BearJerCares wrote: > May I please ask your opinion on the the exact format of locations > (both born in and died in)? > > I have been trying to follow: > City, County, State, Country > > format and if one is missing, I insert the extra commas like > > City, , State, Country > > I'm comfortable with that except when I know that someone lived at a > certain city and I'm not sure the person was born there, it would be > nice to be able to put that in the same field instead of having to put > it in the extra notes or events fields. So, I've been putting: > > City, County, State, Country, Of > > This will build an extra set for locations in Legacy, but the > advantage is it is in plain view in the basic information. What is > your take on the best way to do this type? > > Thanks > > Jerry in Michigan
Jerry, I have said many times that there is no way that I will use the American four field convention and I absolutely hate double commas. The only reason that I can see for using this format is to enable the Geo-locator to work. To be clear, the use of the convention in many other countries means using incorrect locations - I also understand that it is not accurate for all American locations either. In other words, unless one has an over-riding reason for regularly using the Geo-locator, why use the convention? Having got that off my chest I would not include "of" in a location either. To say somebody is "of Manchester" does not mean that "of" is part of the location, it isn't. It is an indication that at some stage in the person's life there was a connection with Manchester, no more and no less. The interpretation of "of" is pretty well always uncertain. It is common in England to see "of this Parish" on marriage records, but it could mean that, for example, the birth/baptism was there, rather than the person lived there at the time of the marriage (although I think the latter is more likely). I consider it should, therefore, be included as a note. You might like to view the LUG Archives, link below, as this topic has been discussed many times. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ Completely rewritten and revised: http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ 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
