I found the sort button on the Master Location list, and the direction of sort feature, that did change all the info on the master list to right to left, however the data that is in the individual information screens never changed to match the sort parameters.
Ross Chapman Toronto, Ontario, Canada ross.chap...@rogers.com Visit my genealogy web page at http://rossallanchapman.tribalpages.com (major work in progress) -----Original Message----- From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com [mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni Sent: June-23-09 1:17 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues Ross: You may not have to convert anything if you already have them entered as: 123 Main St., Anaheim, California, USA Anaheim, California, USA Toronto, Ontario, Canada All Saint's Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which will show as the following on your Locations list if sorted right-to-left: Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, Ontario, Toronto Canada, Ontario, Toronto, All Saint's Cemetery USA, California, Anaheim USA, California, Anaheim, 123 Main St. Sort what you have right-to-left on the Locations list and you'll see if anything needs to be changed pretty easily. If this doesn't answer your question, please let me know. Cathy Vallevieni Orange County, CA At 09:19 PM 6/22/2009, you wrote: >So then... the question is will the program >convert the current locations system wide or >will I have to manually convert each location? >If the system will convert the names what are the steps to do so? > >Ross Chapman >Toronto, Ontario, Canada >ross.chap...@rogers.com > >Visit my genealogy web page at http://rossallanchapman.tribalpages.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: k...@legacyfamilytree.com >[mailto:k...@legacyfamilytree.com] On Behalf Of Cathy Vallevieni >Sent: June-22-09 11:48 PM >To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com >Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Location Issues > >Ross: > >I agree with Paula about the right-to-left sort >for the Location list. This solved my problem of >wanting to include the names of cemeteries, >churches, addresses, etc. for some ancestors as >well as the different naming structure in other >countries. No matter how many "parts" you >include in a location, it always sorts them >perfectly and you can find them instantly yet >reports have all the information you want on them. > >Cathy Vallevieni >Orange County, CA > > >At 01:03 PM 6/22/2009, you wrote: > > >Ross, A few days ago, someone on this list > >pointed out to me the right-to-left sort for my > >Location list, and I have never looked > >back! I've just tested, and it handles even 6 > >"break-downs" of a location. See if you like > >that sort. Then it will never matter how many > >break-downs you have... at least as far as I can see. > >I also stopped trying to use placeholder commas > >because I really couldn't make heads or tails of > >them. With the right-to-left sort everything > >lines up even if you don't have extra commas. > >--Paula > > > > > >--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Ross Chapman <ross.chap...@rogers.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > for your responses. Looks > > > like I am going to pull out the placeholder commas and just > > > go ahead and post > > > in what I know. I really don̢۪t have to worry ry about > > > mapping features as the > > > places where a number of relatives were born are not in the > > > database. You won̢۪t >t > > > fin the small villages in there as they only go down to the > > > Township level. > > > Rosseau, Hekkla and the others all have to be manually > > > mapped which fortunately > > > I can do and have done. > > > > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > >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 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
