Hi Shirley, Genealogy standards I have read state that "Of" in front of a location is an assumption. Not that they lived there, but that someone made a best guess. You will also see <> surrounding locations. This is usually a computer program generation of the same assumption according to the same books.
Glen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shirley York Anderson Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] "in" versus "of" To me, "of" means that the person resided at that place at some time. It is not necessarily related to the event. So I don't use it. Instead, I add a residence event, using the date of the event if appropriate (a lot of the "of" in the IGI have nothing to do with the event, the person simply lived there at some point). For "near", for example, I enter "Wichita Co. Texas, USA" in the location field, and then in the address field I enter "near Wichita Falls". The net result is that in the master location list I never have to wade through all the "near" and "of" and I don't have a location listed more than once. Shirley 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
