Having recieved the 'clue' that it is a borough, I am guessing it similar in nature to 'neighborhoods' in some American cities. The one I known the most is Chicago. There were many independent cities/towns near Chicago, and because the city had a monopoly of access to water (from Lake Michigan), forced many of them to be absorbed into the city. (I leave out the other issues, because they assissted in the 'conquering' of the various places). Many of them today now have the same boundaries as the zip codes, and telephone exchange numbers, but none of them have any governmental existance anymore. No BMD records were created using any place instead of Chicago, ( but there are other independent cities/towns in Cook County). So I would not expect to see any of them mentioned in a location of this nature. Whether we like it or not, I belive the creators worked along the governmental boundaries. I suppose we could 1. ask for these different type places be included in future. 2. ask for a description of naming policies. 3. add our own choices, (I hope it is more available). Rich in LA CA
----- Original Message ---- From: John Clare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 12:33:46 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location Kingston upon Thames has about 100,000 registered electors, so population about 130,000. It is also a London Borough. John Clare 2008/6/6 ronald ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Rich, It's big enough. I am sure that the UK problems mainly arise because of the USA location system being applied to non-USA locations where they do not fit. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Blog: Free Contacts Database for use with Open Office http://www.fergys.co.uk 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:49:33 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location To: [email protected] What is the population of the place; Kingston upon Thames. I have found some locations in USA with under 500 people are randomly not found. I have come to expect them to not be there and have not kept a list of which weren't found, because it seemed futile. If the database is improved later, they may show up. I 'created' my own L/L numbers using maps and my rulers, as guesstimate. Rich in LA CA ----- Original Message ---- From: John Clare To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:44:55 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Geo Location I have just tried it as well. My sister was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. The system finds Kingston, Jamaica, WI. I was married in North Wales but the nearest it can manage is London. Not impressive. John Clare 2008/6/4 Martin Briscoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have just upgraded to Legacy 7 so thought I would give Geo Location another try. Just too frustrating with non-US locations because it does not recognise most places and screws up others by adding US locations on to the end of a perfectly valid non-US location because it find somewhere in the US with a similar name. Martin Briscoe Fort William M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000002ukm/direct/01/ 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
