Thanks Mary. If you or anyone has a website or a link that you can share with me some time, I can always be persuaded to look at the issue again. What I would be looking for is a systematic way in which the location list could maintain complete alphabetical integrity while using things like Apple Cemetery, 123 Apple Street, etc., if you get my drift. If anyone using 6 or more fields can accomplish that, I'm all ears.
Thanks! Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 10/25/2011 11:58 AM, brenze...@roadrunner.com wrote: > I am not saying that there is anything wrong with expressing your opinion of > how you use the location and address fields. As has been stated many, many > times, the Legacy developers have provided a tool that is very flexible and > gives us different ways to use it. How we use it is up to each individual. > The question to be asked by each of us is "Does the way I enter data provide > me with the end result I want, whether it be in GEDCOM format, reports, or > web pages to share with others?" > > What I take issue with is Bernhard and perhaps others saying that putting the > full location name in the location field is WRONG. I have never and will > never tell someone who has chosen to use the 4-field convention for the > location fields and puts the full address in the address field (for vital > fields) that his/her procedure is wrong. We have all chosen the way we enter > data. There is nothing wrong with taking a step back and looking at this > periodically to see if perhaps we as individuals need to re-think the way > that we do it because the end-result needs have changed. If the decision to > change is made, it is not wrong. > > I don't know that I am in the minority on how I use location and address > fields. I would suspect that this group of users has been vocal in that we > are sharing our experiences and why we chose to use the method that we do but > we also will state that neither method is wrong. We also just happen to be > the people who share the most with the users on this list by providing > assistance and answering questions. You may call it "grumpy"; I certainly > don't. > > So now, let's move on... > > Mary > > > > 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
