Mike, Yes, Events/Facts appear in reports and they contain the Location Field where it says "Place" in the Event boxes. Which is why I use Location Fields and not the Address Fields in the Address Book.
Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage 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: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:25:33 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from > Location > To: [email protected] > > > > Does not Events/Facts appear in reports? If so, I have found creating an > Event called "Residence History" is a great way to see the migration patterns > of your ancestors over time. In this Event, I list all known addresses by > year, including those locations/addresses at birth, marriage, and death as > well as those in Census Records, Naturalization Records, etc. Its all in one > place in an easy understandable format. This does not mean I don't record > addresses/locations in specific records. I do. However, I don't know of any > way that Legacy can display all of an ancestors locations/addresses over > his/her lifetime in one place. > > Mike Barberi > > In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus autem caritas. > In essentials unity, in doubtful things liberty, but in all things love. > St. Augustine (A.D. 354 - 430) > > > ________________________________ > From: ronald ferguson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11:51:30 AM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from > Location > > > > Bill, > > I regret to say that you are likely to get many conflicting answers to this > one! > > Personally, I only use the Address Fields as an address book - hence only for > living people. I include the full address in the Location Field, in which I > include House, and Street as well as Town, City, County, Country (I'm from > England). > > Why? Mainly because the Address Fields do not appear in many reports. I also > find the mapping, in general, more accurate when the full address is in the > Location Field. > > Whilst some believe in trying to get the use of the Address Fields improved, > I'm afraid I would rather adopt a pragmatic approach :-). > > Ron Ferguson > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > New Tutorial: Embed a Blogger RSS feed on your webpage > > 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: [email protected] >> Subject: [LegacyUG] Moving Street Addresses and Location Names from Location >> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:54:00 -0400 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I know this is going to be >> confusing which is why I can't find it in the > Help of Legacy. I looked at >> a tutorial online at the Legacy website and found that it was recommended >> that cemetery names be moved from the Buried field leaving only the city >> and state. A spent a long time putting them there in FTM 2009 because it >> seemed appropriate, but I can understand why they shouldn't be there >> now. >> >> >> >> Multiple Questions on this >> one: >> >> >> >> 1) I tagged all the >> cemeteries that need to have their name moved by clicking on the plus >> sign. Is there a way I can first show all the tagged items and start >> moving cemetery names from there. I can't find anything within the program >> that lets you show tagged items only so what's the point of tagging if you >> can't? >> >> >> >> 2) Should this be >> done for all locations including residences where the person lived? I have >> a > lot of those and just started, but didn't finish because I don't want to have >> to revert back with hundreds of them. >> >> >> >> 3) Are mailing list >> addresses just for living people or residences where the person lived (i.e., >> census, death notices, etc.). This question kind of goes with item >> 2. >> >> >> >> 4) Master List >> Location list: only city and state? >> >> >> >> I'm finding this very >> confusing. I think I'm going to have to purchase and download the PDF >> manual then read the entire thing. >> >> >> >> Bill >> Boswell >> _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/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
