> 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".
Jan, You are correct in saying "many people" would not like the thought of their married couples being referred to as a "Union". If Legacy started referring to "Marriages" as a "Union", I would have to stop using Legacy. There are many more Marriages than there are one-night-stands. I am not being prudish. I have several people in my file who are living together, but who are not married to each other. I also have a few who had children by individuals with whom they never lived with. All of those individual situations should NOT take away the cloak of Marriage from the other individuals who Married to have their family group. The Un-married and Un-known situations should be selected from the "Status" box on the "Marriage Information" screen and explained in Notes, Marriage Notes or an Event if further information is necessary. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 4:18 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] one mother two father's > 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 > 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
