“, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city?”
You don’t, that is why I always ADD the word County in ALL cases. I think it is just plain stupid that these mapping sources have gone to this method. If one does NOT know about this method, then they will not know if it is the City or County that is being used. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com <http://www.schmeckabernathy.com/> == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == From: julia l [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Well, now I'm confused a little about this naming convention. I understand there are different points of view over this subject, so I'm not trying to stir anything up--just trying to figure which one works best for me. If I have a place name set up: , county, state, country [where I don't actually use the word 'county' after the county name] Then, when I go to generate a report and I leave off the leading commas, how do I know that the first word is the name of the county and not the name of a city? Or *I* may know this type of naming convention but if I give a report to someone not familiar with this, how would this not confuse them? Thanks for your help, Julia _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:31:25 +0000 Julia, You are doing nothing wrong, Legacy does as it says on the tin – only removes leading commas. BTW. there’s no ‘should’ about the format, unless you wish to be tied to the four-field location convention - the choice is yours. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ From: julia l <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Thanks Bobby, that works when it's a leading comma(s), but doesn't seem to take them out when it is: city, , state, usa What am I doing wrong? julia _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:03:12 -0500 In those reports that include locations, you have the option to remove leading commas. Go to Reports>Report Options>format. Check or uncheck “Remove leading commas”. Bobby From: julia l [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations thank you Michele & Russ. Will it always print like that (with all the commas in reports (or is there a way to turn empty place fields off--I haven't searched for that yet)? Julia _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Locations Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:21:37 -0500 Julia, Yes you are correct if you are “Standardizing” the locations. Russ From: julia l <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Locations What if I don't know the city but do know the county state, should I enter it like this? , county name, state, usa Or if I don't know the city and county, should I always enter like this? , , state, usa 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
