Thanks Ron, for the correct UK location format. Since I have traced my lines back to Germany, England, Ireland, and Scotland this is very useful information to me. I do have some quite old records from parish's in England where the location is rather confusing. When I start focusing on those particular records I will surely be asking questions relative those particular locations and their proper formats.
The link to your blog provided me with a wealth of information. Thank you again. Charles -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy....@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:55 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events Carol, It is not a "standard location format" if you are British, or of many, many other nationalities. We abandoned standardisation before it was invented, on the basis that is does not work, will not work, and conflicts with our freedom of expression. My location at one time was "Glossop, Derbyshire, England". The problem is, as you can see, there aint 4 fields, nor is there anywhere where I can stick a comma (not that I would, I hate them, except when used correctly in English). I could also go to the other extreme, should you so wish, where the very old (like before my time) location of the place where I lived was "Winton, Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England", where Winton is a Hamlet, Barton upon Irwell: a Township, Eccles: a Parish, Hundred of Salford: the Hundred, Lancashire: the County and England: Country. Please bare in mind that some countries had locations nearly 2000 years ago, and most of ours were included in the Doomsday Book cir. 1086. You may care to visit my blog at http://bit.ly/8VDqTc, which was reprinted by World Vital Records btw. for more details. I also note that in the new transcriptions for their new database Family Search are now starting use use correct English locations (more or less). There's hope yet! 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/ ____________________________________________________ caby...@frontiernet.net wrote: > I use the standard location format: city/town, county, state, country. > That way I can use the master location list in Legacy and the map > features. This is a standard way of defining a location, and a > convention that everyone understands. It's like entering a date as > DDMMMYYYY, and there is no confusion. > > Carol > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brenze...@roadrunner.com [mailto:brenze...@roadrunner.com] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:12 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Cc: Jenny M Benson > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > > Jenny, > > You can put me in that group too. I live in the US but I much prefer > having the entire location (hospital, cemetery, school and complete > address) in my locations. Sorting in the manner that Ron has > mentioned many times is the key! > > Mary > > ---- Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> wrote: >> Ron Ferguson wrote >>> I completely agree with the final paragraph of Mike's reply. It >>> should be framed and put into a window which pop-ups whenever the >>> Location Field is opened! >> >> I can see Mike, Ron & I marching through LUG with out banners aloft - >> "Liberate yourselves!" - "We will NOT be tyrannised!" - and shouting >> "Geo Database - OUT! OUT! OUT!" >> >> Sorry, I think hunger is making me a little light-headed to-day! >> -- >> Jenny M Benson 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4926 (20100308) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4926 (20100308) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com 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
