Erin, As most good people from Ireland are now in bed I will answer. To start, I notice that you are trying to use the 4 field convention - my advice would be not to bother with it for locations on this side of the pond, they don't work (anyhow I hate commas in Locations, that's personal taste btw); I would just write "Ireland".
Northern Ireland AKA "Ulster" is part of the UK, NB *not* part of England. The Republic of Ireland AKA "Southern Ireland" or "Eire" is not part of the UK and has been an independent country since 1922. Without going to much into the history, prior to that it was part of the UK. Northen Ireland comprises 6 counties: Antrim, Armargh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry (AKA "Derry") and Tyrone. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ *New* Insert Pictures Into your Web Pages - Blogs 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/ _____________________________________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering English Locations > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:28:30 -0700 > > Martin, > > Yes, you have me even more confused. I asked someone last week how to list > an Ireland location. Not wanting to risk offending anyone on the list, I > didn't want to post my question, but now I must. In an effort to be > accurate, I wanted to know if I would list an unknown location in Ireland as > , , Ireland, UK. Okay, don't get upset! I admit I am ignorant of the > proper usage. Someone listed only northern Ireland as part of the UK. How > is one to know? And if I don't really know what part of Ireland should I > just leave it as , , Ireland until I know more? > > Thank you, from a newby to Legacy and much impressed by the efforts the > program makes toward proper location and source info. I came from FTM so > that should explain a lot. I am trying to convert everything and make every > possible effort to do things right. > > Erin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Briscoe" > To: > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:55 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering English Locations > > >> But it is best to avoid modern "county" names like Cleveland except in a >> very recent address perhaps. >> >> It also gets complicated with counties in the past sometimes named after >> the >> county town as in the county of Lancaster (or County Palatine of Lancaster >> to confuse our Transpondian friends even more!). >> >> >> >> >> >> Martin Briscoe >> Fort William >> M&LFHS | Gwynedd FHS >> >> >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>> Of ronald ferguson >>> Sent: 13 September 2008 11:32 >>> To: legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com >>> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering English Locations >>> >>> Yes we do have counties, we had them before America. Their >>> names usually end in "shire" eg Lancashire, but there are >>> exceptions eg. Cleveland, County Durham, Northumberland, Kent >>> etc. In general, Ireland counties take the form County, Name. >>> > _________________________________________________________________ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s & Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/direct/01/ 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
