Brian, speaking of locations, is your CA an abbreviation for California OR Canada?
I live in Clinton Township, Michigan. And it is not country, it is suburban (just north of Detroit). We just don't want the type of government that being a city would entail. We are legally the Charter Township of Clinton. enuff! Joyce On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > > > > -- Researching Drinkwater surname all over the world, any time, any place, but especially Descendants and Ancestors of Paul Drinkwater, born 1789 in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, England. GOONS #5057 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/drinkwater.html 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
