Bill I cannot reproduce your problem....
The location list will accept more than one format for the same place...depending on when an appropriate county or territory was formed. (example below) Opelousas Post, Louisiana Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana Territory Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, USA This format shows Opelousas as a military fort before Louisiana Purchase, The community...with parish designation...before Louisiana Purchase.....and then the same place today. The problem usually occurs when some people try to use GEO for the location and then apply GEO to all people instead of keeping all versions. I have all and get no errors while inputting data. Regards Henry Legacy Family Tree is now a FREE Download at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=53BLwAi MY Website at http://members.cox.net/hpeterjr/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Hurst Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Location list Cathy, I thought about reverting to a backup before I fixed the problem by simply changing all the bad locations to WV. To use a backup I would have to know when the problem occurred. Let's say it was two weeks ago. However, I've spent many hours in the last two weeks adding information to my file. I'm not about to toss all that out and try to recreate it. Better to fix a known problem that recreate two weeks of work. The problem came about when I used the Geo Location Database to find what county Vivian was in, then clicked on one of the Select buttons. Apparently instead of just adding the location to the current field, Legacy decided to add it to about 246 other names. Bill Hurst ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Fw: Location list > Hi Bill, > > The easiest thing to do would be to revert to a backup. > I hope you make regular backups and keep a few. > > I can't try to reproduce your problem as I don't know whether you > were selecting from the Master Location List or the Geo Database or ? > > Cheers, > Cathy > > At 00:33 15/10/2005, you wrote: > > >Gaak! I just discovered that I have 246 people under the location > >"Vivian, > >McDowell, West Virginia, USA." First, I don't use that format; I would > >use > >"Vivian, McDowell Co., WV." Second, I don't know if there ARE 246 people > >in > >Vivian, WV. What apparently has happened is that I recently looked for > >Vivian, then used Select to add that to one record. I would normally go > >back > >and change the entry to my usual format. (I have two people from Vivian > >with > >my format.) That means Legacy has decided, on its own, to add this > >location > >to 246 or more entries. (I fixed a couple before realizing that "Houston, > >we > >have a problem.") I don't appreciate the extra work it will take to fix > >all > >these. On the couple I have found, Legacy had replaced the original entry > >with this false one. So now I have to go back and find where everybody > >was > >really born or died or whatever! If I'm lucky, it may be just where I had > >only "WV". > > > >That's the last time I'll let Legacy put in my locations. I'll find them > >and > >type them myself! > > > >Gaak! > > > >Bill Hurst, unhappy camper. 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.0/134 - Release Date: 10/14/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.0/134 - Release Date: 10/14/2005 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
