Jerry, I enter a Township in place of the city/town place name -- I don't include both -- signifying that the Township is outside the city or town boundaries. Bill
Hillsburgh, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: Jerry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 12:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] LOCATIONS In this discussion, may I ask one other question? Where would some of you put the TOWNSHIP in a 4 place location naming convention? The United States and Canada are big on townships in a lot of places and sometimes townships keep some records. In a 4 place naming convention I guess I would put something like this: New Haven, Lenox Township - Macomb County, Michigan, USA or short form New Haven, Lenox Twp - Macomb, MI, USA ? On 4/30/2010 2:03 PM, Connie Sheets wrote: > I never include USA in my locations, although I might if my family were more > recent immigrants. I do add the country on those rare occasions when I find > a cousin who emigrated to Canada or Argentina. I have never comprehended the > need for the blank comma convention. > > This means most of my locations are 3 part, although most of my burial > locations are 4 part because I include the name of the cemetery in the > location, e.g. Masonic Cem., Eagleville, Harrison Co., Missouri. > > Any difficulty this may cause is solved, IMO, by a right to left, rather than > the default left to right, sort. > > I rarely use the word "of" for reasons already discussed, although I do > sometimes use "probably" in a death or birth location field. > > I'm sure there are some highly technical reasons why others would be > horrified by my methods, but they work for me. > > Connie 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
