Tom, If Legacy is foolish enough to do that there will be a massive exodus of European users as even their basic locations do not fir that format.
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 15:25:49 -0500 ..........Supposing at some > point in the future, Legacy decides to limit locations to four items > separated by commas ... city, county, state, country? > > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barbara Ford" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:30 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location Entry > > > 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 > _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail http://www.newhotmail.co.uk 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
