Kaled, Sorry, the example I gave should have read "England, Lancashire, Salford, Eccles, Winton". Also many locations would not have a city which is used in the 4 field convention - and I hate multiple commas in locations! "Country, County, Parish" is very common in earlier centuries.
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] UK customisations > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:49:16 +0100 > > > Kaled, > > Is any software perfect out of the box? :-0. > > The best peiece of advice I would give you is that when entering locations > ignore the 4 field naming convention - they are not suitable for the UK (and > much of Europe). Enter in the Location Field what you believe to be the > correct location in full. > > Then go to View>Master Lists>Locations>Sort and change the direction of sort > to "Right to left". Thus when looking for a location it can easily be found > eg. Country, County, Town, District, locality - England, Salford, Eccles, > Winton. I also add the the house into this eg. "303 Eccles New Road" and only > use the Address function for living people - before the pedants jump in, I > stress that this is a personal choice but I Find it helps when using the > mapping function. > > Note also that there are source templates for parts of the UK so when > sourcing for a template put the country in the search box. They are not > complete as yet but often one of the existing ones can be adapted. > > No doubt others will add to the list. > > > 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/ > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:53:01 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] UK customisations > > > All... > > I am a new user of Legacy though not a new user of genealogy software. Most > of my ancestor live(d) in England. > > Do any existing UK users have any suggestions of how best to set up Legacy > for 95% UK use (source type modifications etc). Or is it perfect out of the > box? > > ...Kaled > > _________________________________________________________________ See the most popular videos on the web http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/115454061/direct/01/ ** $10 OFF when you spend $50 or more in our store. Use coupon code: Legacy2008 at checkout. Offer expires 10/31/08 ** 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
