Marianne - You've made one important decision - you know you want to keep the 4 field format.
Coleen's suggestion is excellent - it also allows for use of the same format for Ireland, Scotland, and Ireland (all part of the United Kingdom). For other countries you will need to address them on a case by case basis - seems to me that the City, County/Parrish is fairly well established as a naming convention for most Countries. The addition of a State naming seems to apply to countries with very large geographic areas. I think the key is to establish a standard to be used for locations in countries where only three makes sense - that way you will know to always leave the X space blank. I would use 1,2, X, 4. You may prefer 1,X,3,4 - whichever way you chose is fine - just be consistent! Charlynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coleen Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: locations, was...Re: [LegacyUG] > You could always use Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, UK ! > > Coleen Christensen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marianne West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, > > I enter all of my locations in a format that helps me sort in the locations > However, I do have one problem. I am not as familiar with some of the other > countries....whether they have a location that would have four fieldsor not > An example would be England. An example I > have is Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. That is only three fields. Where does > Cheshire fit properly? Is it Wilmslow, , Cheshire, England? Or is it > Wilmslow, Cheshire, , England? Or is there only three fields in English > locations and so therefore it does not matter where the comma comes in as > long as there is one to give it four fields? How do I handle it in other > countries? All I know is that I want to keep it in the four field format, > so that the countries will sort correctly. Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
