Jerry, It would but I use the Sort Button and set it to read from right to light - Country, County, Town, District, Street, House. Very, very easy to look up places.
Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jerry" <bearjerca...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:23 AM To: <LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] location entry > Ron, I'm just curious how (or what order) you use to put in a street > name in the location field. Doesn't that interfere with the sorting of > the master locations list? > > Also, are you saying that Legacy geo-coding will find the actual > street? Thanks, --Jerry > > On 10/13/2010 8:10 PM, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Becky& Tom, >> >> I deliberately have the full address in the location field for two >> reasons >> (1) it displays well in reports and (2) when using the mapping function >> the >> actually street is located (provided it is still there, of course). >> >> My brother-in-law includes the house and street part in the description >> field which also reads well in reports but obviously mapping will only >> find >> the town. >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Becky and Tom Heginbotham"<beckyand...@roadrunner.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:52 PM >> To:<LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> >> Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] location entry >> >>> Thanks Ward. I have decided that I will use township in place of >>> city/town when necessary. Upon further reflection, I agree that I don't >>> really need both. >>> >>> I am still trying to figure out what direction to go with street >>> addresses >>> for Residence Events. I like using the Description field for this and >>> it >>> reads nicely in the narrative, but am wondering if it will hinder any >>> mapping capabilities down the road. I don't want to invest a lot of >>> time >>> in making the changes, only to regret it later. I didn't know there >>> was >>> so much controversy in this topic... I thought there might be a clear >>> cut >>> answer. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ward Walker [mailto:wnkwal...@rogers.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:49 PM >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] location entry >>> >>> You will find plenty of discussion in the list archive about whether to >>> include the street address in the location field. Including quite >>> recently. >>> >>> Regarding the township, my opinion is that it unnecessarily >>> lengthens/clutters the location, in the case where you know the >>> city/town >>> name. So: >>> - Troy Mills, Linn, Iowa, USA; or >>> - Spring Grove Twp., Linn, Iowa, USA >>> >>> ...but not: >>> - Troy Mills, Spring Grove Twp., Linn, Iowa, USA >>> >>> Now I can see that you might want to know that Troy Mills is in Spring >>> Grove Twp., when comparing individuals, but I think that that will be >>> apparent during the research stage and need not be emphasized in all the >>> location fields on all the reports. >>> >>> The Geo Location database does not find townships at all. It does find >>> counties when no city is specified, but then you cannot automatically >>> select an exact location (such as the center of the county) unless you >>> first select a city. You can manually choose a location. >>> >>> The Geo Location database does not find locations when the street >>> address >>> (or cemetery name, etc.) is part of the city field. It does find the >>> city's location when the address is placed separately in a fifth field >>> (which is ignored). >>> >>> Ward >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Becky and Tom Heginbotham >>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:37 PM >>> Subject: [LegacyUG] location entry >>> >>> >>> I am attempting to clean up my Master Location database, and I have two >>> questions regarding the best way to enter location information: >>> >>> 1. What is the best way to enter township information? In some >>> instances I just have a township name and in others I have both a >>> township >>> as well as a city name. >>> 2. Because of the way my data was entered in a previous genealogy >>> program, I have street addresses in my location field in many instances. >>> This is particularly true for residence and census event information. I >>> am >>> wondering if I should clean these up and just keep location for city, >>> state, >>> country. I have found that I can put the street address under >>> “description†>>> for the particular event. Is making this change worthwhile? What does >>> this >>> do to my mapping capabilities? >>> >>> Thanks! Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
