>From previous LUG discussions, I had been under the impression that the Address fields (at the '+' signs) had the disadvantage of not showing up in certain output products (as opposed to the Location fields). A quick experiment with a burial address indicates that the Address shows up nicely, in brackets, after the Location, in Family Group Sheets and Descendant Narrative reports. It does not show on graphical charts (probably a good thing). It does not show on web pages. Of course it is not visible in Legacy on Family View -- probably not so important.
I think if the addresses were to be made available in web pages, then I would consider switching over to using this field instead of Location, for cemetery and hospital names. The Notes fields at the '+' signs are a little different from the Address fields. These notes appear to be for the event (e.g., burial), rather than for the location of the event. The notes appear in their own section of reports, sometimes well removed from where the event date/location appears. Furthermore, you can't select a previously entered cemetery or hospital from a master list, like you can for Addresses. These notes can, however, be selected to appear on web pages. (I used the 'Individual' style in my experiment.) Overall, using the Notes field just for a cemetery/hospital name seems to add clutter/verbosity, in my opinion. Of course, those of you who create your own burial event are prepared to occupy a little more space in the reports, compared to the Burial Date/Location fields (with or without Address) approach. Presumably you turn off the display of the Burial Date/Location fields, if you always and only use your custom events. At least this event can appear on web pages. Does this sum it up correctly? Ward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry" <bearjerca...@gmail.com> To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] PLACE NAMES Nothing wrong with that....isn't it part of the NOTES field? That's what I had in mind... Jerry On 9/29/2010 12:54 AM, BMcL Robinson wrote: > Hi Jerry > > What is wrong with the Address field/table for cemeteries etc - then you > can > edit the details from one place, select them from the list (second > application etc), and "show list" to find out who is there? I thought that > Notes would be less "friendly". > > Cheers, Brett > BMcL Robinson, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jerry > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 5:09 PM > Subject: [LegacyUG] PLACE NAMES > > > For what it's worth, my opinion is to use the BURIED field only as a > location field such as Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA - then add the > name > of the cemetery in the NOTES field next to the BURIED location field. > Otherwise, you will get LOCATION names that refer to CEMETERIES and not > CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNSHIPS, etc. The LOCATION fields are much more > manageable not to mix them up with CEMETERY names.....IMO. Plus, if you > ever use TNG - The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding for your > website data, you will have very messy PLACE names if you use CEMETERIES > in > fields that are really designed only for the traditional LOCATION / PLACE > divisions. > > Jerry > > On 9/28/2010 10:41 PM, Jacki Richey wrote: > Tim, why do you create a 'burial' event when Legacy has a place for > "buried" > right after "died"? > >> From: spa...@xmission.com >> Jenny, >> >> Would one enter the Cemetery like this ? >> >> Forrest Lawn Cemetery, L. Street, Plot 5.4, Cypress, Orange, California, >> USA >> >> I'm like Sherry. I create a 'Burial' event. >> >> Tim >>> On 27/09/2010 19:13, Sherry/Support wrote: >>>> I enter the cemetery name as an Event. That's easy to search and >>>> create reports on. Some users enter the cemetery name and address info >>>> using the Address feature for the Burial field. Click on the "+" at >>>> the end of the field to enter the event address. >>> And some of us enter the cemetery name as part of the location. Indeed, >>> I include not only the cemetery name but also the plot/grave number when >>> I know it. >>> >>> What's best is what works for you! 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
