Stan, Forget the American 4 field system with its horrendous commas, and rules totally unsutable for Ireland and the UK! Write your locations as you would do in Ireland, so the correct name for the county of Clare would be County Clare, full stop. period!
I don't know a place called ", , , United States", do you? Forgetting the minor point that it is the United States of America, simply leave the commas out; any map will find the USA without those commas. Don't worry about the Geo*Codes, just use a decent Gazetter, or if your want the latitude and longitude use Google Maps, or even Bing which Legacy uses. A location should be the location as written in the country where it is situated, at the time in question, and not corrupted in order to fit into an artificial 20th century attempt to prove that the earth is flat. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Create your Website with Legacy, see Tutorials at: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ ____________________________________________________ smegraw wrote: > I have a couple of similar questions. Now that Legacy 7.4 has arrived > I've started paying closer attention to how my locations are named. > > 1. If only a country is known, should the location be ", , , United > States"? > > 2. I have Irish locations (e.g. Co. Down) and Canadian locations > (Bruce Co.). Does the "Co." need to be eliminated? How should the > Geo*Codes.txt file(s) be modified to accommodate "Co." before or > after a county name, depending on the country? > > > Stan > > > > From: davesgeneal...@hotmail.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Location List 7.4 > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:54:32 -0700 > > > > I have completed the recommended changes to my Master Location List > (as described by Geoff) but I still have the following > comma-delimited string question(s): > > Example: Alicia, Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States > > Questions: 1) Should "County" be removed from "Lawrence County"? > i.e. Alicia, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States > 2) Will this help or hinder Legacy 7.4 Geo-Code > efforts? > > Dave Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
