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From: "Jim Byram" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Spouses even though no marriage shown?
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:52:42 -0400
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Tim,

Going off and doing something else brings clarity. I think that the
discussion can be reframed in a very simple manner.

First, I don't think that there is any 'missing' data.

Let's look at it like this...
Generations has a Married flag and the settings (for example) are as
follows:
0 - the flag has not been set
1 - marriage
2 - unmarried
3 - common law marriage

In earlier versions of Generations lacking the flag, the 'setting' would be
equivalent to 0.

When Generations makes reports etc., it assumes a marriage if the Married
flag setting is 0 or 1.

When TMG does the import it creates a Marriage tag only if the Married flag
setting is 1.

You would like to see TMG create a Marriage tag on import if the Generations
Married flag is set to 0 or 1.

I think that is the essence of the discussion and fits the data as we
understand it.

> Or do you think that Generations is incorrect in reporting that married
couples are married?

There is a contradiction in your question. How you know that a couple is
married unless the user has taken affirmative action to record that they are
married? Do I think that Generations is incorrect in reporting that couples
are married when there has been no assertion of any sort by the user to
record the event? Yes. The program is making an assumption on behalf of the
user that may or may not be correct.

Jim


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