Ah - I forgot about that checkbox in the individual screen. Yes, on that screen it is one field/box for both items - I stand corrected.
Strange that Legacy has 2 separate boxes on the marriage screen but only one box on the individual screen! Yes, it should be 2 boxes on both screens (in my humble opinion). Bob On 06/18/2013 12:03, Robert57P_gmail wrote: > 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
