Why not simply rename the "Marriage Indormation Window" to call it the "Relationship Information Window"?
John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ Sent from my iPhone 5 On Jun 18, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Ronald Bernier <[email protected]> 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
