Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Hall
North America. Where do you get the 1760s (presumably the Treaty of Paris (1763)) was the change in terminology? > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Scott Hall > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 5:15 pm > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread atlantajm
Hall To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Fri, Jan 21, 2011 5:15 pm Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries Others have answered similar to me, but I'll through my 2 cents in anyway. I follow the principle that locations should be recorded with their fficial names at the ti

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread RICHARD SCHULTHIES
/11, Kevin Schmitt wrote: From: Kevin Schmitt Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 11:23 AM How do you use the location for pre-USA time such as 13 colonies and Massachutes Bay Colony, since my trees go that fa

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Hall
Others have answered similar to me, but I'll through my 2 cents in anyway. I follow the principle that locations should be recorded with their official names at the time of the event. So, for locations pre-1776, I use "British North America" instead of "USA". You could get more precise and use t

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Jerry
I won't revisit the controversy, as such, since I disagree with some on the list, but it also should be mentioned that some people sort right to left instead of left to right and there is an option on the place list in Legacy to change the sorting mechanism. I do use the placeholders, with a set

RE: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread David C Abernathy
ubject: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries How do you use the location for pre-USA time such as 13 colonies and Massachutes Bay Colony, since my trees go that far back thanks Kevin Schmitt schmittke...@hotmail.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquet

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Genealogy mail
individuals and work on their problems. Hope this helps, Russ Strong From: Kevin Schmitt Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 2:23 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries How do you use the location for pre-USA time such as 13 colonies and Massachutes Bay

Re: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Robert E. Carneal
Here's what I do: United States Colonies, Virginia, , Moorefield I like listing country, state, county, city, but I do understand not everyone likes that. This won't serve everyone, but it serves me pretty well. If I know the county, I include it. (Some towns were not in a county- just the terri

RE: [LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Kirsten Bowman
se complications with mapping programs or the GeoLocation database, so what you enter may depend on how you intend to use Legacy. Kirsten -Original Message- From: Kevin Schmitt [mailto:schmittke...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 11:24 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Su

[LegacyUG] RE: township and cemeteries

2011-01-21 Thread Kevin Schmitt
How do you use the location for pre-USA time such as 13 colonies and Massachutes Bay Colony, since my trees go that far back thanks Kevin Schmitt schmittke...@hotmail.com Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 200