I never put the street address in the location field anyway so this is a moot point for me. My reasons for using the 4 locations fields is 1) consistency 2) so that the Legacy search features will work correctly, and so that I will be able to integrate with FamilySearch.
If I had a location like Smith Farm. I would write it as , Lamar, Mississippi, USA [I would leave the town blank assuming the farm name was used in lieu of the town name, Lamar is the county, Mississippi is the state, and USA is the county] Next to any location field there is a plus sign where you can put any additional information. You can also explain it in the notes. Michele From: Ron Ferguson Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location/Address Fields (was ANOTHER short location name question) Erica, I have changed the Subject to something which relates to the content. Firstly can you confirm which you mean the address book or the Location List – I think the latter, and have answered accordingly. Commas!! Ugh!! It has always been my practice to write a location as it is written and not using the so called American 4 field convention which tries to fit locations into this synthetic construction. It is still common in England for houses to have names as well as/instead of using numbers, in fact my ex was brought up on a farm whose location was Farm Name, Town, Derbyshire, England. Note there is no street, simply because there isn’t one, just a track leading up a mountain. Inserting commas instead would imply that there is a street of unknown name.. Wrong, there isn’t. For ease of comparison between locations of varying fields set the location to read from right to left – go to View>Master Lists>Locations>Sort. At the bottom right set to read from right to left, click OK to exit, and check the little box next to the Sort Button. I always include the full location, including the house name/number.. street, etc. in the long location, and with few exceptions, certainly no more than any other method, it maps correctly. 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
