I'm a new member of this group and have been using legacy since V5 but only recently been able to concentrate significant time to genealogy. I'm currently using V7 deluxe edition. This thread subject has also puzzled me lately as I have been gathering more address information from various sources. To date, I've been entering address information from say a census, as a "Residence" event using the "Description" field for the street address and the "Place" field for the city, county, state, nation. I assumed that was the proper way to do it because the software has no street address provision in the Place field. The problem in doing it this way, as noted in this thread. is that the street address does not get into the master location list and therefore cannot be used with the mapping feature or to create reports. I tried Bruce McArthur's suggestion of entering the street address in the master location list last night and it seems to work fine. The mapping software can be used and I assume I'll be able to create useful location reports e.g. a listing of all the West Philadelphia address my relations lived in over the last century. I'm therefore inclined to enter addresses this way from now on. My question is; Is this the way the program is intended to handle address"s (do all experienced users do it that way?) and, if not, will I regret using it that way because of some unanticipated consequence down the line? In a related matter, I found that the mapping software often takes me near to an address but not exactly to it and I have to manually adjust even though Google earth itself has no problem finding the address when I use it outside of Legacy. Is there a particular format for entering an address into the master location list that resolves that issue? Sorry for the long post and thanks to all for your informative posts, I'm learning a lot just by reading about all the various issues you discuss! Tom McKeever, Austin, Texas --- On Wed, 7/23/08, RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: RICHARD SCHULTHIES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Where to enter a street address? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 10:29 PM
I have just started doing this, but for my addresses I name the addresses in one of two patterns. Smith, Joe house 1914-1942, using the first date and last out for the group. Just a trry? Rich in LA CA --- Cathy Vallevieni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rich: > > Thanks for the reply. > > That puts the address on the Master Mailing List > which I assume I > don't want death addresses, birth addresses, etc. on > the Master Mailing List? > > Also, if I enter the individual's name in the "Name" > field, it makes > a separate entry in the Master Mailing List for each > address for the > individual so I might have 5 or 6 entries for that > individual on the > Master Mailing List and 5 or 6 entries for another > individual who has > the same addresses. I've decided that if I am going > to use that > screen, I'm going to enter the street address in the > Name field so at > least I can have one entry on the Master Mailing > List and use it for > every person that references that address. > > What do you think? > > Cathy > Orange County, CA > > > At 06:08 AM 7/23/2008, you wrote: > >The address screen is accessed by either the plus > sign > >on the main input screen next to the location > 'line', > >or the little house most everywhere else. > >Rich in LA CA > >--- Cathy Vallevieni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have street addresses for births, deaths, > > > marriages (especially > > > when these occurred at home). I also have > residence > > > addresses in "Events". > > > > > > I know not to enter the street address in the > > > "Location" field (that > > > field should only have city, county, state, > > > country). > > > > > > Where should I enter the house number and street > > > name so they show up > > > on the Chronology tab and on reports AND so I > can > > > search them and > > > print a report of everyone that was at that > address? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Cathy Vallevieni > > > Orange County, CA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > Archived messages: > > > > > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > Online technical support: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > >Archived messages: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > >To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
