Not Geoff, but I understand what he is doing.
You are right that consistency is important.
So is finding things quickly.
The Source Name is so you can find the source you want quickly. It
has nothing to do with how you enter locations consistently.
Many people find it helpful to keep sources relating to the same
place together - so they'll begin their source name with location
entered backwards.
You can get the same effect in the location list by sorting the list
right to left.
I think of sources by type rather than place and so I start
my Source Name usually with the type of source it is.
If I had US family where records often appear to be kept at county
level, I'd name them like Geoff does ;-)
Cathy
At 09:41 PM 18/05/2008, you wrote:
Geoffrey Rasmussen,
Could you please make something clear to me about location formatting?
In Legacy's database when entering a person's location the formatting
is City, County, State, Country, but when as shown in your Obituary
example <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/SourceObituary.asp> your
Source Name is formatted as State, County, City, - Newspaper.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it be City, County, State,
Country followed by the Newspaper's name?
I have followed the posts on sourcing closely and I realize most do as
they like, but this has been bugging me for some time.
Although only a newbie to Genealogy (about 4 years), I have worked
extensively with databases and know that consistency in formatting is
essential.
--
Thank you
John Valencic
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