The theory is fine - and I would concur that publishing to the web should only contain details of KNOWN living people.
But how do you cope with someone where you don't know any of the dates yet. e.g. Aunt Maud has told you the names of all of her cousins, but can't remember when they were born and doesn't know if they are still alive. They could range in age from 50 to 80. This would be one of the useful purposes of the "unknown" status, but Advanced Set Living wouldn't help to clear up the status - I also don't like accepting changes that are "calculated guesses". I only use the facility in case I have inadvertently left the default status to "Living" and forgot to press the Living No button. I would welcome the change, but recognise that a database change is necessary to achieve it, as presumably at the moment there is just an on/off switch. The change would need an extra one or a multiple value column. Then think about your add-on programs that think they know the structure of the database (e.g. I use Pocket Genie to carry my data around the country)! Jack -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of LegacySupport Sent: 31 December 2004 16:46 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] When will we get yes/no/unknown for living? Quite frankly, I would be very hesitant to publish those with "unknown" living status for the mere fact that they could still be living. IMHO, anyone over the default age "Advanced Set Living" age of 120 is safe to publish (in which case, with the Advanced Set Living feature you can mark them all as not living) anyone younger could possibly still be living unless proven otherwise. Just this week, there was an article in the paper about a woman celebrating her 111th birthday (yup - one hundred eleven years old) and she wasn't even the oldest living person in this country! Think about that before you all decide to publish a person that you don't have a death date on! Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying to this message, please include all previous correspondence. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 8:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] When will we get yes/no/unknown for living? ---Copy--- Something else to consider if Legacy is going to make these changes - do you want to print or publish in a web site living, dead or 'unknown' people? ---End--- That is the beauty of it, if done; +you+ will still decide who gets printed and who does not. Dave / Ken would include those options. I do have a few people for whom I do not know their living status yet that I do not print information on. Legacy has options to remove the personal information for living individuals when printing reports and producing web pages. If you plan on publishing information for any person who is still alive you should obtain their permission first. With some method of "Unknown" built in, you would be then be able to make a list of your "Unknowns" and attempt to do some contacting if at all possible. Whether using "Unknown" or the ability to leave both "yes" and "no" blank both methods accomplish the same thing. However, the second option does not take up any more screen real estate. Robert 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
