Maybe Legacy should change the name of that screen. Instead of "Marriage information", they could call it "Partnership information" or "Relationship information".
As far as the original poster, the "This couple did not marry" and "This couple had no children" ARE separate on the Marriage screen - it is 2 distinct check mark boxes (at least in version 7.5 - not sure about older versions). Once a child is entered for the couple, the "This couple had no children" is no longer available, but it is 2 distinct and independent check boxes. So I'm not sure what they are really asking for. As far as the poster below that says: Therefore it would be incorrect to say "this person never married" if there was a child because a relationship has to be established in Legacy to create that child I disagree. It IS correct to say "this person never married", even if they had a child. It is NOT correct to say "this person never had a relationship" if there is a child, but that is not what the check box is saying. Remember also that in some items Legacy is "strapped" to certain wording simply because of how GEDCOMs categorize the information when transferring data from one program to the other. Yes, in the program itself Legacy can use different terms, but if they are not careful their use of different terms/wording could cause someone to enter info in such a way that the resulting GEDCOM would contain bad data. Bob On 06/18/2013 11:32, Ronald Bernier wrote: > Just curious - how is Millennia confusing newbies? Maybe Millennia could > take a cue from Heredis and call the term to partner. Of course, this would > satisfy some and have others up in arms. > > The only other option is for those who are not happy with the program to > consider writing their own program. Then, they could have the exact > terminology they want and not try to force a change for those who are > satisfied with the status quo. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 11:25 AM, "Mike Fry" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2013/06/18 16:33, Sherry/Support wrote: >> >>> It's incorrect to separate "never married" and "had no children" >>> >>> When a person has a child, a relationship is established with another >>> person - a >>> "marriage" is created whether or not the couple was actually married. It >>> takes >>> two to make a child (even if one of them is an anonymous sperm donor!) and >>> both >>> parents need to be shown. >>> >>> On the "marriage" screen, you can indicate that the couple never married >>> and set >>> the Status to "Unmarried" or another choice. >>> >>> But there must be a relationship with another person to create a child. >>> >>> Therefore it would be incorrect to say "this person never married" if there >>> was >>> a child because a relationship has to be established in Legacy to create >>> that >>> child..... >>> >>> There is no 100% certain way to know if a person never had any children >>> unless >>> he or she died before puberty.... I'm sure all of us have at least one >>> "hidden" >>> marriage or child that was never acknowledged >> Ain't English a funny language :-) Methinks it's time for Millennium to sort >> their terminology out and stop confusing newbies. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mike Fry >> Johannesburg (g) >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> 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/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > 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/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
