Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. I do agree that it is important to maintain the four-location standard. In my case, a township contains several villages/town but I want all places within a township to sort together. So I have decided to use Township-village, county, state, country.
Thanks again. Connie --- Susan Daily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Connie, > I like to maintain the four-location standard that > Legacy has set, so > I did this when I discovered Townships in Indiana! > > My Long Location gets filed like this: > Jasper - Bainbridge Township, Dubois, Indiana, USA > and my short name becomes: > Bainbridge Twp., Jasper City, Dubois, IN > (I think in this case, Bainbridge is a smaller unit > than Jasper.) > > The other Jasper I have reads simply: > Jasper, Dubois, Indiana, USA > > I list the first one with Jasper first, so that it > falls with Jasper > City in the Master Location list. > > When I have a township, but no City, it reads: > Barr Township, Daviess, Indiana, USA > and short: > Barr Twp., Daviess, IN, USA > (Sometimes I drop the County in the Short name.) > > In your example below, I would suggest filing > everything like > "Fishingcreek Township - Asbury, ..." then fixing it > in the short > names so they sort together. > > Hope these ideas help. > Susan > > On 9/10/06, Connie laubach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I know that Locations should be entered: > City/Place, > > County, State, Country > > However, most of my family are from Pennsylvania > and > > for locations I usually have: City/Place, > Township, > > County, State, Country--going from smallest to > > largest. Example: Asbury, Fishingcreek Township, > > Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA > > or I have the Township (no place), County, etc. > > > > Any suggestions on how best to handle this? > > > > I have thought of entering the Location as: > > Asbury/Fishingcreek Township, Columbia, > Pennsylvania, > > USA > > but on those locations that don't have a place > name, > > just the Township, it will be impossible to sort > the > > Location list so that all Fishingcreek Township > > locations are together. > > > > OR I suppose I could entered: Fishingcreek > > Township/Asbury but then I'm not following the > rule of > > smallest to largest. > > > > Appreciate any advise/suggestions.... > > thanks > > Connie > > > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
