I ignore the 4-field rule also, and I am in the US. Pretty much all my relatives are in cities, some of them quite close to each other (and one grandfather has at least 15 street addresses). So I include street addresses, and phooey with the 4-field bit. I consistently have 5. Doesn't seem to bother anything that I can see.
Elizabeth C Jack Earnshaw wrote: > > Oh please don’t Bill!! > > Scotland is a country, as is England, France etc etc. > > The only thing that is wrong is a system that tells you that all > locations obey the 4 field rule. Ie everywhere is the same as the USA. > We in the UK have accepted for a long time that we just have to put > our locations in correctly and accept that the software thinks we are > wrong. We are not wrong and we should enter data in the most > meaningful way possible – very similarly to the way you would put it > on an envelope (where you would never write Great Britain, GB, UK etc). > > The Geo database is USA centric and that is a shame. The users don’t > have to be > > Jack > > *From:* Bill Wood [mailto:steamingb...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 17 January 2010 04:42 > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Mapping Physical Locations in Legacy > > Thankyou Elizabeth - > > I will try your suggestion and put Scotland in as a State with United > Kingdom as the Country and see if the Towns are then recognised. > > I dont think my Grandad would be impressed with Scotland being demoted > from Country to State - but that can be our secret ..... > > > > Regards > > Bill > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp