Thanks Norm, How do I get that database please.
I have tried verifying the locations using geolocations button as recommended in the instruction CD ................... and Banff, Banffshire, Scotland then becomes Banff, Banff, , Scotland other small towns like Portknockie have similar results from the GeoLocation button Portknockie, Portknockie, , Scotland Regards Bill On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Norman Weston <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > 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
