I like the idea of having a "standard" approach, Paula. I may not need it now, but if later I do need it I won't have to go through and change everything.
For the United States (I like spelling the Countries out) there are four fields, so I have to figure out the best way to keep the township. I think I'd rather have the town/city in my location list for sure, if there is one. But I really want to keep both. So far no one has said that putting the township in parenthesis will cause a problem later, so I hope that keeps it to the standard. When I finish cleaning up my location list, I'll start adding the commas where appropriate. That obviously doesn't work for many countries. Hopefully Legacy will find a way to deal with that down the road. I'm not sure that it always works with Canada, where right now most of my people are located. Canada seems more confusing, but maybe that's because I haven't worked as much with the United States. As far as I understand it (which may be flawed still) the census place is entered into the source, not the location, so that shouldn't cause confusion in the location list. Another thing I noticed when watching a video preview, the word "County" is left off. That would be confusing if it didn't land in the standard field. Ireland is going to be something I'll have to learn to do next. Often there is a listing for say: "County Down." I like the look of that. But it isn't in all the records. And as far as I can see from the few records I have from Irish sources, it probably won't fit the four field standard. I just started watching some of the beginner's set of videos, deciding it's worth taking the time now so I have a better idea what I'm doing. :) >________________________________ > From: Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:03 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >Marg, >As I reread what I typed, I realized I should say that towns and cities DO >geographically fall into townships (at least in public land states, I think), >but I believe they are incorporated and typically treated separately for >census purposes, as well as (say) utilities in real life. So, I tend to have >*either* the town *or* the township (for rural locations). > > >If we're talking about other than census data, I often have *neither* so I >enter just the county and state at the location. (I am still undecided on >including "United States" in my locations---I haven't thought yet about >publishing, so the whole international viewership question has not arisen.) > --Paula > > > > > >________________________________ >From:Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> >To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 11:54:36 AM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >Marg, Please post an example of an actual instance about which you have this >question. I don't see how you could "lose" the town/city (see red below), so >we must not be talking about the same thing. > > >(and remember to Cut or "snip" the footers from the bottom of the email when >you Reply... they build up over time... thx) > --Paula > > > > > >________________________________ >From:Marg Strong <tiny...@yahoo.com> >To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 11:36:35 AM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census > > >If you don't want to lose the name of the town/city, would you use it in the >Residence Event? Or in the place to put addresses? >Thanks for the reply! > > > >>________________________________ >> From:Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net> >>To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:00 PM >>Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census >> >> >>Marg, >>Yes, I enter the township instead of the town/city in a location name. >>Township is a breakdown of county but outside of a town or city. I don't >>think I've seen them both on the same census page. >> >> >>Also, "the location where they lived" should be the same as the location for >>which the census was taken, at least at the state/county/township level. >> >> >>The enumeration districts changed from census to census (or at least could >>change), so they should not be part of a location name. Rather, there is a >>place in the census source template to enter the enumeration district. After >>all, it is just part of the "path" for someone to follow to find this source >>you are citing themselves. >> --Paula >> >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >>From:Marg Strong <tiny...@yahoo.com> >>To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 10:47:03 AM >>Subject: [LegacyUG] Master Locations - Townships; census >> >> >>Do others want to enter the township into the location? There isn't a problem >>if the location doesn't have a town and a township, but when that happens, >>how do you list the township if you want to keep to the standard location >>form for countries where it works. I've been adding it after the town (in >>parenthesis). Is that not a good idea? >> >>Just to run something else by you: I think I have it right, but would like >>confirmation. When the census is entered as an event for an individual; or >>info from that census entered, I'm thinking the location where they lived >>during the census would be used. >>The census location includes district and sometimes counties don't coincide >>with districts (more what I've heard than personal knowledge). That would be >>noted in the source and not a location field? >> > > >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). 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