I follow the four field convention also and do as you do with double or even triple commas if I only know part of the location.
If I have additional information like "of" I wouldn't include it in the location field. That information would be in the notes. The Geo-locator is good, but it does have a few problems. I do like the County verifier, which helps me make sure I'm recording corrrectly on the date of the event. It would be nice if it woudl accept things like X (now Y) to record the current locations, and I'd love it if it did more than counties -- for example countries (for example, England and Wales were one country alone before 5/1/1707 when they merged with Scotland to form Great Britian. The United Kingdom wasn't formed until 1/1/1801 with the addition of Northern Ireland -- so for my ancestors born in England in 1790 I'm careful to but England, Great Britian, but for those born in 1810 I need to put England, United Kingdom. The County verifier, obviously by its name, doesn't help ensure the accuracy here). Here's a related question or two- 1. Do people use X (now Y) for legacy towns, states, counties or countries? 2. If you use the USA identifier, how do you record the country for pre-1776 events? Scott On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:21 PM, BearJerCares <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > > > 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
