How can I map the many gravestones in a cemetery if I don't create a separate location for each gravestone (or gravestone section)?
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Ward Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > A third option for hospitals and cemeteries, or at least a variant on the > first option, is as follows: > San Jose - Mercy Hospital, Williams County, Oregon, USA > London - Ontario Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario, Canada > > When typing a location that is only the city name, and expecting > auto-complete, you must at least get to the comma in order to eliminate the > above locations. Otherwise, I find that this works well. (I would not go > any > further down the rabbit hole, though. If I even cared about the floor and > room number, for example, I would use Notes or perhaps Birth Address.) > > Ward > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 8:41 PM > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations for Marriages, Deaths, etc. > > > I know this has been discussed several times before and its almost as if we > all break down into two camps on this issue similar to the listing of > sources and the lumpers and splitters involved with that issue. > > There are those that like to use the very specific location name at the > front such as "Mercy Hospital, San Jose, Williams County, Oregon, USA" > (other countries feel free to substitute names as necessary). That method > can make for some very nice sorting requirements and the specific > information is readily apparent when in Family View mode. > > Then there is the other camp which would list the above address as "San > Jose, Williams County, Oregon". The specific location of Mercy Hospital is > added to the Birth Address Window under which not only is the name "Mercy > Hospital" added, but the specific street address, postal codes, and GPS > co-ordinates can also be added. If one doesn't want to use the Birth > Address > Window, then the specific location of "Mercy Hospital" can be added to the > Birth Notes Window (an easier, less-complicated method that I prefer.) The > drawback of this method is that the information is not readily apparent > when > in the normal Family View mode unless you go through the "great effort" to > click the mouse one or two more times to open up those Addresses/Notes > windows. > > These very specific location turn up all the time on births, deaths, > marriages, christenings, etc. I ran across one a few months back that had > the name of the Hospital, the floor, and the room number. I liked the > statement given by someone a few days ago on this list "How far down the > hole do we chase the rabbit?" I've often wondered exactly what purpose some > of this extra information serves, genealogically speaking. Well, that was > outdone last night when I came across a death location starting with "In > the > arms of his son, ....city, county, state, USA". > > Brian in CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Carneal USA [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 4:47 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations for Marriages, Deaths, etc. > > > > My way is not for everyone, but it works for me. Instead of: > > > > Miami-Dade Medical Center, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, > > > > I use instead: > > > > Miami-Dade Medical Center, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA > > > > because the latter has four parts. Then, in the location list, I > > reverse the sort. Therefore: > > > > USA, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Medical Center > > > > very neatly sorts with everything I have for Miami-Dade County. > > Reversing the display so that it reads country, state, county, city > > keeps hospitals, cemeteries, churches, all together, and I like that. > > Not everyone does though. > > > > Robert > > > > At 2010-06-11 05:35 PM, you wrote: > > >I find that the structure of some events results in an excessive > > >number of locations that cannot be resolved by geo-location. For > > >example the location of many marriages is reported in the marriage > > >license as "at the home of so and so [usually father of the bride], > > >actual address". Many deaths take place at "Such and such Hospital, > > >address". Geo-location cannot resolve these because it does not > > >know to ignore everything from the beginning to the first > > >comma. These extra entries complicate the auto-complete function > > >for locations. For example I have a frequently used "location" of > > >"Ontario Psychiatric Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada". Whenever I > > >want to specify that an event took place in Ontario, Canada, I have > > >to type almost the whole location before auto-complete works, > > >because space sorts before comma. Also I end up with a lot of > > >semi-duplicate entries in the locations master list, which in my > > >database currently contains 18,088 entries. I wish that I could > > >separate the description of the location from the actual location > > >while not affecting how the complete value is displayed to > > >users. That caveat makes the option of putting the description into > > >the marriage notes less than satisfactory. > > > > > >I would appreciate your thoughts on this. > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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