On 2013/12/06 07:04, Ron Ferguson wrote:
With respect it is our country, and our right to determine who we are and
where
we are.
Rule, Britannia!
--
Regards,
Mike Fry
Johannesburg (g)
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, 2013 8:53 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Ron, I think I’ll enshrine that reply on the wall. Said with monarchic suave. I
don’t think we’ll ever teach the Americans geography. Sufficient to know that
we know better.
Bryan
NZ
: Kurt Kneeland
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 5:36 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
I could still use a good reference for finding correct names not just at top
levels, but down to the county/shire and town/village levels.
Thanks
*To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
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I could still use a good reference for finding correct names not just at
top levels, but down to the county/shire and town/village levels.
Thanks.
*From:* Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
I could still use a good reference for finding correct names not just at top
levels, but down to the county/shire and town/village levels.
Thanks.
From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy
for your hard work.
Many thanks,
Jemima
From: Leo MacDonald [mailto:macdonald...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 26 November 2013 00:19
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Hi Colette,
snip
1) Click View at the top of your screen.
2) Click Master
– does anyone know please?
If not, then I will request a feature on this.
Thanks,
Jemima
*From:* Ardenholme Genealogy [mailto:geneal...@ardenholme.co.uk]
*Sent:* 01 December 2013 10:13
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on this.
Thanks,
Jemima
From: Ardenholme Genealogy [mailto:geneal...@ardenholme.co.uk]
Sent: 01 December 2013 10:13
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Hi Leo et al,
Thank you for your detailed instructions on how to preview
Clark ceddaco...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
View
Master Lists
Address Lists
Event
Choose Cotton Valley Cemetery
Show List
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:11 PM, COLETTE SIKES
From: CE WOOD wood...@msn.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 11:00 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Yes. But there is no need for another event; you can do all that if you have
the cemetery
as a Cemetery Event
Yes. But there is no need for another event; you can do all that if you have
the cemetery as the location for the Burial Event.
CE
From: mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location
Weller Williams
From: Mike Fry emjay...@gmail.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
On 2013/11/25 13:48, Rose Hatten wrote:
Pam, there's a Sample database
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
You'd be surprised at how many people don't. They think it's redundant and
everyone knows what country their locations are in! Or their locations are all
in one country
...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
You'd be surprised at how many people don't. They think it's redundant
and everyone knows what country their locations
the rewriting of history by anyone.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: John B. Lisle
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 8:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Paula,
I think with the exception of Georgia, the names
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Oh dear, John. There are times when I wonder where you are coming from. Take
your first two paragraphs, you mention Georgia as being an exception, you may
be right, I don’t know, or even care, but the rest of the world do not know
Oh, Aye,
Thanks, Shirley.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Shirley Richardson
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:39 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Thankyou Ron, I was waiting for you to step in, knowing your
, 2013 2:21 PM
To: Legacy
Oh, Aye,
Thanks, Shirley.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
From: Shirley Richardson
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 12:39 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Thankyou Ron, I
:* Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Thankyou Ron, I was waiting for you to step in, knowing your
explanation would be far greater than mine.
(I think /shore /was meant to be /short/)
Regards
Shirley
NZ
- Original Message -
*From:* Ron Ferguson mailto:ronfergy
to be
a location specific option. Probably need location specific labels for the
remaining levels as well.
From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 6:18 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Oh
as second-level
entities under the UK umbrella.
From: Boyd Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Perhaps they should consider this. Britain for he uninitiated
...@sbcglobal.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 22:14:22 -0600
OK, this little blurb explains why the British Crown Dependencies and the
British Overseas Territories are technically not part of the United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Isles_Euler_diagram_15.svg
CE
From: kurt-kneel...@sbcglobal.net
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 21:46:20 -0600
RonIs there a good source for UK current location
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Accuracy is of the utmost importance in genealogy. Without that, we in the
United State of America could be considered British, and Maine still part of
Massachusetts!
Try this for clarity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Perhaps they should consider this. Britain for he uninitiated
http://explore.noodle.org/post/21512465875/because-one-must
entities under the UK umbrella.
From: Boyd Miller [mailto:bo...@vodafone.net.nz]
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 9:45 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Perhaps they should consider this. Britain for he uninitiated
http
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Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Kurt,
With respect it is our country, and our right to determine who we are and
where we are.
We are a country with a long history and a multicultural one at that, which
does mean that we have inconsistencies in the way we
Hi Kurt,
Have you visited http://genuki.org.uk/ ? It's a very handy web site for
all things genealogical in the UK and Ireland. The mailing lists at
Rootsweb (http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) are very good for
country-specfic assistance, too.
This is really getting away from Legacy, so I
From: Leo MacDonald [mailto:macdonald...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 26 November 2013 00:19
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Hi Colette,
I have been away from my computer for a few days and when I view all the
replies to your letter I had
, 24 Nov 2013 21:39:24 -0800
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
I hope Im not extending this discussion more than necessary, but it is very
interesting, but now I am somewhat confused about what I should do; Im
pretty new at using Legacy, and havent ventured out
On 2013/11/25 13:48, Rose Hatten wrote:
Pam, there's a Sample database that comes with Legacy. You might want to
test your thoughts on that, changing one thing or another and looking at the
reports to see if you like the output. That way you won't mess up your data,
and you can get an idea
I put cemetery, church, house, hospital, et. al. in both location and
address fields. I do location because it will appear on screen or in
reports more predictable/dependably than the address fields. But Legacy
could improve that someday, so I figure it's easier to enter the data now
than to try
James,
May I correct one oft repeated fallacy, that is that locations only sort
correctly if a standard format is followed. Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!
Legacy allows locations to be sorted from right to left, ie. CountryCemetery,
much more sensible than sorting from left to right.
Provided one's
Hmm... Noted. I even have mine sorted that way. Maybe I don't need the
dash, but would have sworn there was some reason. Anyway, good to know.
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Ron Ferguson ronfergy@tiscali.co.ukwrote:
James,
May I correct one oft repeated fallacy, that is that
Pam:
1. The program doesn't recognize a dash as a separator, just the comma.
The dash would be to distinguish the cemetery name from the town name when
you limit to four fields.
For example, using the dash separator in the location field, the location
in the report will show:
He was buried in
Ron,
If you don't have the four places or the locations aren't entered
consistently, then the list is not sorted correctly. I can't send a screen
shot to the list, but Victoria, Australia is not sorted with the other
countries - it's sorted up by Scottsdale, AZ (my locations are in a
jumble in
, Coventry, Coombe
Abbey
England, Warwickshire, Coventry, Greyfriars
England, Warwickshire, Coventry, St.
Michael's
England, Warwickshire, Coventry, White
Friars
Easy-peasy!
CE
From: she...@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:07:28 -0800
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial
Exactly and if I want to add the country name through Expand/Contract
Location Parts, it won't recognize it since I have only two parts and not
three
I was just giving an example of what happens when locations aren't
formatted correctly and consistently.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical
But why ever would you not add the country name when you entered the location?
CE
From: she...@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:01:38 -0800
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Exactly and if I want to add the country
Sherry,
I said in a previous post that expand/contract would not work unless the four
field convention is used.
I do not know Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, but it has been said that they
largely have only 3 fields, and if that location is the full one, then what
would you do - stick some
On 2013/11/25 19:26, Ron Ferguson wrote:
I said in a previous post that expand/contract would not work unless the four
field convention is used.
I do not know Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, but it has been said that they
largely have only 3 fields, and if that location is the full one,
You'd be surprised at how many people don't. They think it's redundant and
everyone knows what country their locations are in! Or their locations are
all in one country.
Sincerely,
Sherry
Technical Support
Legacy Family Tree
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:25 AM, CE WOOD wood...@msn.com wrote:
Yes, Ron, that's what I've been saying. It certainly might not be quite
correct, but it works!
If you put a comma in the front then you can remove leading commas when you
create reports or webpages
You can do whatever you want! I'm just saying. if you're going to use
the Master Location
Well, if all locations are in one country, there would be no problem;
counties/shires/provinces/whatever would sort easily.
CE
From: she...@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:59:40 -0800
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sherry,
I fully understand your priority of placing convenience (under the disguise of
standardisation) before correctly entering the data.
In the example which I gave leading commas are not relevant. England is treated
as a country (correct), Tameside/Lanarkshire as a state (rubbish - we
:38 -0800
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Exactly and if I want to add the country name through
Expand/Contract Location Parts, it won't recognize it since
I have only two parts and not three
I was just giving an example
Mike Fry wrote:
On 2013/11/25 19:26, Ron Ferguson wrote:
I said in a previous post that expand/contract would not work unless the four
field convention is used.
I do not know Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, but it has been said that
they
largely have only 3 fields, and if that location
It is more a matter of where US jurisdictions store their vital records.
In the USA those are created at and stored at the County level. For a US
location then the County is vital to knowing where to look for a record.
That is also the raison d'etre for such features as the US County
verfier in
Hi Colette,
I have been away from my computer for a few days and when I view all the
replies to your letter I had to spend quite a while going through all 44
replies.
Everyone who replied has brought up good points as to how you should enter your
cemetery locations, each method used
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*Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Sherry,
I don't disagree with your reasoning about the lists and
sorting these. However, shouldn't this concept also be
extended to other 'events' as well. In Australia, we only
use a 3-place addressing system, so its really
From a earlier post: I don't put cemetery names in the burial field. I use a
separate Cemetery event.
I have just browsed through the Sample database that comes with Legacy, and I
find NO cemetery listed in any entry. There is also NO information in the Help
about cemeteries.
So it appears
Notes, Burial
Pictures, Cremated.
Click on the one(s) in which you want to enter your information.
CE
From: da...@schmeckabernathy.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 08:22:53 -0800
From a earlier post: I
Address, Burial Notes, Burial
Pictures, Cremated.
Click on the one(s) in which you want to enter your information.
CE
From: da...@schmeckabernathy.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 08:22:53 -0800
From
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Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:04 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Legacy allows you the flexibility to enter information in different
ways. It all depends on how you want the information displayed on your
screen
David,
Look at Asa Clark Brown in the Sample. He has a burial Address which is
the cemetery where Asa is Buried.
Brian
Customer Support
Millennia Corporation
br...@legacyfamilytree.com
http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
We are changing the world of genealogy!
When replying to this message, please
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Thanks so much for patience with these questions! Pam
From: Sherry/Support [mailto:she...@legacyfamilytree.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:43 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
The reason why I recommend *not* to put
View
Master Lists
Address Lists
Event
Choose Cotton Valley Cemetery
Show List
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 2:11 PM, COLETTE SIKES cowboyj...@msn.com wrote:
Good Day All
Two weeks ago, I finally purchased Legacy Deluxe Edition (and about died
waiting for the password code to arrive so I could
Collette,
You say that it is wrong to include the cemetery name in the Location Field
rather than the Address Book.
I beg to disagree, that is where I put mine, always have and always will!
I have never accepted the dogmatism which some apply to custom and practice, in
any case I have yet to
Agreed ... I use locations with a sense of what works ...
Naples (Rose Ridge Cemetery, C-248), Ontario, New York, USA ...
works very nicely and separates it from other locations in Naples such as
Naples (Semans Road), Ontario, New York, USA ...
Bob
On 11/23/2013 2:30 PM, Ron Ferguson
Sherry's probably in the majority, but FMPOV Wrong is
highly subjective, and if it floats your boat or fills some
need you have, put the cemetery name into the burial place
field. I'd've personally thought that was where it should go
anyway.
Cheryl
COLETTE SIKES wrote:
Good Day All
Two weeks
The reason why I recommend *not* to put the cemetery name in the location
field is that it messes up sorts in the Master Location List as well as the
Expand/Contraction Location Parts tool if you have entered it as
Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Some people
From: Sherry/Support she...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Sent: Sunday, 24 November 2013 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
The reason why I recommend *not* to put the cemetery name in the location
field is that it messes up
Paul,
Sherry is well aware of my views, so will not be surprised when I repeat that
in my view users should always do that which they are most comfortable with.
In any case the expand/contract options are not available in Aussie. As you no
doubt aware the UK does not fit the American designed
Ron Ferguson wrote:
Paul,
Sherry is well aware of my views, so will not be surprised when I repeat that
in my view users should always do that which they are most comfortable with.
In any case the expand/contract options are not available in Aussie. As you
no doubt aware the UK does not
Message-
From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:ronfergy@tiscali.co.uk]
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:48 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Paul,
Sherry is well aware of my views, so will not be surprised when I repeat that
in my
Also, if you go back to the 1950's and before, the Today postal codes were
nowhere to be seen.
Remember that the 2 letter postal codes are NOT abbreviations for the States
and countries.
Since we are NOT mailing data to these addresses, why are we using these codes?
I live in an unincorporated
23, 2013 5:07 PM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Sherry,
I don't disagree with your reasoning about the lists and sorting these.
However, shouldn't this concept also be extended to other 'events' as well. In
Australia, we only
Yes. But there is no need for another event; you can do all that if you have
the cemetery as the location for the Burial Event.
CE
From: mich...@legacyfamilytree.com
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:53:49
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:53:49 -0500
I don’t put cemetery names in the burial field. I use a separate Cemetery
event. Why? Because I can use the notes area of the event to put the
transcription
compatibility. I use the Burial event only when I know there has been a
genuine Burial.
Alan Pereira
From: CE WOOD [mailto:wood...@msn.com]
Sent: 24 November 2013 05:00
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Burial Location as a Cemetery Event
Yes
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