Loran, There is no "must" about any of this. There are many of us who do not use the system you outline for a variety of reasons. We may not like many commas in reports or on websites. The format may not suit the countries we live in (we are not all from the USA).
If our way does not suit certain facilities the so be it. We prefer not to use them - or find a work around and often one can. Finally, the way we maintain our data is our choice, they way in which we utilise Legacy and other programs is our choice. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ *Use Legacy Search - see My Blogs* Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/Grimshaw/ ______________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------- > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:36:00 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Locations Database > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > > To start, I think I did not make sufficiently clear that I was addressing > concerns about learning the IGS Marriage record Indexing task (Shirley > Fields said you were working at it). I did not mean to refer to anything > about Legacy. > > Okay, now to your concern about the Legacy geography function. First it is > crucial to input all locations as city-comma, county-comma, state-comma. > Example: Terre Haute,Vigo,IN. in all location spaces. Do not enter anything > more or less there. If you do not know one of the three slots > (city,county,state you must enter it this way: > Terre Haute,,IN. > > If the location data is entered that way, Legacy will first ask if you are > comfortable with the spellings that you entered. Assuming yes...you click on > the globe at the right end of the location line to see what the US atlas > says will fill in blanks for you according the to date you have for that > location. It would advise Knox for the county before it became Vigo, etc. > It will actually show you several lines with that information (more than I > should address here beyond saying that we will focus on this and other basic > functions at our first LUG meeting Jan 27. However, I will briefly mention > that I urge folks to use postal office two-letters for the state to save > space in printing forms, etc. and I never use the USA if the address is USA. > For foreign countries use the three-letter nation acronym, such as GER for > Germany (usually the first three letters of any foreign country). > > If you do click on the cross at the end of the location line you will see > the options of address, notes, or pictures. The address means the exact > street address; notes are for such comments (consider that the major notes > option, such as the name of a birth hospital or cemetery name, etc.). The > down arrow at the end of the location line refers to seeing total location > data (lets you see if you can verify or combine duplicates, etc.). I won't > step more into master lists now nor in our first meeting. > > Let me know if any of this is still not clear and helpful (may just call > 535-3618?) > > Sorry that I was not more clear in the beginning. Loran > > Loran Ralph Braught > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (812) 535-3618 > 8380 N. Crestwood Pl > West Terre Haute, IN 47885 > > Researching mostly Braught/Braucht, Bruner, Ruggles, Riley > ----- Original Message ----- _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
