As a non LDS Volunteer I came across the standardisation of locations very early on. I am based in the UK and most of my genealogical events are in the UK. When placing locations into nFS it is possible to enter the location you have in your Legacy file and ignore the standardisation process. I store the locations as they were at the time of the event, so in London the County could well have been Middlesex then later London and still later Greater London. I would suggest that this is the tip of the iceberg with respect to the standardisation process. There are no States in the UK nor in most other Countries...
-----Original Message----- From: Kirsten Bowman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 14 June 2011 19:16 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] webinar comment I certainly agree with Michele's comments. I also watched the webinars but they raised more questions than answers, especially regarding locations. There seem to be standardized LDS locations. How does that work with, say, Upper Canada or Canada West (now Ontario), or American colonies like Plymouth (later merged with Massachusetts)? Or Acadia when it was part of New France? Does FamilySearch data entry want to see the placeholder commas that some of us dislike? And what about the "At Sea" entries, or "of" with locations? There are surely even more complications with European locations. I think we could almost use a whole webinar on Legacy location fields and synchronizing them with FamilySearch for those who wish to plan ahead. Kirsten -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] webinar comment Yesterday I watched two of the Webinars, Improving Your Use of New FamilySearch: Data Cleanup Strategies New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree I am not LDS but I am looking forward to them opening up FamilySearch to the rest of us and I want to be ready for it by getting my file cleaned up properly. It amazes me what the Legacy programmers have done to integrate Legacy and FamilySearch. Sometimes we complain about a glitch here or there or a feature we would like to see but honestly, Legacy is one of the most sophisticated programs out there. Who else offers a program of this caliber for $29.95 with free updates, excellent customer service and a plethora of helps/tools. I just think the Legacy staff deserve a thank you once in a while instead of just complaints. Michele Simmons Lewis, Staff Genealogist McDuffie Mirror Thomson, McDuffie Co, GA 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 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
