As to the abbreviations, people pretty much do as they want - but I know a lot of genealogy societies say to write it out in full.
I'm not from the US - so I didn't have a clue where AR was until you said so - (Arizona came to mind - but that is AZ, right?) - so it adds confusion for me. I'd have to look it up somewhere. And I'm just in Canada - what about someone from Europe or Australia? Also - abreviations change! I'm not super old - but I remember in Canada when the provinces had a 4 (or 3) letter code instead of a 2 letter code.... (and most cities had a 3 letter code.) Would you understand Wpg, Man ? or Edm, Alta? Or what about when boundaries change? in 1999, Canada got a new territory! At that time, I phoned the government to find out the code for the new territory (Nunavut) - I was told it was the same as for the North West Territories - they supposedly both have NT.... I haven't checked since then to see if it is true or not still.... In Legacy, each location actually has 2 versions of the location - the long location and the short location. If you use the Geo-locator (I think it is called....) - it has both already set for a lot of locations. It spells stuff out for the long, and uses the abbreviations for the short. There are places in the program (I haven't used it - so not sure where) where you can choose which to use for a report, etc. Anyway - as you have guessed, I spell EVERYTHING out. The few items I have in the US, I have United States. (ok, I don't put in United States of America - but I don't put in US) Stuff I have in Canada before Canada existed, I put British North America instead of BNA..... I figure the more info you have, the less confusing it is! Give Legacy as a Gift for 25% Off. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2b49et Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
