On 2010/03/08 16:04, James Cook wrote: > I've been struggling through this same issue lately, and the level of > detail in this thread is very nice. Thank you all! I'm new, so take > this for what it is, but I've a few thoughts to add.
SNIP > 3) I'm not as detailed in my Location at this point. This post has > me wondering if maybe I should go so far. Here's what I do (note, I > only have U.S. places at this time). > > City - Place Name, County, State, Country > Ex. Moore - Smith Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma, USA (<== I just > pulled that out of air, may not be exactly right) > I then add 3 or 4 lines of address info. to the notes for this > location, and add any expanded details to notes inside privacy tags [[ > ]]. Careful! You're starting to get hung up on the poorly-designed, 4-part, US-centric location. :-) > Why?: This format allows me to attach the same location to everyone > related to it. In this case everyone buried in Smith Cemetery. I can > tag this location, and run a Location Report to see all the people > attached to this location as a group. When I do a road trip through > Oklahoma, I can tag all special places in Oklahoma and see all the > individuals grouped by place (cemeteries, churches, etc.). That's what everybody else aims for - consistency. Those of use outside of the US are less inclined to adhere to a standard that does not really apply to the rest of the world. > So finally, my question - I am liking the idea of adding plot numbers, > street information, etc to the Location, but I think this would break > the grouping I get on the Location report. Is there any way to do > both? I guess that means is there any way each individual can have > unique locations, but somehow tell Legacy or the Location Report that > multiple locations are the same place? Read the on-line help carefully, and you'll see that despite the plugging of the 4-part, US-centric location, a location can consist of between 1 and 9 different pieces. Throw away the Geo-DB - which is what ties you in to the 4-part locations - and liberate yourself from this location-tyranny! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
