Marianne, I have seen obituaries that explicity stated that a person had been married for a number of years, but never had children. Using newspaper obituary as a source might save some in the future from looking for non-existant children. But I agree, I would probably information to Notes and add the citation to the note.
There are lots of ways to handle such situations. Legacy lets the user decide how they prefer to do it. Jim Legacy Family Tree Technical Support -------- Original Message -------- > From: "mbstx" <msz...@mindspring.com> > Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 4:29 PM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: re: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion > > However, how do you "source" a negative, that is a non-event? I handle "didn't marry" and "had no children" with an explanation in the General Notes as to why I think that is so. Marianne > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Jim Terry/Support <jimte...@legacyusers.com> > >Sent: Aug 12, 2011 4:25 PM > >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > >Subject: re: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion > > > >Jerry, > > > >If I recall correctly we added "Had No Children" and "Did Not Marry" to the > >list of possible events that users could an a source to because some of > >our users wanted it. They pointed out there was a need to document the fact > >that a couple did not ever marry or that they did not ever have children. > > > >Jim Terry > >Legacy Family Tree > >Technical Support > > > > > >-------- Original Message -------- > >> From: "Jerry" <jerrysemailgro...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 1:45 PM > >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Events Listing Confusion > >> > >> I think this subject came up once before, but I still don't understand > >> the rationale behind having a list of events which states "Had No > >> Children" - "Did Not Marry", etc., when, in fact, they were married and > > > >> did have children. I realize this is just a list of possible events, > >> but doesn't it seem like a bit of strange programming logic? Anyone > >> else with me and know to what I am referring? Open up the source > >> listing and you will find the list there. Thanks, --Jerry in Michigan > >> / http://www.MerriamFamilyTree.org > >> > >> > >> Legacy User Group guidelines: > >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > >on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
