I have a lady in my tree. I have her baptism certificate, all censuses for which she was alive and her death certificate. All censuses show her under her maiden name and, when she is an adult, as head of the household. Her death certificate was issued under her maiden name. Two years before her death she was awarded the probate of her father's will and was described in the probate index as a spinster.
As far is as humanly possible, I am certain that this lady did not marry. She did, however, have a child. This child's birth certificate gives no indication of the father's name. All I am asking is to be able, on the individual's detail page, to record the fact that this lady never married. I don't want to mark the "marriage" record as "This couple never married" - there is no record of a couple. If ever there was a case when there is a need to record the absence of the marriage, this is it. However, I cannot do it because Legacy greys out the one item which would allow me to do this is a standardised way. Even if they didn't, I still couldn't use it because "This person never married but did have a child". Split the fact into two facts that enable us to reflect reality. I realise that Legacy has to have a database record linking the child to the parent. That they choose to call it a marriage record instead of something like an interpersonal linkage record is unfortunate. That they choose to treat it as though it shows that a marriage actually occurred is simply a bug. QED 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
