Another option for the plot address is in the Source Details. On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:41 AM, Jenny M Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Sheri Harris wrote > >> Being a beginner genealogist and learning Legacy (v7), I'm wondering how >> to enter GPS coordinates for individual graves in a cemetery? I'm using the >> address icon, the little house icon, for the cemetery's main address but >> only has one field for lat/long coordinates, and I'm also entering the >> address in the location field, for example in the cemetery event; >> Description: Greenwood Cemetery, Date: Date of burial and the Location: >> Chattanooga 1954 Greenwood Rd, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA. I'm using the >> event address (the little house icon again) mostly for correspondence >> reasons since I can put in telephone numbers, e-mail, etc. I have several >> cemeteries that are quite large and my relatives are spread out all over. It >> just doesn't seem logical to enter a new location for each individual grave >> i.e., Chattanooga - lat/long coord, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA. I'm also >> wanting to do this with some other locations that don't have or aren't >> associated with a particular address. Right now I'm putting the information >> in the event notes field along with a short description of the marker, and >> on a spreadsheet. I would like to have a report that would print out the >> individuals in the cemetery and the coordinates. I thought about creating a >> new event just for the coordinates, would that work or is there another way? >> > > You have a few choices. You could put the exact location of the grave into > the location field each time (eg "Plot X, Cemetery Name, Cemetery Address, > City etc) which would allow for plotting each grave individually, or you > could use the Burial Address field to put the Plot number with the name and > street address of the Cemetery in either the Burial Address or location > field. > > You could put the additional details - telephone numbers etc in the Burial > Address but using [[privacy brackets]] so that they don't normally show on > Reports. > > Or for one person at each Cemetery you could create a Cemetery Event and > use the Event Address to record the full Cemetery details, but also mark > that Event as Private so that it did not show up as an Event on Reports. > > I'm a bit confused about your reference to the "little house icon" as there > is not one for the Burial Address, which is behind the + sign next to the > "Buried in" field on the Individual's Information screen. There is the > little house icon for Event Addresses if you are creating a specific Burial > or Cemetery event under Events/Facts. The icon on the Individual's > Information screen is for entering that Individual's address and is usually > used for living people to record their current contact details. > -- > Jenny M Benson > > > > > 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 > > > > 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
