But if there is no *known* relationship that resulted in a marriage or in any *known* children, you don't *have* a marriage screen. *All* I am asking for is the ability to say (on the individual screen) that the individual never married *without* making any kind of statement in regard to children, since I have *no way* of *knowing* (especially for a man and most especially for one long since dead) whether he fathered children.
It seems so obvious to me!! As for those of you who are weary of this discussion, just don't bother to read the correspondence on the subject -- !! Pat On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Tony Slunka <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony > > As a programmer you know that for the statement "This person did not > marry and had no children" to be true both parts of the statement must be > true. > > If there is no marriage/relationship and no child the you would mark the > "This person did not marry and had no children" > > If either part is false than either a child was born or a marriage > occurred. > > If a child was born than a marriage/relationship occurred. The marriage > screen allows you to mark "did not marry" if this is the case. > > If a marriage occurred the marriage screen allows you to mark " no > children" if this is the case. > > Tony S. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Rolfe [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 9:27 PM > To: [email protected] > 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/[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
