I just type in the names of the places as I want them to appear on LDS FamilyTree. Put in what you want, just do not click on the "Standardized format" You do not have to accept what the autofill puts in.
Marilyn On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Donna Olovson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the input from the list. The entry in question that auto > filled was being made on the LDS website Family Search Family Tree. -DonnaO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Donna Olovson <[email protected] <[email protected]>> Jul 03 03:38PM -0700 I > am compiling my family info for familysearch Family Tree. When I’m > typing > the place of birth in this program, the computer autofills. It always > includes the term “Angra do Heroísmo The autofilled standard insert for > place of birth automatically pops up as : St George, Angra do > Heroísmo, > Azores, Portugal What I actually typed was: Village of Rosais, > Council > of Velas, São Jorge, Azores So the standard replacement that > autofilled > my record didn’t include the village or Council. Can someone tell me if > “Angra do Heroísmo” is accurate for the name of the place where he was > born_ Cheri Mello <[email protected] <[email protected]>> Jul 04 > 10:59AM -0700 Donna O, There is a group of us who are going to come > up > with some guidelines for data entry input. You are using Family Tree > Maker or Ancestry.com <http://Ancestry.com/>? I spoke with one of their > representatives at Jamboree last month. He said that their places are > very > American-centric. And they really don't know what they are doing in > certain > places of the world. I think I called up Ribeirinha for the tech. The > auto > fill said "Ribeirinha, Azores, Portugal." I told the Ancestry guy that > there at least 4 Ribeirinhas in the Azores, on 4 different islands. I > told > him that "Ribeirinha, Azores, Portugal" was about as precise as > "Plymouth, > United States" as there is a Plymouth in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, > Michigan, New Hampshire, California, etc, etc. I don't know if my > suggestion will go very far, but at least I made them aware of it. For > whatever it's worth, I type the fregusia, island, Azores, Portugal. I > type > the church only if there is more than 1 in that freguesia. However, my > program is very precise about the places. I don't have just a place > field. > It is sub divided into Detail, City, County, State, etc. I could modify > them to say Freguesia, Concelho, etc, but because I have my American > lines > currently merged with my Portuguese lines, I leave it alone. * > > > > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
