A location should be entered as it was at the time of the event. The Geo Location Database contains only contemporary locations so if a location is no longer around, you won't find it in Geo.
Sincerely, Sherry Technical Support Legacy Family Tree On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Maureen Lake <[email protected]> wrote: > I see that the Legacy GeoLocation database is not very helpful, as a search > turns up "Saint-Michel, , > Québec, Canada". If you put "Bellechasse" in the county position, the search > comes up blank. In fact, counties seem to be totally ignored for Canada. > Wikipedia says that Bellechasse is a "regional county municipality", so it > would seem reasonable to create a location as either "Saint-Michel, > Bellechasse, Québec, Canada" or "Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, , Québec, > Canada". Experiment with how you will want to sort your eventual location > list, including reverse order. > > Ward > > Ward, > > This goes to my second question of the day, about location name changes. The > Bellechasse county designation no longer exists. So this adds another layer > to > my question. Place at the time, or place now? > > Maureen 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
