On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 21:20:58 -0700, "Dee Whiting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>There would be less need to create or learn a protocol if they >were just separate boxes. Some things to think about: 1> How many fields? Will you get everyone to agree on a number? And what would you do with prepositions? 2> What about GEDCOM generation? I don't think GEDCOM has separate fields. Put the individual fields back into a comma-separated format? 3> How would my current locations (or an imported GEDCOM) get converted to individual fields? What if I have some locations as "field1, field2" and others as "field1, field2, field3"? If you decide there are 4 data entry boxes, where would my 2 or 3 fields go? And what if I have a location like "city, county, state (cemetery name)"? How would that get converted? 4> Can individual fields be sourced separately? This is not true with the name fields. If so, how would my current location sources be converted? (Legacy doesn't even allow sourcing of date and location individually currently.) Populating the single source you have today in every new location field might not be correct. For example, if the field is a birth location and one of the sources is a census, then probably only the State field should be given this particular citation. I suspect that the lack of a clear answers for some of these questions is why it hasn't been done already. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************** 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
