Michele, You make my point, which is basically that should a location be published then the full location should be used. I agree that using an abbreviated version in the short Location is fine if not used in publications.
You location is not quite correct btw.. St John the Baptist is the name of the (parish?) church in the Parish of Eldersfield, which we would write at St John the Baptist, Eldersfield Parish, Worcester, England. However, we would not normally include the word "Parish" in the location, or it could be written St John the Baptist Parish Church, Eldersfield, Worcester, England. The Church would also be known as Eldersfield Parish Church, in which case the location could be written Eldersfield Parish Church, Worcester, England (it might not show up on the maps if this format is used). The Chapman Codes are the abbreviations for the countries and counties within the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Isles, so your address would be St John the Baptist Parish Church, Eldersfield, WOR, ENG. Probably not very comprehensible for many of the English either :-) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 12:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A suggestion When you print a report, you have the option of using the long location or the short. It would depend on my audience on which I would choose. I like that flexibility. The problem is, if you choose to use the short location but haven't edited every location to have a short location your report will look pretty funny :) I do not know much about English locations at all. I only have a couple in my file (and they are probably wrong). Here is one that I have... St. John the Baptist Parish, Eldersfield, Worcestershire, England michele -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 7:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A suggestion Michele, Please consider that should you ever wish you publish, abbreviations instead of full locations can be at best be meaningless, and perhaps actually misleading for those not from the country, or even the general area to which the location may refer. Would you understand, for example, the Chapman codes for England? Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ 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). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
