For the United Kingdom and Ireland genealogy and especially older place names, go to GENUKI Gazetteer at: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Gazetteer/ In the box that is headed "Show results as," use the scroll arrow and scroll to "3. List of nearby places." On the resultant page, scroll down the place names until you find the one you are looking for. Click on "Show places." Depending how many miles you limited your search to, you will have a list of places. If there are too many, go back and reduce the miles. Click on the number to get a choice of maps; click on the name to get info. There are several types of maps you can choose from.
Enjoy! CE From: sylvia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Geo Mapping & UK (London/Middlesex) maps I have a couple of problems with the Geo mapping. It works great for the USA but not so good for UK records (and I do have both files), especially the old London and Middlesex areas which don't necessarily come under London and Middlesex anymore. Some of the mapping (Geo coding) just makes no sense, as in Southwark, Surrey turning up in the north of England. Another one has Bethnal Green, London turning up in Surrey. Clicking the "resolve" just moves me to another problem area. (Sometimes it is close enough, as in lost in London, by unclicking the Ver. and then using the "don't auto geo-code" and then clicking Geo coding through virtual earth I can put my red pin in the correct place. If I click on the "Edit Location", the address is in the first line and I click on the atlas at the end of the line, and that takes me to Geo Location Database (Core+ top line, and Core next line). To add confusion, in the City, County, State/Province/Country line "London" is under State/Province with a US flag - I'm not sure how to control this part of it. Very long story short....is there some very, very, very simple, kindergarten type instructions for all this? US maps are fine, it's when I try to access the UK maps. I have many, many addresses (transferred from Paf5 to Legacy). By the way, I really like this feature (if I can ever get it to work right). Also, anyone English on the list can help me in how I might deal with the London/Middlesex area. Very many thanks anyone patient enough. Sylvia 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
