There's no in between status, but there certainly is an Unknown! If I haven't entered any information about Death or Burial, that may mean the person is still alive or it may mean that I don't know.
It's the same for Sex -- even though there are only two actual choices, it is not always known which applies, especially the way parents are naming their children these days! Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 17:27 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] When will we get yes/no/unknown for living? ummm what other options are there besides living/dead? Is there an inbetween I don't know about? > June, > > There really is no way to deal with the Living indicator field, since > it must be set to either Yes or No, neither of which is correct in > many cases. The suggestions that others have made are simply different > ways to indicate that it is not known whether someone is living, but > that does not prevent the Living indicator from being wrong. > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of June > McDonald > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 14:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] When will we get yes/no/unknown for living? > > > I agree. I asked for this some years ago when I first started using > Legacy 2?, 3? and was told it would be looked at, and that was the end > of that. I have a number of people who I don't know if they are alive or > not and still wonder how others deal with it. > June > Canberra, the nation's capital > > > Porter wrote: > > >yes/no doesn't cut it! "unknown" would be most helpful............ We have > m/f/? for sex. Makes good sense to have living choices! > > > > > >A > > > >Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > >To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > > >To unsubscribe please visit: > >http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
