It is my understanding that the purpose of genealogy is to reconstruct the lives of our ancestors as best as possible, and not how we would have preferred it to have been. To that end, Legacy does an excellent job. Just my two cents worth.
Charles From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:kmthoms...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 10:15 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Same Sex Partnerships/Marriages I don't record best friends or pets either Ellen, they are a completely different kettle of fish. If I was to include those, I'd potentially look like a crazy cat lady to anyone who looked at my tree in future. I do however have an albeit small number of people in my tree who have been in a same sex relationship for at least twice as long as a number of marriages. If I am going to record a 3 year marriage, or a 5 year de-facto not-married-but-had-kids relationship, I should at least honour the 10+ year committed same sex relationship in the same way. I am not going to deny the child one of their parents just because their parents didn't marry, so why should I deny someone their life partner because the law denies them the same rights to marriage as everyone else? If Legacy brings in the ability for same-sex relationships to be recorded - it's going to be an optional thing, just the same as using the Research Guidance, or the Surety Levels, or adding images and sources are optional. (Although I would hope that sources are being recorded somehow, even if the Basic Sources or Source Writer features aren't being used) God Bless You too Ellen, hope you had a Merry Christmas. On 26 December 2013 12:42, Ellen <kramer...@comcast.net> wrote: I do not record relationships of couples who do not marry. I also do not record all know "best friends" or "pets" or anything else except for Church recognized marriages. If you want that, that is your option. From the studies that I have seen and from all of the rare same-sex pairs that I have known, same-sex relationships typically are not "life-long". Not everyone wants Legacy to make this possible, but it sounds like they might have with the below info. I support them in not adding this as a feature. Legacy hears from the few who want it far more often than those of us who are grateful for it not being there. God bless, Ellen Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
