Bill, I think you need to download the european geo database. I just went to master list locations and added Banff,scotland and geo code took me to the correct place.
Norm 2010/1/17 Bill Wood <[email protected]>: > Hello, > > I bought a mapping package with Legacy. > > It is not user friendly or intuitive and is extremely difficult to use > > Specifically : > > 1. Does anybody know how to turn off the default American style address > format and allow British address formats. > > 2. Do I need to load up a different database lookup table to do this ? > > ie Banff, Banffshire, Scotland - This should be enought to uniquely identify > Banff in Scotland, however the software I have does not recognise this as a > valid placename. > > The software wants four fields to uniquely identify a place in the following > format > > City, County, State, Country ..... so in the above example is > Banffshire the equivalent to a County or a State ? > > 3. And whilst I am whinging about it can we please have a database that > allows places that no longer exist ? ie Banffshire is no longer a shire - It > has been swallowed by Aberdeenshire - I am sure that this would also be true > of many American places i.e. the Town or County no longer exists but they > feature in the documentation associated with your family tree. > > > Regards > > Bill > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > -- Regards Norman Weston Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
