It's interesting that Reunion which I'd regard as a very average genealogy program can cope with same sex couples. A pointer to the future--if Legacy is not altered to cope with them properly, and not hamfistedly, then someone in future will offer a family tree program at least as good that does. Peter
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathy > Flamholtz > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 5:25 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Relationships not Husband/Wife > Hi. > This is the first time I've responded to any posting. I'm a new Legacy > user and will undoubtedly have questions in the future. My first try > at sending my gedcom from my previous program (Reunion) to Legacy was > a failure. I'd kept my source notes in a manner that Legacy didn't > recognize. So I'm going back and cleaning up my Reunion file and will > be trying it again. > > I know that folks can argue, ad infinitium, on this issue. But, I am > sorry that Legacy does not offer the option for us to configure the > family as we see fit. I'm really surprised that this is an issue. I > would have thought that most genealogical programs would try to be as > broad and versatile as they could be so as to meet the needs of the > most people. I've only used Reunion, but it does allow me to go in and > change the sex designation for what would normally be the husband or > wife. It's really no big deal with that program. Being that I have a > couple such instances in my huge family file, I guess I'll have to > face this dilemma soon. > CJF Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
