I would highly recommend Centennia ! Tim (Own it)
On 7/3/2011 10:26 AM, [email protected] wrote: > 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
