You have to think outside the usual meaning of "marriage" when entering the two people who produced an offspring - think of it as a term that covers any relationship between two people (dare I say man and woman). No genealogy program can cater for every term that various users might prefer to use to record every type of relationship - especially one that produces children. Particularly as the same term really has to be used for all relationships, otherwise we'd have a Marriage List, a One Night Stand List, A De Facto List and so on. Something I saw the other day might go some way to resolving this issue though - it referred to "Union" rather than "Marriage". So we'd have a Union List instead of a Marriage List. But then I guess there would be many people (probably me included) who don't like the thought of their married couples being referred to as a "Union".
Just my tuppence worth! Cheers Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] one mother two father's > Oh so I say the second Husband is blank not UNKNOWN but then that > implies she was married and she was not. Thanks never thought of that ;-) Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
