gremlins. I just shut everything down and rebooted. The description field is now checked and it allowed me to check the Date field. **And** , I was finally able to get those fields to show up on a custom report. Yay!!

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**Author:** ![thejerrybryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/thejerrybryan/32/404_2.png) [@thejerrybryan](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/thejerrybryan)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/5 "2021-11-03T20:40:32Z")

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You can always change the settings on any fact in the fact list, including the built-in facts such as Burial.

As far as the Burial fact itself, it defaults to Date - yes, Place - yes, and Description - no. So you do have to turn on the Description field if you wish to use that field. I don’t know how your Date field became turned off.

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**Author:** ![RememberThis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RememberThis](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/RememberThis)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/burial-fact-fields/2328/6 "2021-11-03T21:06:32Z")

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That was the problem. It was not allowing me to turn them on, so I thought they were disabled. After much messing around - and a reboot, it seems to be working properly now. Thanks for helping.