[LegacyUG] Location standards

2019-02-04 Thread Pete
I am vacillating on the standardization of Irish Locations and asking for comments/thoughts on using: "County" or "Co." as a prefix to specifying the County portion of the location. I know the "Standard" using is "County". Does it really make difference? I want to make sure that all locations are

Re: [LegacyUG] Location standards

2019-02-04 Thread Debbie Jorgenson
I think it is a personal preference and whatever you decide, stick to it. I started out typing the word County as I had found in Iowa we have Des Moines (city) and Des Moines County, just as an example. Then I was told to never type the word County or the abbreviation Co. for county so I went in an

Re: [LegacyUG] Location standards

2019-02-04 Thread Sherry H
Rules depend on whether or not you're planning on joining a lineage society or uploading your data to FamilySearch. Otherwise, just be consistent for your own sanity . FamilySearch has specific requirements at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Begin_Your_Genealogy_Quest#Recording_Locations Reco

Re: [LegacyUG] Location standards

2019-02-04 Thread Susan Swindell
Debbie, I'm in DAR, and always used commas when entering locations in the applications. Is the "no commas" something new? On applications submitted to NSDAR the rule was established about 3 or 4 years ago. But since you retype everything onto the application it doesn't affect how you enter thi

Re: [LegacyUG] Location standards

2019-02-04 Thread Debbie Jorgenson
Susan is correct. Thanks for clarifying this. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:37 PM Susan Swindell wrote: > Debbie, I'm in DAR, and always used commas when entering locations in the > applications. Is the "no commas" something new? > > On applications submitted to NSDAR the rule was established about 3