That is an interesting thought & I've just tried it with a queried placename from my tree - and yes, 'Luffield Abbey?' sorts directly after 'Luffield Abbey' in the master List of locations.
I quite like the ? at the front of a placename because it emphasises the uncertainty - but there's mileage in your excellent suggestion. Many thanks On 06/10/2011 05:25, Shirley Richardson wrote: > If you used Towcester? then it would sort after all the Towcesters. > Would that work OK? > Shirley > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jerry <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 06, 2011 11:39 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town > > I like that idea, Joan. > > Joan Kemp <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > >I use ?Towcester (eg) for a probable, but unproven location. The > >problem is that this files as a separate town. Given the vagaries of > >genealogy, it would be very useful for the Legacy programmers to > come up > >with a way of describing a probable location which was filed with its > >'parent town' - so that ?Whittlebury & Whittlebury (for example) were > >counted as the same location > > > >Joan > > > >On 05/10/2011 18:37, Kirsten Bowman wrote: > >> I loved the angle bracket solution for probable information and > used it > >> in a variety of fields until I saw that, with GEDCOMs posted at > >> RootsWeb, text within the brackets disappears. That could be > good, bad, > >> or of no concern, depending on your circumstances. I don’t know what > >> other consequences might be involved with the use of angle > brackets, but > >> it’s a good idea to test any solution you decide to use to see > what the > >> effect will be in the reports or sites you use most. > >> Kirsten > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jenny M Benson > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:38 AM > >> To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Advice on name for 'probable' town > >> Rob Vader wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I would like the view of the users of this forum on how to > register a > >> > 'probable' town. So someone is born (ofcourse always....) but > it is nopt > >> > entirely sure in what town. If I now would note down in Legacy > (e.g.) > >> > "London?" or soemthing like "prob. London" then it would enter > as another > >> > town/city than London. That is not what I want. Is there something > >> > similare > >> > for names of cities like approximate dates? Or how would you > advice? > >> > > >> Personally, I use <London> if I want to indicate a probability. > >> -- > >> Jenny M Benson > >> > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > 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 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). 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