According to "Getting It Right" by Mary H. Slawson (page 145), the location should be entered thusly:
name of the body of water, followed by name of the jurisdictions.... Rio Guadalquivir, Posadas, Andalucia, Espana Lake Washington, near Medina,King, Washington, USA Certainly some rivers are quite long and you'd want to enter the nearest town or other jurisdictional area. Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Roger Noonan <rnoonan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an ancestor who drowned in the River Mersey near Liverpool when > his boat sank. Any suggestions as to how I should record the location? > (I assume his body was washed up as there is record of his burial) > > Roger > 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
