Jerry, I have seen other non-English people record *our* locations in this way. It is incorrect, if only because a space between commas indicates that part of the location is missing. It isn't, it does not exist, and may never have existed. In other words your location is wrong. Now everybody is free to enter as much incorrect information as they wish, but it is my belief that one should not suggest to others that they should adopt bad practice.
Make no mistake about it, the 4 field convention was designed by Americans for America, full stop (period - in America). Subsequently its usage has been corrupted. It is not designed for English locations, it does not work for English locations, it is wrong to try and adopt it for English locations - feel free to replace 'English' with 'much of the world outside America'. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Location for Bristol England Hi Ann. Even though the folks in England insist that the four-divisions don't work over there, some of us have made the decision to use four divisions worldwide and make them fit because it does produce a standard that works really great in the sorting of the place names. I use the format as follows: City or Village, County, State or Province, COUNTRY So, assuming that Bristol City is also in the county of Bristol in England, your input would be like this: Bristol City, Bristol, , ENGLAND I left the third position blank within commas because apparently there is no STATE or PROVINCE in England. So, if Bristol City is the city and it is in a county (or the equivalent of a county) called Bristol, I believe the above would be correct for those of us who do the four positions as shown above. I always put my countries in all caps because I think it creates a more visually-friendly output, but that would be optional, of course. Please if anyone argues the point - only discuss on the basis of what would be correct for a four-position standard, not to argue that it does not work for England. Jerry - MerriamFamilyTree.org On 8/23/2011 8:26 PM, Anne Hollingshead wrote: > I use the four place markers for locations. > > How should I handle Bristol city which is also a county in England ? > > Anne > > 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
