I'm interested in the name of the other genealogy software programs which provide what you describe. I teach a class and people may ask.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John R. Bayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Recording an Event in Lieu of Marriage > In replying to my post Dennis K. wrote: > > > >The program should attempt > > >to record what actually happend without making jugements about goodness, > > >badness, who cares ness! > > > [which is what I originally posted] > >You certainly have the opportunity to do that in Legacy with Notes and > >Events. You are always free to switch to another program if you don't > >like what Millennia offers. > > Well, I disagree. The program does not allow me to record > the genders of a same sex couple in the gender radio buttons. > At least not in Version 5! If I click on Husband it makes the > person male. The radio buttons are greyed out. They cannot > be changed. I think having the default is fine. But the radio > buttons should not be greyed out. I should be able to > change them. > > I also detached the person and changed her gender ( I gave > her the name of "Mary Jones") from Male to Female. When > I attempted to reattach Mary to Alice (two females) the > program told me that "Husbands must be Male" in the error > message and would not let me attach them. > > Putting the data in notes is certainly possible. > It is however not the same. People get used to looking at > the gender radio buttons to see the sex of a person in the > database. There is also color coding assigned based on gender. > > Actually, I've not upgraded to Legacy 6 because I find none > of the new features to be worth upgrading for, as I have little > use for them. But I am still sticking with Legacy 5. IMO > Legacy's inability to draw charts without resorting to "outside > help" is a far more serious shortfall than it's inability to properly > record the genders of people in same-sex relationships. > > jr > > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp > > Legacy User Group 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/ > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Enter the drawing for a FREE Legacy Cruise to Alaska or a FREE research trip to Salt Lake's Family History Library. Open to users of Legacy 6 Deluxe. Enter online at http://legacyfamilytree.com/FreeTrip.asp Legacy User Group 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/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
