Thank you also Ed, all of you helped me a great deal. I now understand how to enter it into Legacy.
Janet On 8/17/05, Ed Barnard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Janet, > > Genealogically speaking, any time two people have a child, that's a > "marriage". When a woman has three children by three different fathers, > that gets represented as three "marriages". If she is actually married > to a fourth person, that's four "marriages". For what it's worth, that's > how the LDS church defined the standard. > > Genealogically speaking, that makes sense. That is, if the whole point > is to keep track of who is related to whom by blood, that makes sense. > The trouble, very obviously, is that is NOT the common meaning of the > word marriage. We all know what "getting married" means... it's a formal > commitment before witnesses, confirmed by the local church and/or state. > > In Legacy, though, the question is NOT "did she have a ring on her > finger, and who gave her that ring." That's one of TWO questions. The > other is, "Did they have child or children, and who are the parents." > > If he put a ring on her finger, you obviously record *that* couple as > married. They are/were. > > But if there was a child, you also record that child's two parents as a > marriage. You can then go in the marriage edit screen, and change the > descriptive words to reflect the actual situation. Change "husband" to > "father" or whatever's appropriate. > > I haven't specifically answered your question. I was talking in general > terms. But hopefully that does help to explain the situation! > > Ed Barnard > > On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 22:23, Janet LaVerne Lee wrote: > > I have a couple who were never married who had a child. I need to add > > a (friend, companion ?????) what to the man? Then can I add a child > > for them? How do I then add a husband to her later? You will have to > > be pretty explicit, I am new to doing this. > > > > Thank you anyone for help, > > > > Janet > > 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 > 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
