During the time period I am looking at, that area was under German control. Technically I guess I should put German Empire or something but that just seems odd is some weird sort of way.
michele -----Original Message----- From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place name Michele, My standard advice is to write the location as it is/was. If it has 6 fields, then six fields it is - I think Legacy can handle up to 9 fields for locations. I guess that you are using commas to fit the US centric 4 field convention, and hence the geolocator, but what is the use of that if the location will not then map correctly? I note that you say "German Ancestors", as you know this is one of those places which alternated for years between Germany and France, indeed the example you give is when Alsace was in France - in which case your ancestors would be French and not German.. Ron Ferguson, http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Place name Oops! The Alsace place names have SIX fields not five. I just figured that out. Here is the correct one.... Kühlendorf, Soultz-sous-Forêts, Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, Alscace, France michele -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 7:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Place name 99.9% of my locations are in the US. I am just now starting to work with my German ancestors. The area I working in is Alsace. I have done an internet search on the location I want and it has 5 parts, not 4. I know that you guys out there that do research in England deal with this so I want to make sure I do it correctly. My biggest concern is that it will mess up the search feature of Legacy. Here is my location Kühlendorf, Kreis Weissenburg, Niederrhein, Alsace, France It Geocodes just fine and it is right where it should be on the map. How does this effect the Legacy search feature when you have some locations with 5 fields. Michele 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3741 - Release Date: 07/03/11 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
