Why does this thread continue ad mausium? Please exchange E-Mails and take it off-line! It was already old last week.
~Don On Jun 23, 2013, at 8:49 AM, "Ward Walker" <wnkwal...@rogers.com> wrote: > OK, if we are reasonably clear on the underlying database structure and the > use of a 'marriage' record for any relationship that produces a child, let > me ask this: what would be the precise meaning of adding a specific database > flag (i.e., a checkbox for the individual) that says the person did not > marry? Such a flag could not have a biological context, but rather would > have a cultural meaning, certainly subject to interpretation. Wouldn't some > people interpret it as referring to religious weddings, only. Other people > would include official civil weddings. What about couples that have lived > together common law for 40 years, with no wedding? Would checking the box > include or exclude that? What about a marriage that is annulled after 10 > days? > > My point is that such observations belong in Notes or Event/Facts, where > they can be explained in context. Having a database construct is only useful > for such things as generating a symbol next to the name in Family view, or > for automatically adding a statement in a report (with hard-coded wording), > or possibly for a search criterion. Such a database construct/checkbox > should only be used for a fact that is well-defined and not subject to > personal interpretation. > > To me, even the current checkbox has limited usefulness, for the same > reasons. It is helpful for the 'no children' part of it. And perhaps the > 'not marry' part can sometimes be a helpful research aid to save me from > searching records for an official marriage that is somehow already known not > to exist. But notes can do that too. > > Ward > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Rolfe > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:27 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] marriages > > Jay > > I wrote my first program in 1967 and was a professional programmer and > database designer from 1972 until I retired in 2004. I have designed > and implemented databases far more complex than that used by Legacy - > which is in no way meant to belittle the Legacy programmers. No > database should be any more complex than necessary. > > If I (or my team) ever implemented something which did not reflect the > reality of the situation we were emulating, then we would consider it a bug. > > All Pat and I want is for the statement "This person did not marry and > had no children" to be split into two halves, and for the "did not > marry" half to be available when there is a relationship record created > in Legacy. > > If anyone has no use for that, then fine - don't use it. I have no use > for LDS ordinances, so I make no comment about them. > > If a person did not marry, then that is something which should be > recorded at the individual level. It is a little strange to suggest > that the fact that someone did not marry should be recorded in a > marriage record. > > Yes, I have entered this as a suggestion through proper channels. > > Tony > > > > > 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 > > 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
