And just to take this thread on a little side trip.....to my knowledge all states in the US have townships except for California and Louisiana. In California you either live in a city or in the county; there are no townships. In Louisiana, the word county is replaced by "Parish" which basically is the same thing. It's a French thing.
There are other areas of the US that Legacy has a problem with, notably Washington, DC. Hmmm, no county and no state at all. Should it be entered as DC or "District of Columbia" but then aren't we getting back into that nasty preposition thing in a location? And now for the Coup de grâce....Virginia has something unique called "Independent Cities" such as Richmond, Virginia. The city is a subdivision of the state just like the other counties. The independent city does not reside in any county at all. So how does one enter that location: "Richmond, Virginia" is factually correct but Legacy expects some type of county there or a comma for a missing county will give you the absurd "Richmond, , Virginia". There are 42 such independent cities in the US; 39 of them are located in Virginia. Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 1:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Legacy and County Names > > > I can see you having to add an awful lot of U.S.A.s should ever wish > to > > publish, Brian!! :-) > I've done the same thing as Brian, except for Canada. Any other > country > has the country name after the town, township, county, etc. and when/if > I publish, I intend to add a note to the Preface saying that all > locations are in Canada unless otherwise stated. > > I've added the full word "township" and County" after each location. > Makes for a bit more typing occasionally but sure looks much clearer. > I'm not familiar with US townships, if they exist, or counties and when > I see Notown, Mud, MA for example, it takes a bit of figuring out that > MA is Massachusetts, Mud is probably the county, and Notown the actual > location. But what about the township? > > I've heard that some states have a completely different surveying > method > and it sure looks confusing to someone not familiar with the system. > But > if it's spelled out - Notown, Mud County, Massachusetts, USA, then it > couldn't be clearer. > > Helen 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
