Beth, Although entering other localities in the place of the country level would allow the counties to be properly checked, as the future brings us new tools and analysis that involve the country or even cemetery levels, you may run into potential problems then.
Thoughts from anyone else? Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beth Gay Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Cemeteries in Burial Location Geoff, What effect does entering the cemetery location or any other local site have if one enters that in place of the country? My research is confined to the U.S., so is there any disadvantage, other than the output, on entering city, county, state, cemetery? Kindest regards, Beth Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Great comments from others' responses to your question. Here is one other thing to keep in mind. Currently, for the United States, Legacy has the built-in county checker, meaning: 1) if you entered a county name with the wrong spelling, 2) one that never existed in the state 3) or even if you entered it for a time period before it was created then Legacy will display a message stating such. This only works if the locations are formatted in the following format: City, County, State, Country If the following location were entered: City Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, USA then notice that Seattle is now in the county position, which would render the county checker useless, because Seattle is not a recognized county. I personally enter cemetery information in the burial address field, which is found by clicking on the plus sign to the right of the burial location. This can optionally be printed on reports. As has been said, whatever method you use, be consistent. Yes, there will always be exceptions to the rules. Our development team will continue to improve functionality related to locations, and suggest that locations be entered with the above examples in mind. A complete discussion on rules of locations is also found in the training CD entitled "Mastering Legacy Family Tree: Names, Dates and Places." Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LegacyFamilyTree.com 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 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
