The "Child Status" should really be labelled "Birth Status" which would have settings like Twin, Triplet, Stillborn, Stillborn Twin, Stillborn Triplet, and blank (single live birth). In my databases, I have added 2 new child status: "Sibling same name" and "Sibling same name opposite gender". These allow me to flag those children in families where they had more than one child and re-used the name. They should not be merged. And there are some group sheets where children of different genders have the same name probably because the compiler did not know which gender was correct or there may have actually been multiple children with the same name and different genders.
The "Relationship to Father" and "Relationship to Mother" status will have settings like Adopted, Foster, and blank (Biological). One other relationship status that needs some work by Millennia is "Step". It can be used to properly indicate children in a household that are from a prior marriage of one of the parents. The 1/2 kids function of Legacy does not distinguish between children of a prior marriage versus children of a later marriage. Children of a later marriage are not considered step children to any of the prior marriages. The relationship status is not displayed (wish it were) on the Family tab. It can be displayed on reports and the Chronology tab. Ron Taylor On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:17 PM, Heeren <[email protected]> wrote: I use this a bit differently. I open the Sources from the person's Family page by clicking on the little books icon. Then I scroll down the events list to Father Rel.: & Mother Rel.: I add the source I used to prove the child/parent relationship. It's for my own use, I found out years ago I would be looking at a list of children & wonder where I found that one or this one. On some I have a bunch of sources listed...as census...which may show the person as "son" or "daughter" of the head of the family...usually the father. The more sources, the better. This is quicker for me than looking through all the events. On 5/14/2014 7:06 AM, Merrelyn Bates wrote: I have been slowly working through Geoff's book and just discovered the relationship of child to father and mother. Above that is 'Child Status', which when opened has two categories: 'Stillborn', 'Twin'. I understand that the list can be added to with other terms, e.g. 'triplet', 'Death shortly after birth', etc. My question is: Would one normally use this attribute? If so, how? > > >Thank you. > > >Merrelyn Bates > >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 > 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 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
