There has been lots of good discussion in the past about the pros and cons of putting the full address (e.g. cemetery name, hospital) in the location field vs. the address table. Until recently, I was in the 'use the address table' camp, but I have changed my mind.
I still think it's more correct from a database point of view to use the separate address table, but it does cause problems when exporting/importing a GEDCOM to other applications. Legacy creates the appropriate fields in the GEDCOM, but in the two other applications I am familiar with (Family Tree Maker and Roots Magic) , there is no equivalent of the address table for locations. So, the address is simply lost. All applications have a location/place field. So, if you put the full address in Legacy's location field, you are pretty much assured that you will retain it when importing into other locations. If you use the separate address table, the other applications may or may not import all of the address. If you are not planning on exporting GEDCOMs to be used in other applications, this probably doesn't matter. But if you are, putting the full address in the location field increases the chances that the transfer to the other application won't lose some data. Paul From: kramer...@comcast.net [mailto:kramer...@comcast.net] Sent: February-11-11 2:34 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries I always use the burial address. When going into burial address, you should click on Address List to see if you have already entered that location before. If you have, you can merge duplicated addresses etc. Within the Address List, you can click on Show List to see who else is buried there. It's a very slick process. It seems like all of the reports that people go through is far more time consuming with more steps than necessary. But then we have choices for people to use Legacy in the way that works best for that individual. God bless, Ellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Sheets" <clshee...@yahoo.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:21:38 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] cemetery entries It appears to me you are asking at least two separate questions: (1) How best to enter cemetery locations? This is a personal choice; there is no standard way to do this nor does there need to be. I never use the Burial Address field, but most of my research is in rural areas. (I might feel differently if I were dealing with more urban locations, although I doubt it). Instead, I put the name of the cemetery in the Buried Location field, e.g. Cedar Hill Cem., Blythedale, Harrison Co., Missouri I sort my locations right to left and can easily print a list of everyone buried in that cemetery from the Master Locations List. (2) How do I record that I'm using copyright information with permission? As Ron has suggested, I would use the Comments field of the Master Source screen (or Source Detail, whichever is most appropriate) to record that information. If you want it printed on your reports, be sure to check the box on that screen that provides for that option. Hope this helps, Connie --- On Fri, 2/11/11, Lowell Thompson <lwthompson42...@yahoo.com> wrote: What is the best way to enter cemetry data? I have some with the cemetery name in the Burial location and some with the name in the description field of cemetery event with address in comment field and plot location also in the comment field. I want to be able to access all entries in a cemetery. I can find on standard for this and several other entries ie census and some marriage data. Is there a prefered or standard for particular data entries? Format of Source List is not standardized. When using copywrited data with permission how am I to be sure all manditory data is printed or gathered? I know there are several questions in one query, but I have finally reached a level where I am not just gathering information but sorting and displaying my results. Thank you for any assistance. L. 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