I don't see the location guidelines as an attempt to "US-ify" all the world's locations; it's just a way to tie data entered to capabilities already existing in the program. The very existence of a single long location field rather than a string of 3 (or 7) separate boxes allows any amount of flexibility in entering the data. Legacy is, after all, simply a database with certain features pre-programmed for each field. In order for those features to work best, it's necessary to pick *some* guidelines for data entry. If the features attached to that field don't apply to your situation, it's easy to just ignore the guidelines and enter data in a way that will produce the results you want.
Peace, Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Earnshaw Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] REAL locations You are so right in accepting (after Ron's info) that you should enter the location as you found it. But please don't spoil your response with talking about others with "non standard" data. By all means state "non USA" data. As for the rest of the world - each country has its own way of recording villages, towns etc etc. As Ron said there is no such thing as a "standard" four field notation. ISO, EN or any other body has not pronounced to my knowledge. It is just something that seems to fit most places in the USA. I will NOT be squeezed into such a notation for myself or any of my relatives as we have always lived in England - and are proud of the fact that conventions were always broken. I live in Wokingham, Berkshire, England - note that there are only three parts to the location and nobody can tell me that I need to add a spurious comma where it doesn't belong. And guess what - Wokingham is a town and not a city as most web sites seem to think or require. I'd like to know who tried to tell everybody that there is a standard notation that uses 4 fields. Even Legacy allows you to enter data as you wish to - with 1, 2 or even 25 commas if you wish. So please, everybody, THINK about the information you have and record it as it is presented to you, without messing with it so that it looks like an American city. Jack Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
