On 2010/11/18 06:29, Chris Clifford wrote: > I am a new user of Legacy 7. I understand the importance of entering > locations consistently; however, the instructions are for town, county, > state, country. The majority of my ancestors are from England and a few from > Canada. How do I enter these locations, i.e., Lincoln, Lincolnshire, > England? If so, isn't there a field missing as Lincolnshire is the county, > but there isn't a state or province. Also, what would be the correct entry > for Canadian locations; can anyone give me an example?
First of all - Ignore any recommendations in the documentation! And pay close attention to Ron Ferguson :-) This is all written from a USA point of view and the structure oft-quoted doesn't really apply to the UK way of doing things - and the rest of the world to be strictly accurate. Also, the 4-part location doesn't always fit with the historic way in which places were named. So, unless you're dead-set on using the Geo-Database - which only knows about modern names anyway - you are best to forget the 4-part thing. Having said that, I would still advocate the need for consistency to avoid unnecessary duplication of locations. I find with UK locations that there is a need sometimes to distinguish between actual places and general areas. For example, parishes that are usually known by the main church in that parish, and the civil registration districts. Add the occasional need for Hundreds, 'real' Counties and Poor-Law districts to be thrown into the mix, and it soon becomes obvious that the "One Size Fits All" approach of the Geo-Database and the 4-part USA location name, isn't applicable to the UK. I set my Registration Districts up according to a 3-part formula e.g. "RD: Walsingham, Norfolk, England" where RD is part of the name in order to distinguish between this area and the village of the same name. The short-form can simply be set to "Walsingham (RD)", with no need for the County or Country. Parishes, I simply name according to a 4-part format of <Church Name>, <Parish>, <County>, <Country> Oh yes! Apply the right-to-left sort as well. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg 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
