I knew that it wasn't possible, but I thought that Legacy was just a little "behind the times." Another small graphical program I use just to do quick look-ups, is similar, but development on that stopped some years ago. Here in Australia, a law allowing same-sex marriages didn't get through Parliament, but Victoria allows them to register, without legal consequences, rather like de factos. Tasmania has been threatening to "go it alone."
(That is going to become another issue: property disputes between same-sex de factos. Will they have to rely on the general law of property, as heterosexual de factos did to begin with? But here isn't the place to discuss general questions.) I don't know about Legacy's policy, but any union allowed by the law of the place should be capable of being recorded. Personally, I have been married to the same woman for over 40 years, and have no desire to be different. Doug, Retired lawyer. On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:12:43 +0000 Robert Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > Today I learnt of a distant relative who was in a legal registered > civil relationship with a person of the same sex. I then started to > look how this could be entered into Legacy. What I've read, and I > would like members to confirm this, is that Legacy 7.5 is not capable > of handling this sort of relationship. Further, if I am to understand > correctly, it is against the policy of the software publishers to > allow Legacy to be record for such relationships or gender changes. > > I would be most concerned if this is a policy decision and not just a > technical problem. As in genealogy we record the records as they are > and our own personal views and prejudices must override this. > > Some time ago, I found in the parish register, my great aunt who > baptised her two illegitimate children who were born 12 years apart. > I was horrified to see that the vicar had recorded occupation as, "A > harlot", because this was official records I still recorded it as an > occupation and put some notes alongside. > > I am hoping that some members can give me some reassurance and also > how I can work around entering this relationship into legacy. > > Robert… > 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
