Geez! I really don't understand all the fuss. You can change the wording for any relationship. Simply click on the Wording Options tab in the Marriage Information window. Marrying is not just for people; "to marry" means "to connect things or make them into one thing." So, the Marriage Information window describes how two people connected.
Legacy Help details the options we have: Default Report Phrases if this is the First Marriage The traditional (and default) phrase used when printing reports is "married". John married Sarah..., or Sarah married John.... If the This couple did not marry option has been selected, the default changes to "had a relationship with". John had a relationship with Sarah..., or Sarah had a relationship with John.... (The defaults for these two phrases can be changed globally in the Options > Customize > View > Default Family View Labels and Report Wording box.) If you want to change the phrase for this marriage/partnership only, you can type a new phrase into the box. Keep in mind that this phrase is used to build the beginning of a sentence. The sentence will then have the date and place added to it. John married Sarah on 12 Dec 1888 in London, England... Overriding the Report Phrases If you would like to completely change the narrative wording that Legacy normally uses to construct a sentence for a report, you can change it to anything you want to. Whereas the default wording above automatically inserts the first name of each of the spouses/partners, these new override phrases does not. You must include the names in the phrase. This gives you the option to modify the names and to change the order of the parts. Johnny took Sarah as his wife ... or Johnny and Sarah got married ... or John married his high school sweetheart Sarah .... Again, this is the beginning portion of a sentence that will have the date and location added to it, so keep this in mind. You must construct two versions of the sentence, one describing the husband's first marriage (or partnership) and the other describing the wife's first marriage. Default Report Phrases if this is Not the First Marriage Similar to the wording for a first marriage, the default phrase used for a second or later marriage is "next married" or "next had a relationship with". John next married Sarah..., or Sarah next had a relationship with John.... If you want to change the phrase for this subsequent marriage/partnership only, you can type a new phrase into the box. Overriding the Report Phrases Just as with the first marriage, you can enter your own wording for later marriages. Later in his life Johnny got remarried to Ruth ... or Several years after her divorce, Sarah met a man named Alfred and they were married .... Again, this is the beginning portion of a sentence that will have the date and location added to it, so don't put a period at the end. Again, as with the first marriage, you must construct two versions of the sentence. Other word substitutes You can also change the terms Spouse and Marriage to other words that will be used in various reporting situations. CE From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8 Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:25:31 -0700 It’s not just an issue with 21st century.In the 17th and 18th century (maybe at other times too) in some areas of what is now called Germany there were various sanctioned traditions of having children outside of marriage. (Some of these were called “farm marriages”). In some locations (especially if a proposed marriage involved either a man and woman relocating from a different governing jurisdiction) the couple had to prove they were capable of having a child (by having one) prior to a decision on whether relocation to the other jurisdiction was or was not allowed to occur, and prior to a “marriage” being approved to occur (either by either the church or the civil jurisdictions or both). From: Larry Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Never married option in Legacy 8 John, etal, I have seen this discussion several times in the past and presented my thoughts to the compendium. I favor being able to assign the proper titles in the labels in Family View. I dislike having to make my data 'fit' the software! I also prefer not to put minutiae in my notes for things the program should accommodate. So, I agree. Relationship window is more correct. Allowing the use of relationship titles, as a marriage option, would enable the user to keep their data as they prefer. Although I am 'old school' I realize we have moved into the 21st century and need to be able to use today's terminology within Legacy. Larry [email protected] On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:10 AM, John Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: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). 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