I like that idea, Joan. Joan Kemp <jk...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I use ?Towcester (eg) for a probable, but unproven location. The >problem is that this files as a separate town. Given the vagaries of >genealogy, it would be very useful for the Legacy programmers to come up >with a way of describing a probable location which was filed with its >'parent town' - so that ?Whittlebury & Whittlebury (for example) were >counted as the same location > >Joan > >On 05/10/2011 18:37, Kirsten Bowman wrote: >> I loved the angle bracket solution for probable information and used it >> in a variety of fields until I saw that, with GEDCOMs posted at >> RootsWeb, text within the brackets disappears. That could be good, bad, >> or of no concern, depending on your circumstances. I don’t know what >> other consequences might be involved with the use of angle brackets, but >> it’s a good idea to test any solution you decide to use to see what the >> effect will be in the reports or sites you use most. >> Kirsten >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jenny M Benson >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:38 AM >> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town >> Rob Vader wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I would like the view of the users of this forum on how to register a >> > 'probable' town. So someone is born (ofcourse always....) but it is nopt >> > entirely sure in what town. If I now would note down in Legacy (e.g.) >> > "London?" or soemthing like "prob. London" then it would enter as another >> > town/city than London. That is not what I want. Is there something >> > similare >> > for names of cities like approximate dates? Or how would you advice? >> > >> Personally, I use <London> if I want to indicate a probability. >> -- >> 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and >> on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > >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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > 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/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
