I forgot to ask why update all the Go codes? Will they be that useful in the future?
On 12/13/2009 6:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: > With the upcoming Legacy 7.5: > How to best prepare for Legacy 7.5 and the FamilySearch interface > http://legacynews.typepad.com/legacy_news/2009/10/how-to-best-prepare-for-legacy-75-and-the-familysearch-interface-post-1.html > > I changed all my locations from church/street names, suburb/city/, > state, country to > suburb/city/, state/county, country > then used the event address icon for the street name > then updated the geo codes for each specific street addresses > (using http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocoder/) > for birth, baptism, death, buried and all other events. > > Exporting my Legacy gedcom across to The Next Generation (tng), > unfortunately the street address is not part of the event address but > rather part of the comment/note. > http://www.groganmob.com/getperson.php?personID=I1249&tree=Grogan > > The advantage of actual Street address for tng (ie street number > street name/church) makes the Event map (see lower down on the tng > web page for Eileen Mary Grogan) really nice. > > My choices are: > A. Redo all my Legacy data with my old style of street name/church > > B. For every event per person on the tng pages change the event address > > C. Somehow find a bridge between Legacy and tng - perhaps maybe > manipulate the gedcom eg: > 1 EVEN 4 Washington Avenue > 2 TYPE Electoral Roll > 2 DATE 1942 > 2 PLAC Malvern East, Victoria, Australia > 2 NOTE Grogan, Agnes, home duties, F > 3 CONT Grogan, Charles, collector, M > 3 CONT Grogan, Eileen Mary, sales, F > 3 CONT Grogan, Veronica Frances Mary, home duties, F > 2 SOUR @S47@ > 2 OBJE > 3 FORM jpg > 3 FILE d:\genie\grogan\doc\electoral\Grogan Charles 1942 Electoral.jpg > > I think it would have to look something like > 1 EVEN 4 Washington Avenue > 2 TYPE Electoral Roll > 2 DATE 1942 > 2 PLAC 4 Washington Avenue, Malvern East, Victoria, Australia > > But my gedcom is 108745 lines long ! Nothing that coud be done manually. > then in tng - manually enter the geocodes I've done in the event address > tables. > > D. Wait for perhaps a Legacy feature to export the event address table > into the event location for a gedcom export? > > How have other legacy/tng users tackled this problem? > > Thanks > > Margaret > > > > 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
