I, too, think this is a great subject to discuss. A lot of folks just beginning
to enter their research struggle with the "correct" way to do it. Many programs
use a basic, four field format for locations or places. I think it's important
to be consistent and make it so that your data, if it's ever imported into
someone else's program via gedcom, will have the utmost compatibility.......
and therefor, usefulness.
So, I use the following format:
Topo, Sao Jorge, Azores, Portugal
In addition, I have a Detail field where I can include the name of the Church
as well.
I have lots of ancestors not from the Azores so I needed to find a way to enter
in their location names that worked for me. In the interests of using shortcuts
(I love shortcuts! LOL) I used to abbreviate State and county names. But, a
cousin from another country questioned me about some of those abbreviations.
Evidently they were not as obvious to folks from other countries as I had
assumed. Who knew?! So, I now write those out completely, only using Co. to
abbreviate County and USA to abbreviate our country's name. So, locations
within the U.S. look like this:
Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Anyway, just my two cents worth.
Kathy Cardoza
Coordinator, Azores GenWeb
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On Mar 10, 2013, at 12:27 PM, Pam Santos <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is good to bring up, I never thought about it. I am to blame for
> abbreviating one place and it is SM, Vila Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel,
> Azores. I usually put the church name and everything in in the birth field. I
> use Familytree. Now that is mainly for my benefit. I am sure there is a way
> to add the Church to the basic information showing up on the main page, but I
> haven't even looked.
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
> But here's the thing, Doug...
> When you are 6 feet under and someone has your genealogy and can't ask you
> the method for your madness, they will stand over your grave and curse you!
>
> Sao Pedro, Angra, Terceria, Acores
> Angra, Terceira, Acores
> Doze Ribeiras, Terceira, Acores
> ,
> So the year is 2113, I'm your descendant, and totally new to genealogy. I
> can't find Acores on any of my American maps, but may be able to figure out
> Azores (depending on the map). I can see the islands. So I can figure out
> Terceira (you still did not tell us where you type the island name).
>
> But sometimes you use 3 fields and sometimes you use 4. If this is a print
> out, I'd be completely confused. I have no idea which one is a church, which
> one is a general location (concelho), and which one you mean the city field
> (freguesia).
>
> So what to use where?
>
> The city field seems obvious. Put the freguesia there. And country is
> obvious (Portugal). But what about the county and state fields? How should
> we be using those? And I have the Detail field where I separate the church
> (in the case where there's more than 1 church). For those without such a
> field, where do you type in the church?
>
> Cheri Mello
> Listowner, Azores-Gen
> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
> Achada
>
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