Re: [LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-06-02 Thread Chris CG
Is there an address/residence entry method that would allow me to create maps from that information, or at least extract a list of addresses to use for mapping? For example, I want to map the locations associated with the events in my g-grandparents lives - where they lived growing up and after

Re: [LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-06-02 Thread James Cook
I've not done much of this myself, but I think you'll want to play with the Map My Family feature, enter locations to fit your needs (i.e. break out of the 4 place/3 comma format if necessary), and use the geocoder to set the latitude and longitude correctly. Some enter complete addresses in

Re: [LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-06-02 Thread Anne Hollingshead
I do a similar thing but I put: Columbia-Columbia Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri, USA Columbia-Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Boone County, Missouri, USA Columbia-1492 Easy St, Boone County, Missouri, USA This way when I start typing a location the basic entry comes up first and I don't have

Re: [LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-06-02 Thread James Cook
It took me a minute, but I guess what you are pointing out is no spaces around the dash. I'll have to try that, as the basic entry is not first in my list. Good stuff, I like it! On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Anne Hollingshead holl...@melbpc.org.au wrote: I do a similar thing but I put:

Re: [LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-05-31 Thread James Cook
Perhaps you were asking for practical reasons to use one method over another... - The address icon will capture data, and for some that may be all that is needed, but is of little to no value beyond that. It doesn't do much if anything to help getting the data back out again in the form of

[LegacyUG] Events residence address

2011-05-29 Thread Diane Sye
In events, for residence address, I've been entering the street number, street name and suburb in the description field and this looks fine when printing reports. Would it be better to enter to enter the address using the address icon, or just write the address in the event notes? Diane Legacy