Ummm....in regards to your Rule 1: Never User(sic) Abbreviations! Is not "RD" you cite in several examples an abbreviation? Gotcha! :-)
Besides, people on this side of the pond have no idea what RD or even Registration District mean in any type of address (excepting most genealogists). Brian in CA (this is not an abbreviation. I actually live in a place called "CA".) -----Original Message----- From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On Behalf Of MikeFry Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:41 AM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How do I enter English locations in Legacy On 12 Apr 2016 2:40 PM, Linda Greethurst wrote: > This note pertains to a bit of history, geography and using Legacy to > enter the info. I want to clearly designate the difference between > the locations of church events such as baptism and burial and the > civil events such as birth and death. Adding to what Jenny has said: Civil events - I use the name of the Registration District with a suffix of RD. Occasionally, I'll add the county as well. For example, I have relatives born and bred in Wiveton in Norfolk, England. For Civil Events. I would use Walsingham RD or Walsingham RD, Norfolk. I will, sometimes, add the parish, so that I get Wiveton, Walsingham RD, Norfolk. This is used for Births, Marriages and Deaths. Church events - generally follow a standard of parish, village, county, country. Hence: St Mary the Virgin, Wiveton, Norfolk, England. This gets used for baptisms/christenings, marriages and burials. Censuses - a slightly different standard that follows what is recorded for each census: place, county, country. Sometimes in the larger towns or cities, I would add a civil parish (again taken from the census). Rule 1: NEVER USER ABBREVIATIONS! -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/