Pat (and others), It is quite obvious that you have not carefully read my postings on this topic. Please re-read them. The database operates with 2 main tables. One for individuals and another for marriages. There are many other tables that also come into play to store various things. If a person is linked to another person it is done with the marriage record. That record can link spouses and children of the marriage. Without a marriage record there are no connections to other individuals. It's that simple.
The check box in the individual record can be used to indicate that there are no marriage records linked for the purpose of connecting a spouse. If a marriage record is linked, then that box is grayed-out because the presence of a marriage record makes the option invalid. An individual cannot be linked to offspring without a marriage record. Thus an individual with "This individual never married and had no children" checked is shown with the exclamation mark to indicate end-of-line. The check box in the marriage record can be used to indicate that there are no children linked to the marriage. If there are children linked, then that box is grayed-out because the presence of a child makes the option invalid. If an individual has marriage records and every one of them has the "This couple had no children" checked, then that individual is end-of-line but there is no symbol to indicate that like it does for the never married individual. In summary...Legacy already allows both situations to be recorded but does not display an end-of-line symbol for someone with marriage records and no offspring. Ron Taylor 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
