David, I would counsel against using abbreviations. To many of us "RD" does *not* mean "Registration District" but "Rural District" a branch of local government from around 1894 to 1974. There is also "UD" for "Urban District". Similarly I had difficulty understanding what was meant by "CD" until I guessed it meant "Civil District".
If I, as someone born and bred in England with some 20 years involvement in local government, is having problems then I suspect many more will. I would strongly recommend that one does not abbreviate the various branches of local administration or registration. The three examples which Cathy gives are distinct entities. St Leonards Church, London is clearly a specific place (albeit incomplete as it does not say what district of London); St Leonards Registration District is not a geographical area as such but an administrative area set up purely for registration purposes and St Leonards Parish could be either an ecclesiastical parish or a local government parish (ie. civil) amd there is no way of telling the difference from the information supplied. Thus, the three cannot be lumped as they are not the same location. The first two are easy to enter: the first as it stands and the second with "Registration District" included. For the third to be unique it needs to state whether it is an ecclesiastical or civil parish. BTW in general I use "St" Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk *New Blog* Protect Your PC 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] Locations (Registration Districts) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:52:46 +1300 Cathy If I know the address for an event such as a BMD certificate or known Census address I use the location full e.g. St. Leonards Church, Shoreditch, London If I am recording and event such as the St Catherine Index Ref: then I use the location as Shoreditch R.D. or an unknown location found in a Census as Shoreditch C.D. This is a short hand way of knowing to what the location refers. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cathy Redish To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:22 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Locations (Registration Districts) LUG: When you record locations esp. english ones, and a location could be a church and/or a registration district and/or a census parish, do you record them as distinct locations eg.. St. Leonards Church, London; St. Leonards Registration District, London and St. Leonards Parish, London or do you lump them? A related question wherre St. xxx and Saint xxx refer to the same location what do you record? Many thanks Cathy (Dundas, Ontario) _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml 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
