Many thanks to Ron for explaining this concept of the UK as it is much misunderstood by a majority of Americans. And has Ron has noted, American made software does not easily accommodate European or other world areas traditions for geographic and political subdivision descriptions. I'm sure there is UK made software that does not easily accommodate American naming patterns. In any event, Legacy is flexible enough to allow the user to adopt their own patterns. Maybe one day there'll be an add-on package for different world-wide locations that would rename all these default fields for geographic and political subdivisions, similar to a language package.
Brian in CA (a different Brian than the original message) -----Original Message----- Brian, As has been said many times on this list the *American* 4 field system is for America (and it doesn't always apply there so I am told). It may apply in your case, I'll look in a minute, but even if it happens to it will not for many, many locations in the UK. And on to my hobby horse :-) The UK is the United Kingdom of Great Broitain and Northerm Ireland, comprising the *countries* of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; it is a Kingdom not a country, and over here we do not have states. So the answer to this part of your question is that the country is "England" *not "England GB" and *not* "England UK". The next tier is the county, in this case the Aministrative County of Lancaster, which for our current purposes is actually called "Lancashire" - yeh, I know, it's in our blood to complicate things :-). When looking at parishes it is normal for us to look at the civil parish rather than the ecclesiastical as the latter may just be the name of a church. In this case they are the same, but that is happenchance. So, The full location is: Chatburn, Lancashire, England. Like I said - forget 4 fields, it doesn't apply, and to make it so would be incorrect. Incidentally the 4 field system doesn't work for most of Europe either. Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
