Well that's a bummer! Here are the instructions as she posted them:
Entering Same-Sex Partnerships in Legacy Before you start, back up the family file. The first steps are exactly what you do when entering a straight couple. Legacy won't let you do a same sex marriage or partnership, so the change in sex is made in Microsoft Access. After adding the couple in Legacy (one will be male the other female), make note of their RIN numbers and close the program. Next change the family file extension, and then open the file in Microsoft Access. Here are the steps: 1. Rename the Legacy family file to replace the .FDB extension with the .MDB extension. 2. Open Access. 3. On the File menu, click Open. 4. Click a shortcut in the left side of the Open dialog box, or in the Look in box, click the drive or folder that contains the family file. 5. Double-click the family file. Change the gender of one of the partners: 1. Open the table named tblIR. 2. The IDIR field holds the RIN numbers. Use these to find an individual. 3. The Surname and GivenName fields are self-explanatory. 4. The Gender field holds the sex of the individual: Male = "0” and Female = "1". 5. Change the gender to be the same as his or her partner. 6. Save the file and close Microsoft Access. Check the same-sex partnership in Legacy. 1. Rename the family file back to the .FDB extension. 2. Open the family file in Legacy. 3. Check the gender of each partner in his or her individual information window. 4. Running Check and Repair in Legacy does not change the gender back to the partner’s opposite. It only lists it as a problem in the Error Log. Just ignore it. Limitations of This Process As with any “work around” where a process must be designed to accomplish an action the software is programmed to disallow, there are limitations to making a change of gender in your Legacy database. Here is what has been reported by users: * Clicking on Edit and selecting “Swap Husband and Wife” will change the gender of one of the same-sex partners. Don’t do it unless you want to go back into MS Access and change the family file again. * Relationships — Relationship names shown in Family View and on the Relationship Report for one of the same-sex partners may be wrong. Relationships are built from one starting person, called "Self" and are set by clicking Tools and selecting “Set Relationships.” * Reports — Some reports work fine with the changes to gender. Both Family Group and Pedigree reports work fine, providing information about both members of a relationship. Descendant, Individual, Timeline, and apparently some book reports do not include information about the spouse. * Chronology View — This feature acts oddly. In one quick test, the partner record did not include the relationship or information about the spouse. When switched to the other partner, the relationship and spouse were present. * Changing Views — Switching from Chronology View to Family View can result in a same sex partner appearing without his or her partner and a grayed out Spouse button that indicates no spouse. This happens when a partner in Chronology View” does not include the relationship or information about the spouse. * Back Arrow — When the above problem results in a same sex partner appearing without his or her partner and a grayed out Spouse button that indicates no spouse, the Back button (blue arrow in the upper left area of the main Legacy screen) doesn’t work. This indicates a “History List” problem. * There may be other Legacy problems that haven’t been discovered yet. Legacy Add-Ons (Programs that directly read the Legacy Family File) * Genelines for Legacy — Excludes spouse and children resulting from changing genders in the Legacy database. * Legacy Charting Companion Excludes spouse and children resulting from changing genders in the Legacy database. * TreeDraw Legacy — Excludes spouse and children resulting from changing genders in the Legacy database. * Not every add-on program has been tested. There may be problems with other add-on programs that haven’t been discovered yet. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Judy Wardlaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sherry wrote > > > At this time, the way the database is structured, linking same-sex > individuals isn't possible. Not only would it require extensive > re-writing of Legacy's code, there would also be a ripple effect that > would affect several of the Legacy add-on programs made by other > companies. > > Please go to http://www.moss-fritch.com/legacy.htm for a work around. > This info was compiled by one of our users. > > I tried this link and the page has been removed > Judy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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
