> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:25:59 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Adding correct city to "Location" field > > Nigel Birch wrote: >> Most of my relatives were born around London, Great Britain. If I know >> for certain any of their Birth, Marriage or Death dates (BMD) I have >> added the data to the appropriate date field in the "Individual >> Information" window with the related "Location" data. Where I do not >> know the BMD data I obtain the appropriate record from "ancestry.com.uk" >> BMD registers. The record I obtain from "ancestry.com.uk" can for >> example say that the person researched was born in the "Registration >> District of Epsom". >> >> This is where I have a problem of how to add this data to the "Location" >> field in the "Individual Information" window. >> The "Registration District of Epsom", in fact, consists of 17 other >> Districts/Cities. How can I inform the "Location" field that if I add >> "Epsom" there is a 1 in 17 chance of it being correct? > > It's what I've always said: the Geo DB that Legacy uses, and the > Location structure that the program seems to want to impose on people, > is far too US-centric for ease of use in other countries. > > Rule 1: If you don't have any US relatives, don't use the Geo DB > > Rule 2: If you don't have any US relatives, discard any notion of using > the 4-piece Location field. Be like Frank Sinatra! > > Rule 3: (following on from Rule 1) Add locations for the Registration > Districts. Use a prefix (RD:) to distinguish them from real places i.e > RD: Epsom, Surrey, England as opposed to Epsom, Surrey, England. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg. >
Mike, We don't often disagree, but regarding your Rule 3 I would countenance against using the abbreviation of RD. As more 20c UK Censuses become available it is highly likely that one will find RD commonly used as it means Rural District. I recommend writing Registration District in full, or just writing "Registered in Epsom". Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ For Genealogy, Software and Social visit: http://www.fergys.co.uk New Blog: Open Legacy Family File with Open Office 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live 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
