So then what are Ridings? On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Bill Bienia <[email protected]> wrote: > Even a 3 or 4 level place location option per county wouldn't work. In > Canada, Ontario and much of the rest of eastern Canada uses a 4 level place > locations (city/town/village/township, county/district/municipality, > province, country), while the prairie provinces and BC use a 3 level place > location (city/town/village/municipal district, province, county). (I'm not > sure how the territories are arranged.) Similar to what Ron Ferguson noted in > his example for England, Ontario (and some other eastern provinces) could > really be divided into 5 levels, i.e. city/town/village, township, > county/district/municipality, province, country. For Canada, they would have > to provide the 3 or 4 location option on a province by province basis. > > I know of one geo-database that has encoded all of Canada with the 3-place > location (omitting counties), making it essentially useless for eastern > Canada, or at least Ontario. In Ontario, there are towns, townships and > counties all with the same name, or more commonly townships and counties with > the same name, which are not within the same jurisdiction. As a result, if > only one of the levels is specified, that geo-database gets it wrong most > times. > > Bill > Hillsburgh, Ontario, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Goodwin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > > Hi Ron, > > I would prefer an option in Legacy that would allow users to use 3 or 4 place > locations depending on the country they are entering information on. > > I understand that you prefer and only use 3 place locations, so how would you > handle the United States locations? I have relatives in Canada, England, > Australia as well as the United States and well 3 place locations fit most > countries I have some locations within several States within the USA where > the same town name appears more that once within the same State and the only > way to identify the correct location is by using the County identifier. > > Any suggestions? > > Ron > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: March 8, 2010 18:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations, addresses and events > > Carol, > > It is not a "standard location format" if you are British, or of many, many > other nationalities. We abandoned standardisation before it was invented, on > the basis that is does not work, will not work, and conflicts with our > freedom of expression. > > My location at one time was "Glossop, Derbyshire, England". The problem is, > as you can see, there aint 4 fields, nor is there anywhere where I can stick > a comma (not that I would, I hate them, except when used correctly in > English). I could also go to the other extreme, should you so wish, where the > very old (like before my time) location of the place where I lived was > "Winton, Barton upon Irwell, Eccles, Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, > England", where Winton is a Hamlet, Barton upon Irwell: a Township, Eccles: > a Parish, Hundred of Salford: the Hundred, Lancashire: the County and > England: Country. > > Please bare in mind that some countries had locations nearly 2000 years ago, > and most of ours were included in the Doomsday Book cir. 1086. You may care > to visit my blog at http://bit.ly/8VDqTc, which was reprinted by World Vital > Records btw. for more details. > > I also note that in the new transcriptions for their new database Family > Search are now starting use use correct English locations (more or less). > There's hope yet! > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > >
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