Thanks, Sherry. Cheryl
Sherry/Support wrote: > Brian and Cheryl, > > "Nationality" and "ethnicity" are two different things - > > Nationality (Merriam-Webster) is defined as > > : a group of people who share the same history, traditions, > and language, and who usually live together in a particular > country > > : the fact or status of being a member or citizen of a > particular nation > > The same dictionary defines ethnicity as > > 1: ethnic <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic> > quality or affiliation <aspects of /ethnicity/> > 2*:* a particular ethnic affiliation or group <students of > diverse /ethnicities > > / > Ethnic is further defined as > > : of or relating to races or large groups of people who have > the same customs, religion, origin, etc. > > : associated with or belonging to a particular race or group > of people who have a culture that is different from the main > culture of a country > > > So the preamble is correct in stating "nationality" and not > including "ethnicity". > > > IMHO, ethnicity should be recorded as an event and if it's > desired to see the ethnic origins of the people in the > database, either a Detailed Search or an Event Report on > that specific event. > > > > > Sincerely, > Sherry > Technical Support > Legacy Family Tree > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Brian/Support > <br...@legacyfamilytree.com > <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com>> wrote: > > I wonder how the Origins Report suddenly became a report > on ethnicity? > The help for the report says this: > > "It's nice to know where we came from - where our > ancestors were born. > Most of us are a mixture of nationalities who have > joined together and > split apart for centuries. Legacy can gather all the > ancestral birth > places in your family file and let you know what > percentage of each > nationality makes up your heritage." > > Should this preamble be reworded to remove "nationality" > since the > report is only reporting based on ancestral birth places. > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > br...@legacyfamilytree.com > <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > > 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
