Yup, Barbara, that's how I do it. I do use the Death Notes though for things like the Death Index reference ( don't know the name of the USA references) and anything else of note.
I am not saying that the way Legacy suggests is wrong or causes problems etc. as never having done it that way I don't know. I find that my way works for me and since the Geolocation list is not very important for UK locations the problems with that aspect don't bother me - and I can usually work round them if needed (very, very rarely) My major interest has always been web pages so I am not particularly recommending my method, just saying that it works for me and I do understand that others who may have different priorities select other options. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:30:14 -0600 > > I think I may have figured it out.....I can't believe my learning curve is > so steep with this stuff... > > I had failed to check the box that said to combine only the ones checked. > That's okay, because in the list, there were several repeats of cemetery > names, so what it did was to combine all duplicates, not just the cemetery > where I had 20 occurrences. So, I think I'm okay. > > Still, I need to have a better understanding. I think, in my case, I should > not have viewed the training video where the instructor said NOT to put the > name of the cemetery in the Burial Location field, but rather to click on > the + and then Burial Address and then put the name of the cemetery in the > Name field on the Burial Address screen. That's what I did, every single > time. Since in Family Tree Maker, I had put the name of the cemetery in the > burial location field, after the import, I was trying to follow the training > video and have already spent hours taking OUT the name of the cemetery from > the Burial Location field and putting it IN the Burial Address Name field. > As a result, I ended up with several single occurrences of that cemetery > name. > > So, I don't really know where to go from here. Ron, am I understanding from > your method, that I would do this in the Burial Location field on the > Individual's screen (my example is for a USA person): > Name of Cemetery, Name of City, Name of County, Name of State, USA > and then don't even click on the + > > Ron, I have looked at the output on your web page, and I like the way it > looks there, so I'm thinking to follow your method (also, the less screens I > have to click on to get to, and the less duplicate information I need to > record, the better). > > Am I on the right track? > > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ronald > ferguson > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:20 AM > To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry > > > Michele, > > In the Location Field. For example consider my uncle Edward Joseph Hayes who > was buried at St Helens Cemetery: in the Burial Fields I have the date and > then in "St Helens Cemetery Plot 2/249, Lancashire, England" (I could have > put "St Helens," before "Lancashire" but there did not seem much point. As I > have mentioned I usually put the full address in the Location Field and for > Residence Events would put the house and Street there as well (in the same > field ie. no comma beteen the house number/name and the street). > > You can see the webpage output for Edward at > http://fergys.co.uk/genealogy/167.html (see also the sourcing) > > Ron Ferguson > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: > http://www.fergys.co.uk > *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* > View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: > http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ > For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry >> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:46:43 -0500 >> >> Ron, where then do you put the NAME of the cemetery? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "ronald ferguson" >> To: >> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:04 AM >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry >> >> >> >> Jennifer, >> >> I fail to see why the "work arounds" are a failing in Legacy. To my >> mind they are an inevitable consequence of the many options which >> Legacy offers for storing information (often at the request of the users > for more choice). >> >> I never use the Burial Address option, nor any of the other Address >> options except for the current addresses of living people. All my full >> addresses are entered into the Location fields, all print correctly, >> no work arounds are required. By setting the Location Source to read >> from right to left I can see who were neighbours easily or who lived in > the same houses. No problems! >> >> It is my view that just because an option is there it doesn't mean one >> has to use it. I regard all of them as offering me choices, I pick the >> option I wish to use for a given purpose and stick with it. I see no >> need to mix them. >> >> This is not to suggest that one shouldn't use the Address options but >> to raise the question as to why use more than one option for the same > purpose. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >> For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk >> *Over 650 Surnames from 11 Countries* >> View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ >> For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: >> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry >>> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:31:04 +1100 >>> >>> Jenny, >>> >>> I can see your work around will suit for reports, I still maintain >>> that having to do these convoluted entries, involving putting things >>> like plot details in a name field and using double square brackets, >>> is a failing in Legacy. >>> >>> Jennifer >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> Jenny M Benson >>> Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2007 8:48 PM >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry >>> >>> >>> If the address of the Cemetery has some of the same elements as are >>> included in the Burial Place field, I would not repeat them all in >>> the Address, but I would put the name of the town in double square >>> (privacy) >>> brackets [[like this]] so that I know precisely which Cemetery is >>> >>> referred to, but I won't get repeated information on reports. >>> >>> As an example, in Burial Place I will have "Birkenhead, Cheshire, >>> >>> England" and in Burial Address I will have "Section 6, No 112" in the >>> Name Field, "Flaybrick Hill Cemetery" in the Address field, and >>> "[[Birkenhead]]" in the City Field. In a Report this will print as >>> "She was buried in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England (Section 6, No 112, >>> Flaybrick Hill Cemetery)." >>> -- >>> Jenny M Benson >>> >>> >> > _________________________________________________________________ Feel like a local wherever you go. http://www.backofmyhand.com 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
