That is why I spell them out completely, no abbreviations. Rich in LA CA --- Dede Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As far as St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, I believe > the difference is > male vs. female. Louis was a male saint, Genevieve > was female. > > Dede Holden > > > On Feb 18, 2008 12:48 PM, La Nell Shores > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Legacy does not like some locations with a space > in them. I just ignore the > > warning and go on. Personally, I like La Salle, > De Kalb and De Soto (with > > the space, but Legacy does not. Legacy does > recognize De Will, De Smet, Le > > Crosse, La Pointe and Le Flore(with the space), so > go figure. Another > > anomaly is St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, both in > Missouri. I may need to > > understand the French language better! > > > > My advice is to enter it the way you like it and > ignore the warnings. Maybe > > the fact that my name has a space in it, which > most people ignore, has > > something to do with the fact that I like those > locations with the space:) > > > > La Nell > > > > Subject: [LegacyUG] Possible Bug - Location issue > > > > > > I'm not sure if this is a bug, or just me, so I > thought I'd bring it > > to the LUG before I take it to support. > > I'm converting a bound book of family history to a > Legacy Dbase. In > > doing so, I'm dealing with a lot of locations in > the parishes of > > Louisiana, United States of America. > > > > When inputting a town in LaSalle parish, > Louisiana, Geo Location came > > up with and gave me ONE option.... La Salle ... as > the parish. I > > selected it, and it autofilled the location I was > working with. > > > > Then I get an error message that tells me La Salle > was never a known > > parish in Louisiana. > > > > IF I remove the space, then, to create LaSalle... > it accepts it just fine. > > > > I then have to go to the master location list and > merge the La Salle > > with LaSalle. > > > > I've had this happen to me several times, as I'll > have the town name > > in Louisiana, but not the parish, which ends up > being LaSalle. > > > > Has anyone else had an issue such as this? And if > so, what did you do > > to correct it? Consequently, IS this a bug that > should be reported to > > Legacy? > > > > Jess M > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1283 - > Release Date: 2/16/2008 > > 2:16 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > 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 > > > > 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
