Hi Olwyn, Always write your location left to right from smallest element you choose to use through to country. Then you can set the Legacy locations to sort right to left or leave as sorted left to right. You can switch from one to the other in the Master Location list once you've said you want to sort right to left by putting in or taking out the tick in the Sort box.
Some reports allow you to print locations right to left but mostly they'll print as you enter them and they read more naturally from smallest element to largest. I'm not sure how you'd enter an Address right to left or left to right as an Address has fields for the different elements so I think you are talking about locations. Cathy Olwyn Bourne wrote: > > Thank you to whoever started this conversation. I have learnt so much > and it has mad e me think about how I want my locations to reflect my > family history. I was raised in a place in NZ named Papatoetoe > (general incorrectly pronounced papa towee). Once I started doing > family research I found it was originally called Papatoitoi (toi > (pronounced toy) is a native grass). I had been so busy making my > locations match the NZ post office standards I lost sight of what this > was all about. I will revisit and correct and based my addresses on > their moment in history. I'm still considering if I will write my > address left to right or right to left (country in first or last > position). > Everyone's responses has made me think but Barry your answer made it > click. > Thank you > Olwyn > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 18:35:22 -0800 > From: b_goodbee...@rogers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Rules for Entering Place Names in England and > Canada > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > > I have been thinking about the Location issue and have come to realize > that there is no perfect solution. Using the terms Place in Events, > Location in Citations and having the ability to add an Address with > Postal Code to an Event adds to the confusion. > > The fact that we are recording information from a different time > period when life was a lot simpler adds to the problem. I keep coming > back to the fact that a fundamental fact of recording information from > a time long ago is to record it as it was then and not to modify the > details to fit into our current mode of doing things. Who would of > thought we would have had postal codes and GPS's? > > As it relates to Census records, specifically England and Wales, I > suggest that the Citation Details page be changed to reflect the > information available from the Census record and not cherry pick in > away that does not flow. > > My first suggestion after having completed the Source page identifying > The National Archives as the source I would enter all the details of > the Census into the Citation Detail window in this order. > > First I would identify the Census with the National Archives reference > of PRO RG12 Piece Number 1200 Folio 30 Page 50 (eg). This is the > information you need to identify the specific Census record. > > Second I would list the Location details starting with Administrative > County, then Civil Parish, Ecclesiastical Parish, then County > Borough,Municipal Borough or Urban District, then Ward of Municipal > Borough or Urban Borough, then Rural District, then Parliamentary > Borough or Division and lastly Town or village or Hamlet, all as > listed at the top of the Census sheet. If this information is not > complete it can be viewed on the Description of Enumeration District > (ED 22 eg) sheet or from the present day transcriptions. Some of this > information may not be relevant in today's thinking but it is > important to record the information as it was then. Also be wary of > transcriptions with mistakes! > > Next I would enter the Road, Street etc,and No or Name of the House. > > Note: Currently the information entered into the Location Details box > does not appear in the Master Location listing. > > Then the person's ID with maybe relationship to Head of Household and > marital status. > > All information should be recorded as shown on the Census sheet > without any changes to spelling. Create an AKA if you wish but often > there has been no change to the name other than the enumerator wrote > down what he or she thought they heard. > > I'm sure a suitable Citation Detail template could be developed to > satisfy the recording of the Census information in this manner. There > is a template now so it must be possible. > > Other information such as age, occupation, where born or health > condition can be recorded elsewhere within the Legacy software with > reference to the appropriate Source. > > If a Location is required to appear in the Master Location listing > then an Event/Fact needs to be created (Residence/Place eg), using > poetic license as necessary if you wish it to be recognizable in > today's maps or atlases. A note could be added to the Event to record > the original information. Don't forget also things change and what > existed 100 years ago might not exist today! Also bear in mind that > the software default of Place, County, State, Country is not universal > and may not meet your needs. Sorting from right to left mitigates this > problem somewhat. > > As to the sharing of Sources the process really is sharing the Source > and the Citation Details with the only thing changing is the person's > ID. The person's ID is not shared. Th ere is also an issue with a > family sharing the same house with details spread over two pages each > having two different NA references. Maybe I should stick with cut, > paste and edit? > > This diatribe relates primarily to the 1851 to 1901 England and Wales > Census but the underlying concept of recording any Source information > should be that it should be recorded as is with no modifications. Any > errors, spelling mistakes etc should be recorded in the Notes. > > A copy of this will be sent to Make a Suggestion for consideration. > > Barry Godbeer > > Brampton, Ontario Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
