Ron et all,
I've the feeling there is a wrong opinion of the use of the definition and use
of locations.
I don't think the location was ever supposed to include the complete postal
address as we would say today but only the place of interest.
Using the example sent Ron sent:
house name/number, Street, local district/town, (parish), (city),
County, Country
this would be:
town/village, County, XXX, Country
and this fits in the 4 values.
The XXX is only an example for what part of Greatbitian someone comes from and
the data (parish) is church data and should be included in the religious data.
For the data about street names, house nr. etc we have the posibilties to "Add
or edit Addreess information" and the EVENT "residence" where geo-data can be
added.
If I'd used a new location for every place I lived in the last four years I'd
have three locations.
Using the above I have one Location, one Address information and two Events:
Residence.
With all the places I've been we could get upto over 25 locations. Only for me.
In my datbase I have about 26 000 individuals.
Using a seperate location for each one with an average of two locations for each
one we would have about 100 000 locations ;-).
BTW. Hundreds of them live in the same villages.
I hope you understand what I want to say.
Bernhard
P.S.
It was great to see the word village again
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From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 3:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Short Location Names on Screens
From: M. Brenzel <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 12:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Showing Short Location Names on Screens
Mary,
My locations vary enormously due to the nature of the way that English locations
have developed since Watling Street in about 300AD (maybe a bit earlier), so
they basically comprise:
house name/number, Street, local district/town, (parish), (city), County,
Country
The brackets indicate a level which may or may not exist.
The only difference for Short Locations is that I drop the country. However when
I eventually get round to it I intend to change the counties from their full
name to the abbreviated Chapman Codes (just the name for our system) eg.
Lancashire will become LAN.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
Ron,
Yes, that's how I have started to change them. I wanted to experiment first so
I updated only a handful of my locations. Looking back in the Archives, I see a
message from Jenny about this earlier today. That's what she said she is doing.
Can you provide an example of what you have for long and short names?
Thanks!
Mary
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 5:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Showing Short Location Names on Screens
Mary,
Are you long name and short name examples correct? I only ask because it is
not the way I do it, not because there is anything particularly wrong with
it - just looks a bit strange to me!
The Help Files are clear that the long name will always be used on the
Information Screens - when you think about it, it has to be so, because that
is where the long name is entered.
Ron Ferguson
http://www.fergys.co.uk/
-----Original Message-----
From: M. Brenzel
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 9:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] Showing Short Location Names on Screens
I think that I have found a bug. Either that or my interpretation of the
effect is incorrect.
Has anyone else set the option for "Short Location Names on Screens" on the
Customize View tab? It isn't working the way that I thought it would.
As others do, I do not use the "4 field" format for locations. My locations
contain the full address including names of churches, cemeteries, etc. Some
users have suggested separating the number portion of a street address from
the street name itself in order to improve sorting by keeping streets
together. I sort my location list right to left.
For example, I have the following set for 123 Main Street, City, County,
State, Country:
Long name = 123, Main Street, City, County, State, Country
Short name = 123 Main Street, City, County, State, Country
I have done that but I don't like the way that it looks on the Legacy
screens.
Family and Chronology views are good. The short location name is displayed.
Individual's Information and Marriage Information screens show the long name
in the vital info and events/facts sections.
I suspect that I still see the location long names because those screens
allow for the selection of the location so it displays the long names,
whereas the other screens are display only.
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