Jim, thanks for the thoughts. I hadn't thought through about GEDCOM exports and I do swap info with non-Legacy cousins. Maybe I'll leave names (St whosis church-mytown) in location and only put the actual directions and street addresses in the address. Good thing I hadn't changed many.
Cary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Winfrey Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding an event address to multiple people A correction to my earlier e-mail regarding the use of event addresses. Event addresses do print on Descendant Book reports but not on Descendant reports. Sorry if I misled anybody. Jim On 8/30/06, Jim Winfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cary, > > Really think this out before you start changing everything. Remember > that, as yet, no other genealogy program on the market correctly > interprets Legacy's event addresses when a Legacy file is imported via > either gedcom or Genbridge. So, if you ever move to another genealogy > program, you're stuck with recreating all this information. > > But the good news is that you can set Legacy's Locations to sort in > reverse order so you can get the country, state, county, town, local > site sorted so the principal places stay together. You can even > highlight multiple Locations and Show List will show you all the > people in all the highlighted Locations. > > Now another piece of bad news - several of Legacy's reports, including > the Descendant Report, do NOT give you the option of including event > addresses. So if you are sending reports, or gedcoms, to people who > need all the information, the use of event addresses will cause some > data to not be transferred. > > Jim > > On 8/30/06, Cary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like Nancy, I started out making each (church, cemetery, etc) a separate > > location (years ago in Generations). Now I think using Legacy's capacity > > to use Event addresses would be a better place for the info, but am faced > > with many records to change for some places (esp cemeteries I have > > visited) as well as many Locations to change. > > > > So far I have gone to the Location master list, Printed out a list of > > records for a particular location (or tagged them in some cases) and then > > pasted the Address into each relevant Event individually. When the > > address has been added to all of them, I merge the Location into the > > City/County/State (for the American locations) or whatever and then start > > on the next one. > > > > Please someone tell me there is an easier way. > > > > Is there any way to make a mass change adding an address to all instances > > of a Location that exist at that time? And not lose it if that Location > > is changed or merged away? > > > > Cary > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy > > Bender > > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:29 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding an event address to multiple people > > > > Ana, > > I had done that for a few, but then I tried it differently. On the > > individual information screen, in the buried location I use the city, > > state, > > etc. Then I add the cemetery name and address in the burial address field. > > I > > like the way it shows up on reports this way. > > Nancy > > > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: Ana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding an event address to multiple people > > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:56:54 -0400 > > > > Nancy > > > > How do you enter the cemetery under "buried" on the Individual Information > > > > Screen? - Such as: Webster Cemetery, Highland Co., Ohio - rather than > > Highland Co., Ohio? > > > > I use the specific Cemetery Name & then I go to: > > > > (1) Master Location List>Webster Cemetery, Highland Co., Ohio > > > > (2) click Notes: here I add information such as: addresses (for small > > rural > > ones I try to give directions): the condition; when it was copied; history > > > > of the cemetery, size - etc. etc. > > > > If I need to add or alter information later - then the change is > > universal > > for all who are buried there. > > > > And I hope this additional "Notes" information will help others locate > > their > > family. > > > > Print or not Print on reports - your choice. > > > > Ana > > > > > > > > > > Nancy Bender wrote: > > >An uncle of mine recently visited a cemetery near him where many of our > > >common ancestors are buried. I add the Cemetery name and address in the > > >Burial address field. Is there a way to add this to several people at > > once > > >or do I just need to go to each person, click on the + by the burial > > field > > >and add it from the address list from there? > > >Thank you, > > >Nancy > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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/[email protected]/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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/[email protected]/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > ? > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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/[email protected]/ > > > > For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > Legacy User Group 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/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp a Legacy User Group 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/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
