Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-24 Thread Lionel Carter
Bill, Fools step in I haven't any idea what this thread is about but it caused me to look at the GeoCountyCodes,txt file on my pc. My file has a Scottish section and includes e.g. Banff and Banffshire. I've included a section below on the off chance that your file is defective. * Scotland

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-24 Thread Ron Ferguson
: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming? Hello, I have tried this (see below) and it doesnt seem to have worked. Could somebody please advise what I have done wrong. 1. Copied all Geo*.txt files 2. Renamed Geo*.txt to Geo*-Alt.txt 3. In the counties file replaced all Aberdeen with Aberdeenshire and replaced

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-24 Thread Bill Wood
Thanks for your help Lionel, Bill On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Lionel Carter lionelcar...@freezone.co.ukwrote: Bill, Fools step in I haven't any idea what this thread is about but it caused me to look at the GeoCountyCodes,txt file on my pc. My file has a Scottish section and

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-23 Thread Bill Wood
Hello, I have tried this (see below) and it doesnt seem to have worked. Could somebody please advise what I have done wrong. 1. Copied all Geo*.txt files 2. Renamed Geo*.txt to Geo*-Alt.txt 3. In the counties file replaced all Aberdeen with Aberdeenshire and replaced United Kingdom with

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-19 Thread John Clare
All I am looking for is the ability to add manually, more place names to the GEO list John 2010/1/19 Wendy Howard wendy.how...@gmail.com That is true, but if you find out where the place was in relation to places existing today you can get the co-ordinates via Bing or Google and feed them

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-19 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi John, All I am looking for is the ability to add manually, more place names to the GEO list Such a thing has been mentioned at least twice in the past few days - did you not see it?! Under this very subject line, I posted yesterday: Dave Naylor told us how to do this yesterday under the

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-19 Thread roy_delos_reyes
/Canada Central Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming? Hi John, All I am looking for is the ability to add manually, more place names to the GEO list Such a thing has been mentioned at least twice in the past few days - did you not see it?! Under this very subject line, I posted yesterday

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread Mike Fry
On 2010/01/18 00:56, Liz Ault wrote: Is there a plan to update the USA Geo file to follow this pattern? Currently it is set to USA. This only matters when adding a new location, but is frustrating none-the-less. Thanks. Liz Despite various complaints about the incompleteness and inaccuracies

RE: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread CE Wood
...@iafrica.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 1:43 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming? On 2010/01/18 00:56, Liz Ault wrote: Is there a plan to update the USA Geo file to follow this pattern? Currently it is set to USA. This only matters when adding a new

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread Arnold Sprague
Mr Fry writes below, I suspect that they might even be slightly embarrassed by ever making such a facility available and now have no real means or inclination to upgrade or make more general purpose. I, for one, am more than satisfied with what Legacy gave us. It works most of the time. When I

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread John Clare
What I have always hoped for is the ability to add my own locations to this. I have some areas where I should like to define places down to areas only several hundred yards square. When the family lived for over two hundreds years within walking distance, the areas were known by different names. I

Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread Wendy Howard
Hi John, What I have always hoped for is the ability to add my own locations to this. I have some areas where I should like to define places down to areas only several hundred yards square. Dave Naylor told us how to do this yesterday under the subject Customizing Location Format. You can

RE: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming?

2010-01-18 Thread CE Wood
and Bing maps do not show what many historical genealogists are looking for. CE Wood -Original Message- From: Wendy Howard [mailto:wendy.how...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 2:00 PM To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] GEO Updates Coming? I therefore have