Yes, I enter my locations as they were at the time of the event, regardless of the four-field convention (which doesn't work everywhere) and despite any problems it might cause with mapping. Historical accuracy is more important to me than other considerations.
Record your locations as you see fit - it is your database. :-) Hope this helps. Wendy Tammyj said the following on 27/02/2014 5:36 p.m.: > > Sorry folks, didn't mean to open a can of worms! My grandmother was > born in 1904 before Oklahoma became a state. Don't y'all put the > location in as it was at the time in history? I have my grandmother's > birth location as: Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory > other great-grandmother as (west of) Cumberland, Pickens Co., > Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:*Tammyj [mailto:tam...@brightok.net] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:52 PM > *To:* legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Entering info in location field > > Entering place in the location field. I'm coming from FTM16 to Legacy > 8. I was wondering if there is a preferred way to enter information > in the location field. I would like to know how others are entering > location for census events as well. > > I did it this way in FTM for the location field: > > Madill, Marshall Co., Oklahoma > > For census events I did the reverse: > > Oklahoma, Marshall Co., Wills Twp., etc.... > > Is there a way it should be done to work with maps? > > I have noticed some not listing the Co.,: > > Madill, Marshall, Oklahoma > > If you put the Country do you use USA or United States? > > Thanks, > > Tammy > 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
