On 02 Nov 2014 17:27, Chris Clifford wrote: > I am getting confused about entering place names for countries other than the > United States. About 95% of my ancestors are from England, the remainder > from Canada. Do the same rules apply here for these countries and do I need > to add the comma(s) for unknown fields in order for searches to work > properly? Should every place name have four fields? For instance, in > England, would the order be City, Parish, County, Country? I have tried > using a gazetteer, but only districts are mentioned, not parishes. Would I > use the district name instead? There are no parishes or counties for my > Canadian place names and so do I leave that field blank and add a comma? Or > should I use community boundaries, for instance, St. Boniface [community], > Winnipeg [city], Manitoba [ province], Canada [country], the order being > smallest to largest? I thought I had this straight in my head, but find I am > becoming more and more confused as I edit my tree and I am concerned that I > may be entering everything wrong. Thanks for any suggestions.
Rule 1: forget any other rules. Rule 2: Don't use the GeoDatabase it's far too modern to be of much use when a lot of county boundaries have changed over the centuries Locations can have up to 9 parts. Use how ever many parts you need. Make sure you sort the list from right to left: largest unit to the smallest. Country, County, Town are the minimum parts you need. No need for any 'empty' parts (double commas) because that's largely a modern, artificial imposition for the USA that doesn't even meet the requirements for all parts of the States at all times in its' history, and which definitely doesn't suit other places in the world. Set up Registration Districts as separate locations. No need for a County, but you probably need a Country. Countries: Ignore Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Stick with the basic country names: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Eire. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) 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
