Sandra, Lot of things below are mentioning 'Access'. If you do not have it, I would like to make a suggestion. LibreOffice has been a great help for me.
http://www.libreoffice.org/ Regards, Tim Rosenlof Utah, USA Researching Southern Sweden Always --> Document<-- your work. On 11/4/2011 1:26 PM, Sherry/Support wrote: > The request for allowing same sex partner ships and/or marriages has > been requested many times over the last several versions of Legacy. It > would require some fundamental and extensive changes to Legacy and the > add-on programs. There is a work around using Access if you have > knowledge of that program. > > 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 Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Sandra Ludwig<[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everyone: I know this program is LDS based so I'm a little shy asking >> this. How does one list a live-in partner, either opposite or same-sex? In >> my family (as in so many families these days) we have some couples who lived >> together for many years, but did not marry, no children. Also, recently, my >> cousin and her lesbian partner had a child. How do I include all this? >> >> I'm very new to Legacy so I could use some tips. Thanks! 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