Re: [Gramps-users] small requests

[Thomas W. <to...@ad...>]

Gerald,

Right so then you should create a source called, "Personnel Knowledge" 
or "interview with Mr & Mrs XXX" or something like that and make that your 
source for your parents' marriage.  I've also made my parents married, but I 
think that it is not as easy to jump to these conclusions for almost anyone 
else in your family tree other then your actual parents.

Tom W.


On Sunday 03 August 2008 07:57:48 am Gerald Britton wrote:
> Well, I know that my parents are married but don't have a copy of
> their marriage certificate. That doesn't mean that I mark their
> relationship as unknown.  I marked them "married"
>
> On 8/2/08, Joel Parker <joe...@gm...> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 08:46 -0500, Steve Randall wrote:
> >> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:09:50 -0400
> >>
> >> Thomas Weichmann <to...@ad...> wrote:
> >> > Hi Martin,
> >> >
> >> > This has actually been discussed a long time ago here on the list. 
> >> > The former
> >> > (several years ago) default was married.  I believe that I actually
> >> > brought
> >> > it to the attention of the developers that it is a huge assumption, in
> >> > any
> >> > century, to guess that anyone who has had children together is
> >> > married. As
> >> > you suggested, it is not a good idea to make any assumptions without
> >> > the
> >> >
> >> > data.
> >>
> >> Defaults are not about making assumptions; they are about saving data
> >> entry time. This default wastes time. Therefore it is wrong. It is as
> >> simple as that.
> >
> > I would contend that this default wastes time only for those who know
> > that the mother and father are married, or are comfortable making that
> > assumption.
> >
> > For those of us who assume "unknown" in the absence of a source, this
> > default saves the time of correcting each one.
> >
> > Perhaps what we need is a survey of people who assume marriage (or have
> > marriage sources ready) vs. those that assume "unknown". Maybe other
> > genealogy programs could be a guide.
> >
> > - Joel
> >
> >
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